cladding makes building vulnerable to fire

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Cladding makes Buildingvulnerable to fire
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What is cladding?

• Cladding is the application of one material over
  to provide a skin or layer. And these layer is a
  non-load bearing skin or layer attached outside
  surface of a building

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Cladding in buildings
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Initial Impact of Cladding

• Embodied energy
• Resource depletion
• Recyclability
• Increased lifespan

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Cladding works benefits

• Main benefits of cladding works are the finishing
  of building.
• It control the infiltration of water vapor and
  weather elements which makes wall durable.
• Thermal insulation.
• Fire resistance.
• Vandal prone environments.

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Fire resistance

• Cladding works makes the building fire
  resistance, these was the major advantage of
  cladding works for including in building
  construction.
• Cladding and the wall there will be a cavity. At
  the time of fire it acts like a chimney.it
  provides a chimney effect. Although cladding
  material have high resistance.

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Cladding materials

• Materials used for cladding works
• Fiber cement
• Aluminum
• Reconstituted timber
• Polywood sheets
• Timber weatherboards