Bamboo X-treme Cladding
Plantation Bamboo X-treme Cladding has been tested and appraised by BEAL as compliant with the New Zealand Building Code. It is an extremely strong, solid, high-density exterior bamboo plank made from compressed strand-woven bamboo – profiled into an overlapping cladding board.
A special, patented “thermo-density” heat treatment manufacturing process provides bamboo X-treme cladding with the highest durability class possible, making it well-suited for the harsh New Zealand sun and environment.
Relatively new to the New Zealand market, Bamboo X-treme cladding is a durable and sustainable alternative to timber hardwoods and other cladding options, and is successfully used in Europe and around the world. Our supplier utilises a 200°C heat-treatment process to thermally modify the bamboo to increase the stability, hardness and density of the cladding boards, making the cladding suitable for very demanding applications.
Bamboo X-treme cladding will rival other hardwoods in grain, structure and density, with the characteristic bamboo fibres being more visible as the product weathers, giving a lovely natural and unique look. With the strong stability of this product, it can withstand temperature changes with hardly any shrinking or swelling. Due to this stability, the cladding will stay flat and in place, unlike some other natural materials.
The cladding is fixed to battens (with the clips/screws provided), over a 10 or 20mm cavity, with a flexible or rigid air barrier behind it (see the Technical Manual and drawings for more detail). The cladding can also be used for making a fence, feature wall and more!
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- CategoryBoard and Batten, Shiplap Weatherboards, Construction 4.0
- RangeCladding
- BrandPlantation Bamboo
- Warranty25 years
- Fitting typeProfessional installation recommended
- Type of useCommercial and Residential
- InstallationProfessional installation recommended
Bamboo x-treme cladding boards are 1850mm long, with end-matching tongue-in-groove join. The boards are 137mm wide, but with the profiled overlap the visible face is 128mm (once clipped together and installed), with a small gap provided between the boards for air-flow.
- The cladding is 18mm thick.
- There are 5 boards = 9.25LM per box. A box weighs 27kg.
- Supplied with powder-coated stainless steel clip and screw fixings – for “invisible” fastening.
Technical characteristics and certifications of bamboo x-treme cladding:
- Density: +/- 1150 kg/m3
- Dimensional stability: length: + 0.1 %; width: + 0.9% (24 hours in water 20°C)
- Resistance to Indentation – Brinell Hardness: ≥ 9.5 kg/mm2 (EN 1534)
- Reaction to fire: Class B-s1-d0 (EN 13501-1) 1)
- Flame spread index: Class A (ASTM E84)
- Thermal emittance: 0.81 (ASTM C1371) 2)
- Solar Reflectance (SR): 0.32 (ASTM C1549) 2)
- Solar Reflectance Index (SRI): Low 27, Medium 30, High 33 (ASTM E1980) 2)
- Modulus of Elasticity: 13565 N/mm2 (mean value – EN 408)
- Bending strength: 54.4 N/mm2 (characteristic value – EN 408)
- Biological durability: Class 1 (EN 350 / CEN/TS 15083-2), simulated graveyard test / Class 1
- (EN 350 / CEN/TS 15083-1)
- Effectiveness against Blue Stain: Class 0 (EN 152)
- Use Class: Class 4 (EN 335)
- CO2 neutral: LCA report TU Delft (ISO 14040/44) (www.moso-bamboo.com/lca)
- Environmental Product Declaration – EPD (EN 15804) (www.moso-bamboo.com/epd)
- Contribution LEED BD+C – v4: MR 1, MR 2, MR 3 (FSC®), SS 7
- v2009: MR 6, MR 7 (FSC®)
- Contribution BREEAM: MAT 1, MAT 3 (FSC®), MAT 5 (HD)
- Warranty: 25 years
- Tested on 18 mm thickness, without gaps between boards, with ventilation space behind boards.
- Tested on 3 year-weathered Bamboo X-treme Cladding
Fire Safety
Contrary to many other wood products, bamboo X-treme cladding reaches a fire safety class B-S1-d0 (EN 13501-1) and Class A (ASTM E84). This makes it suitable for commercial buildings, apartments and housing while giving a beautiful natural appearance.
The cladding reaches this exceptional fire safety rating without impregnation of eco-damaging and expensive fire retardants. Therefore, the cladding is safe for the environment and for the installers. Sustainable, safe and beautiful!!
Bamboo X-treme cladding comes with powder-coated stainless-steel clip and screw fixings, which makes installation easier and provides a smarter finished look.
The clips are simply screwed onto battens and the cladding boards clip together with the boards only requiring to be cut at the end of a row (as the ends snugly fit together). See our installation instructions for more information. After installation, the cladding does not require any regular maintenance (unless a darker colour is desired), which can save on time and cost. Due to the “thermo-density” heat treatment process, the cladding is a mid-dark brown colour, but this will gradually change to a silver-grey colour over time as it naturally weathers.
Unlike our bamboo X-treme decking product (which has been pre-oiled as part of the manufacturing process) the cladding boards come unfinished but can be oiled if preferred, depending on the look and feel that is desired.
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The team at Plantation Bamboo are passionate about this incredible, natural and sustainable material – Bamboo. As New Zealand’s only specialist bamboo importer and distributor, Plantation offers top quality bamboo building-related products that represent great value-for-money, direct to customers all over the country. We firmly believe that bamboo is the next generation in sustainable building materials.
The Plantation Bamboo team is committed to providing exceptional service, superior products and a strong desire to exceed customer expectations. After 16 years in business, we have established bamboo market leaders – with strong product knowledge and over 1000 satisfied customers, including some of New Zealand’s leading home building companies, architects, designers, builders, and numerous homeowners.
Plantation Bamboo imports and distributes their products directly to you, and understands that it is important to work with a reliable company. We offer not only a solid and varied range of products with great prices but also comprehensive warranties, technical and installation support, manufacturing information and thorough product testing.
Products are supplied and distributed directly out of our warehouses in Auckland and Christchurch, offering our products New Zealand wide. We can also refer you to good Installers and Joiners if needed. The plantation is excited to be part of the global innovation and movement towards using bamboo as a truly stunning and sustainable building material.
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