Remedial Services

Combustible Cladding Replacement

A Plus Building Services is your complete end-to-end solution for combustible cladding identification and rectification.

With many decades of expertise and experience across the consulting, construction, legal and finance sections, we are customer focused and offer best in class performance, pricing, testing, reporting, and lead times.

We offer complete transparency throughout the entire process from your initial building façade assessment through to rectification, recertification and everything in between. With quality reporting outcomes, impressive lead times, affording pricing and competitive financing solutions, we provide the expertise and technical know-how to rectify any and all combustible cladding issues to ensure your class 2 residential building is safe and fully compliant.

What is Combustible Cladding Replacement and Why is it a Problem?

Combustible cladding is a material used to create the façade of a building making it ascetically pleasing and well finished. Some cladding materials are highly combustible and can be dangerous in high rise residential apartment buildings as they can accelerate fire spread. Currently, there are three main types of combustible cladding that have been identified a potential fire-hazard risk:

Aluminum Composite Panels (ACP)

ACP cladding is made up of two thin aluminium sheets bonded to a polymer core. While the aluminium itself is not a fire hazard, the polymer core is what makes this product dangerous in a fire.

The highest-risk ACP products have a 100% polymer core and come in many varieties typically spanning two to six meters in length. This type of combustible cladding was commonly used in buildings constructed after 1997.

In mid-2018, legislation was introduced banning the use of ACP with a 30% or more polyethylene core from use in the construction of residential multi storey buildings.

Expanded Polystyrene (EPS)

EPS cladding poses a high risk of rapid fire spread as it may shrink, melt, or ignite when exposed to high temperatures.

Widely used in the Victorian building industry over the past 20 years due to its low-cost, lightweight and insulating properties, it is typically rendered with a concrete finish and is extremely hard to identify without adequate core sampling.

EPS cladding can no longer be used on multi storey residential apartment buildings, since legislation was enacted in mid-2018, restricting its use.

Biowood Cladding

Biowood is a wood-plastic composite that is made of 70% reconstituted timber and 23% polyvinyl chloride, typically marketed for decking, wall panelling, privacy screening and building façade.

Whilst there are no product bans or other legislature that prohibit the use of Biowood in any states of Australia, the building code of Australia (BCA) “Deemed-to-Satisfy Provisions” do not permit its use on external walls of Type A and Type B multi storey apartment buildings except in the case where a certified fire engineering performance solution has been developed.

Elevate the appearance and resilience of your structures with new cladding. Contact us today to schedule a consultation and discuss your combustible cladding replacement needs. Our dedicated team is ready to provide reliable solutions and restore your peace of mind.