The benefits of using Rockpanel board material for creating your building facades, rooflines or guttering over more traditional building materials such as
wood, fibre cement board (FCB) and high pressure laminate (HPL) boards are clear:
The benefits of using Rockpanel board material for creating your building facades, rooflines or guttering over more traditional building materials such as
wood, fibre cement board (FCB) and high pressure laminate (HPL) boards are clear:
* Rockpanel Natural and Rockpanel Ply are products resp. without a coating or should be coated on site.
Always store your boards in dry, flat, frost-proof and protected conditions
Store on flat pallets and place the pallets on a level foundation. Preferably with PE-foil as an underlay
Make sure that the board material does not have direct contact with the floor
Never stack more than two pallets high
During storage, it’s possible that the board material can be more affected by moisture and night-time cooling than when they are installed. Before installing, the boards will need some time to allow any moisture and condensation to evaporate
Individual panels must be lifted off the stack, not pulled or pushed, and carried upright
Protective foam membranes should be placed between the boards again to protect the surface layer
Most Rockpanel boards in our range are covered by a protective film, so they arrive with you in perfect condition. You can use the film to markup measurements and to aid the installation process.
When to remove the protective film:
Please note: Rockpanel Natural, Rockpanel Lines², Rockpanel Metallics Aluminium White and Aluminium Grey and Rockpanel Ply are delivered without a protective film, so please handle these boards with extra care.
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Standard tools can be used to cut
When you cut Rockpanel products, the following tools can be used:
- hand saw, e.g. a hard point hand saw
- circular saw, e.g. a fine-toothed Widia saw blade
- fretsaw, e.g. a fine-toothed saw blade for metal or a saw blade with tungsten granules
Because Rockpanel boards can be customized on-site using regular tools, all detailing and optimal finishing is a much easier task and no special knowledge is required.
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(Pre-)drilling not always required but recommended
Unlike other board materials, Rockpanel boards are dimensionally stable, so you don’t need to worry about the boards warping due to temperature or humidity changes. Pre-drilling is recommended when fixing the boards on a timber frame using Rockpanel screws. When fixing the boards on a metal frame using rivets, (pre-)drilling can be done with a HSS drill.
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Protect yourself against dust
Just as you would when cutting timber, we advise anyone cutting and drilling a Rockpanel board to wear a dust mask (type P2) and standard personal protection equipment such as safety spectacles and gloves.
It is also recommended to use dust-reducing cutting equipment in combination with an exhaust hood in a well-ventilated room. When cutting outdoors, position the equipment so that the wind blows away the dust and where possible also use dust-reducing cutting equipment.
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Rockpanel boards are safe to work with
Rockpanel cladding is produced from basalt, a natural and sustainable volcanic stone, it is one of the most extensively researched and tested building materials on the market today. Rockpanel products are safe to work with and offer no threat to those working with the material.