Why Insulated Palliside Weatherboard is Better than Vinyl Cladding.
The Advantage of Insulated Palliside UPVC Weatherboards
With Palliside, you can have the look and charm of weatherboards without the worry and cost of maintenance, or concerns about corrosion, peeling or vermin attack. Palliside provides UV stability and strength. Palliside with it’s cellular foam construction is a 6mm thick weatherboard with solid colour throughout, designed and engineered for Australia’s extreme climate. It will not support combustion and can be used in bush fire zoned regions of Australia (Palliside is being used in the reconstruction of homes in the bush fired ravaged areas of Victoria). It can be used in tropical cyclone region C or terrain category 3 as defined in the wind loading code AS1170.2. Palliside has a UV protection layer designed uniquely for Australia. The anti-capillary channel when the boards are locked together prevents vermin, moisture and wind getting behind the walls. Palliside is cleaned with soapy water.
- Palliside is hail damage proof
- Palliside will not warp
- Palliside has a nil fire ignition rate
- Palliside will not powder or fade
- Palliside has a 25 year Australian warranty
- Palliside is made & designed in Australia
- Palliside insulates against heat/cold
- Palliside provides acoustic insulation
Vinyl Wall Cladding
Under the BCA (Building Code Of Australia) Vinyl in house walls is a TYPE B material (ONLY FOR DECORATIVE PURPOSES, NOT TO BE USED AS A CONSTRUCTION MATERIAL). Palliside is a TYPE A (USED IN NEW CONSTRUCTION AS A PRIMARY CONSTRUCTION MATERIAL) Palliside has a FULL 25 year AUSTRALIAN guarantee. Vinyl has a pro-rata warranty (USUALLY FROM USA OR CANADA) of which only the first 5 years are maybe guaranteed! Then its pro-rata (FEND FOR YOURSELF) and good luck. (Check the following in GOOGLE: faded vinyl siding, melted vinyl siding, hail damaged vinyl siding. to find out more.)
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Vinyl was first imported from Canada & USA to Australia in the late 1970’s. However it has been shown that they have serious performance issues in north America and particularly Australia with our extreme climatic conditions as they are not designed or engineered for Australia.
Insulated Palliside UPVC weatherboard compared to vinyl wall cladding
1. Buckling & Warping of Vinyl
Buckling & Warping of vinyl on house walls; expansion and contraction from the extremes in temperature we experience in Australia. All vinyl warps & buckles on the wall, because it is only 1 mm thick and it will expand between 30 -50 mm over a 6-8 metre length.
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Palliside is 6 mm thick and the unique cellular core absorbs lateral expansion & contraction and it is guaranteed for a full 25 years by Icon Plastics in Australia NOT to buckle or warp on your home.
2. Water Penetration of Vinyl
Because of the expansion and contraction of vinyl, it can’t be joined and must be overlap and this is where water is able penetrate behind the vinyl. Vinyl with polystyrene foam fitted as a backing forms a barrier to the condensation built up in your home in winter resulting in dry rot and “damp wall syndrome”, fungi growing between the vinyl and the original house siding and mildew growing on the inside walls.
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Palliside is joined using a water proof joining system plus the insulation is built into the core and there is an air cavity behind the weatherboards to allow for air circulation.
3. Wind Damage to Vinyl
Because vinyl is so thin (1mm) it has NO structural strength and 50-100 kph winds can peel it off wall.
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Palliside has an anti-capillary channel and the boards ARE structural they interlock so no wind can get behind Palliside, hence it can withstand a category C tropical cyclone, meeting cyclone test AS1170.2
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4. Brittleness / Hail damage to vinyl
Because of insufficient UPVC stabilizers the vinyl is easily damaged by flying objects such as balls and objects thrown up by lawn mowers and hail leaves it looking like it has been shot with a machine gun. (Google Hail Damaged Vinyl Siding or Hail Damaged Vinyl )
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Palliside weatherboards ARE hail proof in the 44 years I have been in business we have never had hail damage to Palliside.
5. Fading of vinyl cladding on homes
The lack of sufficient UPVC stabilizers means exterior vinyl fades as it powders and it does not fade evenly, fading is more pronounced where the sun is shining longest on the vinyl. (Google Faded Vinyl Siding or Faded Vinyl ). This lack of sufficient UPVC stabilisers can also cause Powdering & chalking of vinyl on houses. The Australian climate causes vinyl to powder and become chalky, just like regular house paint does from the sun.
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Palliside with its unique Australian engineered UV protection layer, is guaranteed against fading for 25 years by an Australian company (Icon Plastics). For Testimonials Click Here
6. Vinyl Wall Cladding is not a structural material
Vinyl cannot be use in new construction as it is ONLY decorative, as per the BCA (building code of Australia) AC or ply cladding must be fixed to the studs prior to fixing vinyl to walls. Palliside is an A-type building material as per the BCA and are used in new construction, fixed directly to the studs over breathable building paper
7. Vermin & Vinyl Products
Many exterior vinyl products have a foam backing glued to the back of the vinyl as a packing to try and give it some rigidity, this is a magnet for cockroaches as the foam provides a nice warm home and ants seem to love to nest in the foam.
8. Vinyl Products and Insulation
The insulation value of the foam backing is greatly reduced because of its variable thickness. Vinyl with polystyrene foam backing forms a barrier to the condensation built up in your home in winter resulting in dry rot and “damp wall syndrome”, fungi growing between the vinyl siding and the original house cladding and mildew growing on the inside walls. As mentioned previously insulated palliside has the insulation built into the cellular core and the air trapped between the insulated Palliside and the existing fibro or timber will also add additional R value, total R value estimated to be in excess of R2.5. Insulation is simply trapping air
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9. Vinyl Cladding – Melting
Vinyl walls have been MELTING in the sun after it has been installed: (Check the following in Google Melted Vinyl Siding or Melted Vinyl to find out more)
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Palliside is being used in the reconstruction of homes in the bushfire ravaged areas of Victoria, it has a nil fire ignition rate and will not support combustion and it will not melt in the sun or from the reflection of E glass windows .
Check out all the benefits of Palliside for your exterior house walls. You can find everything you need to know on our website, or contact us today.
Peter & Lesley Bracey
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Sole Authorised NSW Wholesaler and Installer for Icon Plastics Pty Ltd Building Products.
(Palliside UPVC Weatherboards and Icon UPVC Eave Sheeting System)
