Give your house a modern look with durable facade cladding

The revival of facade cladding

Maybe you only associate facade cladding with American-style cottages or Scandinavian houses in the countryside. But over the last few years, facade boards have been used on a whole variety of house styles, ranging from good-old traditional to ultra-modern.

Architects increasingly use facade cladding in innovative ways to give buildings a trendy contemporary look. Their endeavours are supported by modern materials that combine great looks with practical functionality, such as fibre cement facade boards. They come in many styles and colours so that almost any design is possible.

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How to create a modern facade with cladding?

Wooden facade boards can easily get a dated look. Wood doesn’t age very well in the sun and rain, unless you stain or paint it regularly. With Cedral fibre cement facades, the colour is factory applied in several layers, so the beauty stays for up to 50 years with minimal maintenance. Simply wipe the weatherboards down with soapy water and your facade will be as new.

Choose from 21 UV-resistant colours and 2 woodstains from the Cedral range to give your home that special character. The colour pallet goes from immaculate white to pitch black with many stylish nuances in between. You can go for contemporary neutral shades of beige and grey, or create a more natural feel with browns and blues. But you can also opt for more outspoken colours such as sage green or burnt red. For a totally original and modern touch, you can mix colours or play with different shades of the same colour family.

Horizontal or vertical, to suit your taste

Cedral fibre cement facades are extremely versatile. You can fit them horizontally, as is most common, but you can also apply them vertically to give your facade a trendy look. Vertical planks emphasise the verticality of the building and give your house a more dynamic and unique style. The result is very contemporary. That is probably the reason why it is so popular with architects nowadays.

You can also mix and match different materials. Cedral facades complement stone, brick or wood wonderfully well. You can accentuate parts of your traditional facade with fibre cement cladding to give your home a modern look and feel. You could have an annex stand out, or the entrance. With a clever mix of materials, you give your facade more rhythm and style. The possibilities are limitless.

A modern, smooth finish

Cedral facade cladding exists in two different design finishes and installation styles. You can opt for the traditional timber effect, or go the modern way with a smooth granulated finish. With Cedral Lap you create the cottage style as you see often in the US, whereas Cedral Click fits the planks together flush, creating a modern and contemporary facade.

But whatever style you choose, Cedral fibre-cement facades are all extremely durable, have an excellent fire classification, colour-fast and impervious and are resistant to rot, corrosion, mould and pests. And if you want even more design options with the same robust quality, Cedral also has a range of fibre cement slates to create a modern facade.