ZEGO Z-Board (External Insulating Façade System)
Our ZEGO Polystyrene Wall Cladding (Z-Board) is an External Insulating Facade System (EIFS) which comes in your choice of 60mm or 100mm foam panels, with hot dipped galvanized screws and washers.
- Suitable for new homes up to Bushfire Attack Level BAL-19* first floor additions, alterations or renovation facades
- Fire Rating in BAL-40 and BAL-FZ ( Flame Zone ) areas and walls on or within 900mm of a boundary use Fire Rated Walls (FireFORM) which also interlocks with the Z-Board and Insulated Concrete Forms (HomeFORM)
- Fixed to timber or steel stud frame vertically 300mm centre of Z-Board at each stud and maximum 600mm centres horizontally
- Fixed to Dincel plastic formwork vertically 300mm centre of Z-Board panel and maximum 600mm centres horizontally
- Fixed to brick, block, or precast panel vertically 300mm centre of Z-Board panel and maximum 600mm centres horizontally
- When fixing into brick, block or precast concrete drill with tungstun drill bit the diameter to suit plastic spaghetti
- Self-supporting and interlocking
- Also available in other thicknesses by request.
- Easy to handle in windy conditions during installation
- Apply Breathable Sarking or TYVEK Home wrap to frame
- Large convection current grooves eliminates condensation
- Fixed through to your structural timber or steel frame with only 9 fixings per square metre
- No adhesives or battening required unless specified by the project designer ( built in convection grooves )
- Thermally insulated and is a reflective barrier to sound absorption
- External Finishes include but not limited to are Acrylic textured or smooth coloured render 8mm+2mm for Acrylic base and top coat renders, Stone – Stack stone, tiles, Alucabond, Batten and weatherboard, MiniOrb, ColorBond
- * Up to BAL-29 ZEGO Z-Board walls to be rendered in Acrylic render e.g. Dulux Acra Tex 8mm polymer base coat with 160gram 4×4 or 5×5 fire retardant alkaline resistant render mesh in centre + Finish coloured smooth or textured top coat of 2mm minimum or 6mm Fibre Cement sheeting or Colourbond/Miniorb or Stone facing or Bushfire Resistant timber finishes
- ZEGO Polystyrene Wall Cladding (EIFS) has a Design Registered Render Lock Dovetail Groove that mechanically locks the render to the ZEGO Flame Retardant INSUL8 “F” Grade EPS with self-extinguishing properties
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Polystyrene Wall Cladding Usage Chart | Polystyrene Wall Cladding Thicknesses | R-Rating : approx 1.5 R per 50mm of insulation | W28 W60 Z-Clips/m2 (300 vertical x 600 horizontal MAX) | Z-Screws required (Hot dipped galvanized) |
Used for cladding, insulating and providing a surface for render finish. Installed over timber frames, steel frames, brick, blockwork and concrete. Also for insulating Precast concrete panel buildings, existing buildings, gable ends, parapets & light weight upstairs extensions. | 60mm | 1.8R | 9 per m2 | 100mm |
100mm | 3.0R | 9 per m2 | 130mm | |
Render to CA26 compliance – up to wind load W60 – thickness 8mm base coat with reinforcement mesh plus finishing coat. |