Description

The BGC Stratum™ Contour Cavity Cladding System is a cavity-based, external wall cladding system.  It is designed to be used as external wall cladding system for residential and light commercial type buildings where domestic construction techniques are used. 

The BGC Stratum™ Contour Cavity Cladding System consists of Stratum™Contour fibre cement planks fixed over structural timber battens to form a cavity.  The fibre cement planks are finished with an acrylic paint system.

The system incorporates a primary and secondary means of weather resistance (first and second line of defence) against water penetration by separating the cladding from the external wall framing with a nominal 20 mm cavity.

Scope

The BGC Stratum™ Contour Cavity Cladding System has been appraised as an external wall cladding system for buildings within the following scope:

• the scope limitations of NZBC Acceptable Solution E2/AS1, Paragraph 1.1; and,
• constructed with timber framing complying with the NZBC; and,
• with a risk score of 0-20, calculated in accordance with NZBC Acceptable Solution E2/AS1, Table 2; and
• situated in NZS 3604 Wind Zones up to, and including Extra High.

The BGC Stratum™ Contour Cavity Cladding System has also been appraised for weathertightness and structural wind loading when used as an external wall cladding system for buildings within the following scope:

• the scope limitations of NZBC Acceptable Solution E2/AS1, Paragraph 1.1 with regard to building height and floor plan area; and,
• constructed with timber framing complying with the NZBC; and,
• situated in specific design wind pressures up to a maximum design differential ultimate limit state (ULS) of 2.5 kPa.

The BGC Stratum™ Contour Cavity Cladding System must only be installed horizontally on vertical surfaces.

The BGC Stratum™ Contour Cavity Cladding System has been appraised for use with aluminium window and door joinery that is installed with vertical jambs and horizontal heads and sills. (The Appraisal of the BGC Stratum™ Contour Cavity Cladding System relies on the joinery meeting the requirements of NZS 4211 for the relevant Wind Zone or wind pressure.)