Alu.covering®
Aliva UK
Aluminium rainscreen cladding can add a luxurious, textured finish to any architectural project, from college and university buildings to exclusive apartment complexes, flagship business premises and retail parks. It can lift a building from the functional to the extraordinary, creating a striking, shimmering facade.
Our anodised Alu.covering® cladding is 100% non-combustible, achieving an A1 accreditation based on testing to standard EN 13501-1:2019. It is made of solid aluminium, does not release any toxic gases or create any fumes. Our Alu.covering® is also produced with pure aluminium alloy and is 100% recyclable.
Our PPC coated Alu.covering® cladding has also been certified as non-combustible with A2 classification in accordance with standard EN 13501-1.
Any architectural design intent can be met with our A fire-rated British Board of Agrément certified aluminium rainscreen cladding. We pride ourselves on our approach to collaboration with architects and design teams to create unique aesthetics that create standout buildings.
Waveforms, triangular, textures, golden tones, etched patterns and colours that mimic corten to weathered copper, our contemporary proposition takes bespoke aluminium rainscreen cladding to another level.
From sinusoidal waves in stylish corten and weathered copper special finishes, or rich gold tones featuring a laser etched forest-scape on our zeta profile, to the expressed profile face of our Manhattan profile.
Our products look stunning and help meet design and architectural challenges. The lightweight extruded profiles offer great flexibility in design due to being available in standard and bespoke cross sectional shapes, and able to be installed in all orientations.
Installation is fast and easy due to the lightweight nature of the product, that is supplied with our Aliva ‘helping hand’ sub structure, which is also covered by our British Board of Agrément certificate.
Our Alu.covering® profiles are extruded from aluminium alloy, typically 2mm thick, with greater thickness’ available if required for special design requirements, over 6m* in length and anodised or powder coated from a choice of standard or specialist RAL powder coatings.*Longer lengths are available by request.
Our range includes pressed hook on systems, our cassettes offer a secret concealed and fast to install option where a larger format panel is required. They can be used in horizontal and vertical formats and are available in our full suite of materials and finishes.
We can also offer a full range of made to measure flashings and larger cappings, in various gauges. This is crucial to maintaining uniformity of colour and finish, in particular when anodised finished and special powder coating finishes are involved
