Scyon Stria cladding can achieve a decorative render finish without laying bricks and rendering.

Stria cladding is a wide cladding board with a 15 mm horizontal joint that is pre-primed and ready to install. Instead of laying bricks, rendering, scoring and painting, Stria cladding has a simple, speedy installation method.

Once the first board is fixed level, the shiplapped joint on the next extra-wide, 4.2m long board is fixed to the top of the previous board and can be concealed or face fixed and joined on or off stud.

Made from Scyon, a lightweight cement composite with heavy-duty performance, Stria cladding can be installed by a carpenter and painted later that same day.

The product can be used in residential applications wherever a classic yet contemporary design is required, including external walls in composite construction, upper-storey and ground-level extensions and internal feature walls.

Stria cladding will maintain its integrity and general appearance significantly longer than timber - it will resist shrinking, swelling and cracking to hold paint longer than wood, and can also be painted dark as well as light colours.

When the product is used with the right insulation and in accordance with James Hardie’s Wall System Thermal Performance Total R-Values Technical Supplement, an R-value of up to 2.7 can be achieved for the wall.