Building Envelope Materials

Building envelope materials include brick, glass, concrete, timber, ICF - Insulated concrete form etc. Each material has advantage and disadvantages when it comes to building including their insulation properties, construction time and ease, strength and cost effectiveness. Common building envelope materials include bricks and timber for the home. Nowadays materials such as cladding made from aluminium, pvc or composite materials are also available.

Timber is a natural resource that is readily available and easy to work with. Timber used for exterior cladding needs to be able to withstand the climate and it needs to weather well, be insect resistant and easy to work with. In Australia Carpenters Newcastle , Carpenters Northern Beaches , Carpenters North Shore and carpenters Sydney have become very skilled in the use of timber for home construction. They propduce some very beautiful homes with good use of imber in moldings, flooring, wall and cieling use as well.