Welcome to ROCKWOOD - Kwazulu Natal, South Africa
ROCKWOOD has been manufacturing decorative mouldings for the past 14 years. Most of our products were manufactured specifically for the furniture trade. About 5 years ago ROCKWOOD made wall cladding with a specific outdoor application. This required our products to be robust, weather proof and UV resistant. This was achieved using a specially formulated external coating
ROCKWOOD now boasts a decorative panel that combines our industrial strength polyurethane with an all weather coating. This cladding is a lightweight hard wearing panel that is an exact replica of brick, slate, wood or rock finishes. Not only is the ROCKWOOD cladding 100% UV resistant and water-proof, it also acts as a thermal and acoustic insulator
The ROCKWOOD Polyurethane that is used in our wall cladding panels was originally developed for military use. This new formula now used in our panels provides a high density flexible inner core without losing the lightness of polyurethane. Polyurethane is commonly used as an insulator, but the usual formula creates a very low density material, making it extremely fragile even to the touch and unsuitable for the quality cladding made by ROCKWOOD
ROCKWOOD cladding is fire retardant, does not melt or serve as a combustion base: it is a stable product that does not perish, resists acids, salt water and industrial gases
Handling and working with the ROCKWOOD cladding panels is easy. The product is light weight, solid, easy to cut and can be adapted to fit any space. The panels are cleverly designed to
“key” together like a puzzle, making it easy to install. ROCKWOOD manufactures both indoor and outdoor panels. They look particularly good when used to cover country cottage walls, patios, revitalize a lounge or living room. ROCKWOOD cladding panels are absolute copies of any accent design, period or building theme
ROCKWOOD currently manufacture a range of 15 brick cladding varieties, 18 slate designs and colours, 1 wooden finish and 8 unique stone panels
The panels are made of Polyurethane with an acrylic surface giving the panel a very natural appearance.
The panels;
- are UV resistant
- are water resistant,
- insulate acoustically and thermally,
- are fire retardant,
- hand painted
- produce unique brick, slate and stone imitations
- are easy to handle (weigh about 4 kgs for the indoor panel and 7 kgs for the outdoor panel. They measure approximately 1sqm each
This makes it easy to fix them on the wall and can be done by one person alone. The clever interlocking design ensures quick ‘fool-proof’ installation. Once joined and acrylic sealant is applied between the panels, a quick paint touch-up ensures there are no visible joints
The ROCKWOOD panels create such an authentic appearance that there is no detectable difference between a real stone wall and ROCKWOOD cladding.
