Why Consider The Stone Lamina Cladding System?

Quicker And Lower Cost Design

The Stone Lamina composite panel cladding system takes less time to design than traditional brick, masonry, or traditional dimensional stone. It offers designers and engineers pre-engineered strength capabilities and pre-designed anchoring systems. This eliminates the multiple variables of solid stone cladding that can slow down the design and engineering process. 

Rapid Fabrication

Stone Lamina panels can be fabricated in a relatively short time frame. Panels can be constructed as work progresses and delivered on site according to your schedule, ready to install. As a single source supplier, Stone Lamina scheduling and production staff can help to client project schedules on track. 

Rapid Installation Speed

With its high strength and low weight density of approximately 3.3 Lbs/ft2, installers can quickly and easily install Stone Lamina composite panels. Light weight panels allow smaller crews to install and cover more area faster than with heavy, thick stone cladding materials. Faster erection will lessen the contractor’s risks and costs associated with weather and material damage during construction. 

Year-Round Installation

You can install year-round with Stone Lamina composite panels because they do not require field-applied mortar or epoxy. Since Stone Lamina panels are fabricated under factory controlled conditions and use no mortar or grout for installation, they can be installed year-round. Harsh winter weather and rain will have minimal impact on the production and installation schedules.

Low Cost

Stone Lamina composite panels are much lower in cost when you compare the costs of purchase, and factor in the transportation, handling, and installation costs of traditional dimensional stone cladding.

Thin And Light Weight

Up to 80% lighter than traditional stone, steel, wood cladding, or common partitioning materials.  They are typically only 1” thick, leaving more room for insulation and floor space. This also means greater ease-of-use and significantly lower costs for transportation, handling, and installation.

High Strength To Weight Ratio

This means higher performance compared to other natural or synthetic materials.

Contributes To Leed Certification

Stone Lamina panels can contribute up to 27 points toward LEED certification. 

Excellent Fire Resistance

Stone Lamina aluminum honeycomb panels are highly fire resistant compared to wood, PVC, insulation, drywall, and other sheathing materials. They are composed of non-combustible materials and are rated UBC Class 1 for fire, and are self-extinguishing.

Highly Precise And Flat Surface

Highly flat surfaces are very important. They are needed to achieve highly accurate and trouble-free installations.  

Good Sound Proofing And Dampening 

The hollow, honeycomb core is highly absorbent to sound and can be used in numerous sound damping and soundproofing applications. 

Versatile

Ideal for new, out-of-the-box design ideas because they can be fabricated into virtually any shape, size, or pattern required. Perfect for exterior or interior applications on any surface in new construction, renovations and retrofits.

Blast, Earthquake, And Impact Resistant 

Our panels are remarkably impact and crack resistant because they flex without breaking.
They can withstand 60 times more impact than a  1 3/4” solid granite panel, when tested with a large missile impact test. That means that they are blast and earthquake resistant when used as an exterior envelope. 

Extremely Strong

Stone Lamina composite panels have exceptional crush strength and stiffness, constant crush strength, structural integrity, and fatigue resistance. Thicker honeycomb cores will provide even greater strength.

Impervious To Moisture Penetration

Stone lamina panels are impervious to moisture penetration which can cause mould or mildew. 

Natural Or Engineered Stone

Our composite panels can be made with almost any natural or engineered stone available. They can be custom finished with numerous textures and finishes. 

Highly Integrated Panel Components 

The various types of stone lamina panels are engineered in such a way that they seamlessly integrate with one another for virtually any cladding application imagined.

Application Solution Consulting

As architects, engineers and experienced field technologists, we know how to specify and apply stone lamina products to solve real-world design and construction problems. Everything from complex design challenges, to never-been-done-before design concepts, to achieving demanding construction budgets, are all within our reach. With more than 20+ years of application experience, we know how to develop creative and elegant solutions to meet your needs.

An Exceptional Warranty

Stone lamina composite panels are guaranteed not to delaminate for the life of the structure (provided that they are installed properly using certified installers).