Accelerated UV weathering testing of Flexible Stone Panels
As UV radiation and associated temperatures increase in the UK and Northern Europe in general, the problem of heat-stress to buildings including domestic dwellings is now a major concern to the building industry and insurance sectors. Cracking around brickwork resembling subsidence is a concern for many house owners and landlords around the UK and AWL are pleased to be helping flexible stone cladding and veneer manufactures confirm longevity in terms of fade, colour-shift, loss of mechanical and thermal barrier properties.
Flexible stone cladding and veneering (used to mimic rendering), is considered one of the most practical, aesthetically pleasing and cost-effective installs to help older buildings cope with heat-stress related defects by testing formulations that provide surface protection from short wavelength UV radiation levels and barrier protection from the associated longer solar wavelengths (nIR solar radiation) responsible for deep-penetrating heat-stress damage to coatings and structures.