SHERA Strip is a fibre cement facade strip for use on all kinds of buildings as an external facade material. In this case study, SHERA Strip is used as an external wall facade along with SHERA Board.

Renovation of a Clinic - 350 m2 Covered Area

Timeframe to Completion: 60 days

Construction Company: Ikodomia, Cyprus

SHERA Partner: Ikoliving Products Ltd, Cyprus

Project Parameters

The existing building was of the wrong architectural style required and had been deteriorating for some time - a renovation was needed. And, it was needed fast, economically and had to be of a contemporary architectural style.

Solution - Use Drywall Construction Materials and Methods

The first step was to take apart all the unnecessary elements of the wall/facade.

Exterior walls were created with SHERA Board (10mm), steel studs and insulation.

An architectural façade was created with steel and covered with 8mm SHERA Board

The solution was elastic as it is critical to consider material applications that tolerate movement.

Furthermore a breathable façade was required since the old building might have suffered from humidity concentrations.

Wooden Appearance Facade Using SHERA Strip

Wooden support battens were placed in 600mm c.c.

The support battens and the background area were painted with a black water repellent; then SHERA Strips were fixed with a nail gun onto the wooden battens. 

Panel Appearance with SHERA Boards

Square cut boards in dimensions of 8*700 * 1200 mm were placed on top of the façade as a finished material.

PU was placed 10mm inside of board edges before installation for water proofing

The Result...

Exterior Walls with SHERA Boards.

Panel Appearance with SHERA Boards.
Wood Appearance with SHERA Strips.

Benefits

Use of SHERA Boards and SHERA Strip for this application resulted in several benefits:

• Normal drywall construction methods.
• Rapid construction - this project was delivered in 54 days!
• Exterior walls with SHERA Board 10mm thickness.
• Panel appearance with SHERA Board 8mm thickness.
  
• Wood appearance facade with SHERA Strips.

SHERA Strip

Dimensions

SHERA Strip dimensions are 3m length and multiple widths: 50mm, 75mm and 100mm.

Edge Profiles

SHERA Strip comes in square cut and v-cut edge profiles.

Surface Textures

SHERA strip is offered in teak (deep wood grain) surface texture as well as straight grain (a finer wood grain) or smooth surface texture.

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These images were sent to us by our partners in Poland who have recently used SHERA plank in a project with their client doing a housing siding project.

The wood colour of our pre-painted siding planks range really gives a great striking contrast with the white colour of the wall, which can be constructed using SHERA board, then rendered to seamless jointing as an exterior drywall.

What we also liked about this project was the great use of SHERA Plank in other parts of the project though, namely the roofing elements: 

SHERA Plank is also a perfect material as we can see above for house roof eaves as it is easily cut and installed and looks fantastic as well as impervious to the weather and resistant to rotting or insect damage.

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If you are interested in using SHERA Plank in your exterior siding project or if you are interested in becoming a stockist of SHERA building materials in your region, please contact us here. 

Our partners in Spain, Eurocyd, sent us these images of an exterior housing siding project near Barcelona using SHERA Plank that has been painted in a blue colour which was specifically requested by the house owner.

The SHERA Planks were installed on OSB Boards. A waterproof membrane was installed between the OSB Board and the siding.

Although SHERA Planks come in a range of colours it may be the case that local tastes, or even personal preferences demand that they be painted locally. 

In this case the planks were ordered in uncoloured format and painted in the distinctive blue colour above by our stockists, Eurocyd, who supplied the project.

The siding was 170 m2 and took about 3 months to build from scratch.

SHERA Plank come in uncoloured and coloured formats, which means you can get uncoloured format and paint to local tastes prior to installation.

In this case the client opted for traditional wooden decking but it is useful to know that SHERA also offer SHERA Decking Plank, which is a perfect alternative: tough, long lasting yet beautiful, this floor plank is the perfect material for any kind of exterior decking application.

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This reference project was for exterior siding done on a family home based in Catalonia, near Barcelona.

The building is a farmhouse and uses SHERA plank in a typical external siding application.

SHERA manufacture pre-painted planks in a varietry of colours, but in this instance the customer opted to use SHERA planks that were painted locally by our stockists, Eurocyd who are based near Barcelona.

The customer was very please with the projecxt and has since ordered another batch for other buildings!

For more details of SHERA's exterior siding or wall/facade boards or decking planks, and to speak to a local stockist based near Barcelona in Spain, contact Eurocyd here.

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For more details on any SHERA products or if you are interested in becoming a SHERA stockist in your region, please contact us here.

Here are a few photos of some siding on traditional housing in Lithuania using SHERA plank in Golden Sand Teak, giving a beautiful natural wood aesthetic to the building.

Golden Sand Teak is one of several 'wood series' colours offered by SHERA that give the natural appearance of real wood on your siding application. 

Colours in the wood series are:

Golden Sand Teak

Walnut

Afromosia Brown

Golden Teak Brown

Cherry Red

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Below are a few snaps of a project using SHERA Plank as fibre cement siding for an application on an apartment building in Poland. In this case the planks were painted locally and the natural wood colour and wood grain texture really give the appearance of natural wood; we think you will agree the planks look pretty good.

SHERA Plank is a fibre cement siding material suitable for housing, apartments, offices and many other applications, even fencing.  SHERA Plank is available in both square cut (overlap) style and also shiplap style.

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Here are a few images of a recent external siding project in Lithuania using SHERA Plank, Afromosia colour, 3 metre length with the popular 'teak' wood style surface profile.

The wood-like colour of 'Afromosia' plank gives a very nice, natural aesthetic to the whole house and we think you'll agree the end result looks fantastic! 

Our partners in Lithuania have also created their own SHERA Plank installation video, which you can see here.

For more information on SHERA Plank please click the following links:

SHERA Plank

SHERA Shiplap Style Planks

SHERA Plank for Exterior Siding Applications

Photo Gallery of Exterior Siding Projects

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