Benefits of VMZINC
All VMZINC systems can be used for new build and refurbishment alike and in combination with many other building materials. As with all VMZINC products exceptional durability, very limited maintenance and a wide range of beautiful finishes are offered. A full list of benefits are shown below.
Zinc is among the most sustainable metals used in construction today and has been used on the roofs of Paris for almost 200 years. The VMZINC standing seam system is also highly cost-effective, both from an initial procurement and design life perspective. Whether for new build or refurbishment, the VMZINC standing seam system has been designed to complement a wide range of building materials and styles. The finishes available offer exceptional colour stability.
This ensures that maintenance requirements will be minimal throughout the system’s design life and that the material’s installed appearance will be retained for many years. VMZINC’s versatile standing seam system can be used for warm or cold roof constructions and all trim including both internal and hanging external gutters are available in VMZINC.
VMZINC can be used for warm or cold roof constructions as well as rainscreen facades. Some of its many benefits are:
- Lightweight and durable
- Minimal expansion and creak
- Malleability
- Fully recyclable
- Cost effective
- Virtually maintenance-free
- Conforms to EN 988
- A service life of 100 years for roofing panels and in excess of 50 years for gutters
- Can be installed on pitches from 3°-90°
- Complex shapes can be easily achieved.
- Zinc panels can be pre-curved to a radius as low as 600mm
- Can be used to cover soffits (box gutter overhangs, etc)
- EN 15804 Environment Product Declaration
- For Roofing can be laid in lengths up to 13 metres without the need for expansion steps
- For Facades wide range of panel types
- Certified Non-Combustible Material, Tested to AS/NZ 1530.1 - Combustibility of Building Materials, and AS/NZ 1530.3 - Simultaneous Determination of Ignitability, flame propagation, heat release and smoke release
- Available in a natural finish or 10 pre-weathered finishes plus bespoke PIGMENTO
Surface Finishes
VMZINC is an elegant partner for many building materials. Available in 10 pre-weathered finishes as well as mill finish Natural Zinc. Highly flexible, malleable and durable. Zinc can be embossed, perforated and incorporate texture helping to create imaginative designs.