Bamboo X-treme Cladding
Plantation Bamboo Cladding is an extremely strong, solid, high-density exterior bamboo plank made from compressed strand-woven bamboo – profiled into an overlapping cladding board.
A special, patented “thermo-density” heat treatment manufacturing process provides bamboo X-treme cladding with the highest durability class possible, making it well-suited for the harsh New Zealand sun and environment.
Our Bamboo X-treme Cladding has been tested and appraised by BEAL as compliant with the New Zealand Building Code
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Testimonial
Builders love it!
Christchurch Builder, Matty from Surecraft Carpentry recently installed our bamboo x-treme cladding on an architectural second story house addition.
"It's the first time I've heard about a T&G cladding system. It's amazing how dense and versatile this cladding is - it doesn't dent like cedar which makes installation much easier. It seems bulletproof. It saved me a lot of time having the hidden clip and screw fixings and looks very smart with clean lines, once installed. I'm looking forward to using it again."
-Matty, Surecraft Carpentry, Canterbury
Superior quality and unmatched durability
Bamboo X-treme Cladding is:
- Exceptionally Hard
- Dense
- Stable
- Durable
The stability of the cladding allows for the tongue-in-groove end-matching of the boards, giving a high-quality snug join and finish
Modern and Natural Bamboo Cladding for Exterior
Our supplier utilises a 200°C heat-treatment process to thermally modify the bamboo to increase the stability, hardness and density of the cladding boards, making the cladding suitable for very demanding applications.
Bamboo X-treme Cladding will rival other hardwoods in grain and structure, with the characteristic bamboo fibers being more visible as the product weathers, giving a lovely natural, and unique look.
The cladding can also be used for making a fence, feature wall, and more!
Fire Safety
The cladding reaches this exceptional fire safety rating without impregnation of eco-damaging and expensive fire retardants. Therefore, the cladding is safe for the environment and for the installers. Sustainable, safe and beautiful!!
This makes it suitable for:
- Commercial buildings
- Apartments
- Housing
Sustainable Choice
All our solid bamboo products have a negative carbon footprint over their complete lifecycle.
While tropical hardwoods can take up to 80 years to grow to full maturity and be ready for harvesting – Moso bamboo stems (which is what bamboo X-treme cladding is made from) are mature after 4-5 years.
After harvesting the bamboo stem doesn’t die and no deforestation occurs – the rhizomes sprout new shoots even faster. There, the bamboo forest can be harvested annually and sustainably in a fair-trade manner for the farmers, by default.
Easy Installation
The cladding reaches this exceptional fire safety rating without impregnation of eco-damaging and expensive fire retardants. Therefore, the cladding is safe for the environment and for the installers. Sustainable, safe and beautiful!!
This makes it suitable for:
- Commercial buildings
- Apartments
- Housing
25 year Warranty
We have great confidence in the stability, strength and longevity of Plantation Bamboo X-treme Cladding to provide such a long structural warranty.
Learn all about Bamboo X-treme, from our Dutch supplier, MOSO Bamboo
What our customers are saying...
Product Specifications and Instructions
Explore installation, sizing and general product info below.
Bamboo x-treme cladding boards are 1850mm long, with end-matching tongue-in-groove join. The boards are 137mm wide, but with the profiled overlap the visible face is 128mm (once clipped together and installed), with a small gap provided between the boards for air-flow.
The cladding is 18mm thick.
There are 5 boards = 9.25LM per box. A box weighs 27kg.
Supplied with powder-coated stainless steel clip and screw fixings – for “invisible” fastening.
Technical characteristics and certifications of bamboo x-treme cladding:
- Density: +/- 1150 kg/m3
- Dimensional stability: length: + 0.1 %; width: + 0.9% (24 hours in water 20°C)
- Resistance to Indentation – Brinell Hardness: ≥ 9.5 kg/mm2 (EN 1534)
- Reaction to fire: Class B-s1-d0 (EN 13501-1) 1)
- Flame spread index: Class A (ASTM E84)
- Thermal emittance: 0.81 (ASTM C1371) 2)
- Solar Reflectance (SR): 0.32 (ASTM C1549) 2)
- Solar Reflectance Index (SRI): Low 27, Medium 30, High 33 (ASTM E1980) 2)
- Modulus of Elasticity: 13565 N/mm2 (mean value – EN 408)
- Bending strength: 54.4 N/mm2 (characteristic value – EN 408)
- Biological durability: Class 1 (EN 350 / CEN/TS 15083-2), simulated graveyard test / Class 1
- (EN 350 / CEN/TS 15083-1)
- Effectiveness against Blue Stain: Class 0 (EN 152)
- Use Class: Class 4 (EN 335)
- CO2 neutral: LCA report TU Delft (ISO 14040/44) (www.moso-bamboo.com/lca)
- Environmental Product Declaration – EPD (EN 15804) (www.moso-bamboo.com/epd)
- Contribution LEED BD+C – v4: MR 1, MR 2, MR 3 (FSC®), SS 7
- v2009: MR 6, MR 7 (FSC®)
- Contribution BREEAM: MAT 1, MAT 3 (FSC®), MAT 5 (HD)
- Warranty: 25 years
1) Tested on 18 mm thickness, without gaps between boards, with ventilation space behind boards.
2) Tested on 3 year-weathered Bamboo X-treme Cladding