Asbestos cement moulded panels
Description
Moulded panels for cladding or siding applications. Primarily marketed for exterior use on walls and gable ends, but also for internal feature walls, screens, fencing and partitions. Horizontal and vertical direction application.
Appearance can be that of rows of planking, smooth, woodgrain, half-moon logs or flat with grooves, columns or ribs.
Large market input of moulded panels by Hardie’s and Wunderlich. These manufacturers competed with similar/identical product. Even using the same name for Log Cabin panelling.
Panels patterns may vary depending on which face was installed as external facing.
Some of these moulded patterns were not market friendly. Hardies Ranchline, a variation of the Log Cabin product, was only sold in NSW. Hardies Fluted was introduced in 1960 but withdrawn in 1964 due to poor sales. Weatherboard panels sold well in NSW compared to other regions of Australia.
Years of production/use
Prior to 1990
Brands/products
- Weatherboard (known as Chamferboard in Qld) – introduced 1961
- Shadowline – introduced 1958
- Highline
- Coverline – first introduced to Qld, then general market 1960
- Log cabin – introduced1962
- Durawall
- Striated (also known as Striated Hardiflex) – introduced 1957
- Fluted – introduced 1960, withdrawn 1964
- Ribwall
- Lineboard
- Hardigrain
- Ranchline (marketed in NSW only) – introduced 1963
Residential uses
Homes, garages, sheds, exterior and interior feature walls, spandrel panels
Industrial uses
Commercial, government and community buildings
Be aware
Used with moulded AC internal and/or external angles.
Uncapped edging that displays bare fibres.
Some moulded patterns have identical appearance to steel cladding, when painted.
Moulded panel profiles
