Within the building industry the term cladding used to be applied to any material that was used to either cover existing roofs or walls or to actually construct walls of roof by fixing panels of the cladding material to the frame of a building. The term cladding was applied to sheets of wood, stone, metal, concrete or plastic used for this purpose. Nowadays when someone speaks about cladding they are usually referring to metal cladding, which is the most popular form of cladding for large modern buildings. The Properties of Cladding Cladding is designed to provide structure to a...