FACADE RENDERING IN NATURAL COLOURS

FACADE COLOURS: Instead of painting a rendered exterior with plastic paint, professional workmen are increasingly using coloured cement

These days, Danish home owners have plenty of money in their pockets. Rising house prices and a number of new types of loan make it possible to exploit the increasing equity, which is often spent on property extensions and renovation.

Skalflex is one of the companies benefiting from this trend, especially regarding renovation of old facades. The company produces a number of cement based products containing natural iron oxide colours which, in addition to extreme durability and environmental friendliness, save the owner the additional work of painting the facade.

Long lasting

“Our cement based paints enable the house to breathe, in contrast to conventional plastic paint,” says director Poul Pedersen, Skalflex. “And the homogeneous colour of the products help to make the final result a lot more consistent. No flaking occurs with subsequent repair work.” Skalflex’s rendering systems comprise a large number of speciality products which have made the company a market leader in Denmark, especially with the Skalcem 100 product, a coloured cement powder paint which is extensively used in Denmark.

Aesthetics

“Our particular strength is our approach to collaboration with professional workmen,” says Poul Pedersen. “We focus more on the finished result than the individual product, because it can be a combination of several of our own products and others. The complete, aesthetic result is what matters. So it is vital that our advice to workmen is professional and impartial. We take the liberty to say so, because our products always win when it comes to quality.” In recent years, Skalflex has started a budding export to countries including Norway, Sweden, Germany and the Bal-tic States.

http://www.skalflex.dk

 
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