Technical Information and Guides

In Spain, the word fibrocemento (fiber cement) still triggers an immediate association with asbestos. That is understandable: for decades, sheets, pipes and other fiber cement elements containing asbestos fibers were manufactured and installed in Spanish buildings. Many of those old products are still in place today in roofs, party walls, facades and other parts of […]

Filltect and Ceradir V belong to the same family of KMEW ventilated facades, share the same clip installation logic and can be installed horizontally or vertically. The main difference is not about deciding which one is “better”, but about understanding the project’s priority: architectural expression and photocatalytic surface technology, or a thinner solution aimed specifically […]

Both KMEW panels and large-format porcelain stoneware can be used as the outer cladding of a ventilated facade. Both allow durable, technically demanding architectural solutions, but they reach that result through different materials, formats and fixing systems. The comparison becomes particularly interesting when the project needs to reduce loads, simplify installation, keep the fixing visually […]

Central idea KMEW and ETICS (SATE) are not simply two different finishes. They represent two ways of building a facade: mechanical dry installation versus a continuous system with wet layers applied on site. 1. The main difference: an industrialised dry facade ETICS (SATE in Spain) is a technically mature and efficient solution, but its execution […]

Both KMEW and HPL can form part of high-efficiency ventilated facade systems, but they are built on different product concepts. KMEW uses prefabricated fiber-reinforced cement panels with a relief surface and a concealed installation system. Compact HPL for exterior use is manufactured from layers of cellulose-based fibers and paper, impregnated with heat-resistant resins and pressed […]