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LiteCladSteel Profiles

EIFS in metal — 0.5 mm roll-formed steel weatherskin over continuous external EPS insulation.

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LiteClad Steel Profiles
Technical documentation

The LiteClad Steel Profiles kit

Brochure, design guide, engineering specification, CAD details and an interactive calculator.

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Product brochureOne-page overview, key specifications, applications.
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Technical design guideFull design guidance, worked examples, standards references.
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Engineering specificationClause-referenced specification text for your tender documents.
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At a glance

Key specifications

LiteClad is Technopol's profiled 0.5 mm pre-painted steel cladding skin — an "EIFS in metal" external weatherskin / over-cladding fixed to the structure by concealed clips or screws; it is the bare metal facing only (the EPS-cored composite board is the separate NuClad product), so it carries no bonded insulation core.

PropertyValueStandard
Profile range & cover widthStanding Seam Narrow 282 / Wide 495; ClipClad 270; DutchClad 293; Corrugated 990; IBR Wide 990 mm
Profile geometry (rib)IBR: 990 cover, rib pitch 330; Corrugated: 990 cover, pitch 76, depth 18; Standing Seam 495/285 cover mm
Fixing methodStanding Seam — holding clips, seamed-in, concealed; ClipClad / DutchClad — wafer screws, concealed; Corrugated / IBR Wide — roof screws, exposed
Applications / orientationEIFS over-cladding, external wall cladding, roofing (roofing-rated: Standing Seam, ClipClad, Corrugated, IBR Wide), ABTs; profiles run vertically or horizontally
Standard colour rangeDove Grey 7042, Dark Dolphin 7031, Anthracite Grey 7016, Frost White 9016, Sandstone Beige 1002, Basalt Grey 7012, Quartz Grey 7039, Signal Brown 8002RAL

LiteClad is the bare profiled steel weatherskin — the 0.5 mm steel adds negligible thermal resistance, so no λ / R / U-value is published for the cladding on its own; insulation is provided by the substrate or by the EPS-cored NuClad composite board (separate product page). Fire ratings belong to the insulation/assembly, not the bare steel: reaction-to-fire Class B-s1,d0 (SANS 53501-1) is for the FRCel EPS core, and FR 60 min (R/E/I 60, SANS 10177-2, report FT 24/003 Issue 2, tested 2024) is for the NuClad LiteCore LSF wall assembly — do not apply either to the bare cladding. DutchClad is a wall/ABT weatherboard (not roofing-rated per the datasheet); the other four profiles are roofing-rated. Skin gauges of 0.4 mm and 0.3 mm appear only in an internal costing sheet; the published datasheet lists 0.5 mm only.

Values from Technopol technical documentation. Confirm the exact figures for your specification with Technopol.

Applications

Where this product is used

The same product does a different job in each of these assemblies — each page states the target, the clause and the limits.

Continuous Insulation (EIFS)Cavity Wall InsulationWarm RoofAgricultural & Poultry Housing

Every number, its source

Performance data & provenance

Each figure is labelled with how we know it — a named in-validity test, a supplier value, an in-house calculation, or a test whose validity has expired.

PropertyValueStandardSource reportStatus
Profile cover width (IBR/Corrugated)990 mmProvisional
Steel skin gauge0.5 mmProvisional
Reaction-to-fire (FRCel EPS core, not bare skin)B-s1,d0SANS 53501-1IT 23-08-00009Verified
Fire-resistance (NuClad LiteCore LSF wall assembly)FR60 (R/E/I 60, load-bearing) minSANS 10177-2FT 24-003Verified

Labels are defined on our data promise; every source report is on the test-report register.

The limits

Where not to use this

A material specified for the wrong job fails you, then us. We would rather lose the order.

Anywhere someone is buying LiteClad as an 'insulated panel' or a 'composite' and expecting it to carry an R-value on its own.
LiteClad profiles are BARE 0.5 mm roll-formed PPGL/PPGI steel (PROVISIONAL) — the weatherskin laid over a SEPARATE continuous external EPS layer on top-hat rails or battens; the steel skin adds negligible thermal resistance and LiteClad is not factory-laminated to any core.
→ If you want a factory-laminated composite, use LiteSpan (EPS/PIR/Stone Wool core) or NuClad. If you want LiteClad, design the EPS layer thickness as an independent input — size it in the free SANS 10400-XA checker at ../../technical/xa-compliance/.
Using DutchClad 293 on a roof, or any of the profiles below their pitch limits.
DutchClad 293 is a WALL-ONLY profile — it has no roof lap or pitch performance and will not shed water as a roof covering.
→ IBR Wide 990 or Corrugated 990 for pitched roofs, or Standing Seam 282/495 / ClipClad 270 for low-pitch and concealed-fix roofs — with the EPS insulation layer sized separately underneath.
Severe marine splash zones, heavy industrial atmospheres, or livestock buildings with high ammonia (poultry, piggeries) — specified on the standard 0.5 mm coated coil.
A 0.5 mm PPGL/PPGI skin depends entirely on its coating system: in an aggressive corrosion category the cut edges, fixings and laps go first, and the weatherskin — which is all that protects the EPS behind it — fails long before the design life.
→ Upgrade the coil coating/gauge to the corrosion category with a written coil-supplier warranty, or use aluminium or stainless steel skins in splash and ammonia environments. Also check the top-hat rail thermal bridge in ../../technical/thermal-bridge/.
Where it has been used

Project references

LiteClad Steel Profiles

Our Shack

Residential

LiteClad Steel Profiles

ModuPod 1.0 / 2.0

Modular building

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