The façade is a building’s first defence against fire, water and weather. When it fails, or when it was built with non-compliant or combustible materials, the risk reaches every occupant and every owner.
Edina rectifies façades and replaces cladding on apartment and commercial buildings across Melbourne. We remove combustible and failed systems, rectify the substrate and junctions behind them, and install compliant replacement systems to the documented design. All of this is done safely, at height, and often while the building remains occupied.
- Removal and replacement of combustible cladding, including expanded polystyrene (EPS) and aluminium composite panels (ACP)
- Installation of compliant, non-combustible façade systems, including autoclaved aerated concrete (such as Hebel) and fibre cement
- Render and sheet cladding repairs and replacement
- Window, door and façade junction re-flashing and sealing
- Weather barriers, sarking, insulation and cavity details
- Façade water testing and inspection
DESIGN LED, NOT IMPROVISED
We install to the design and performance solution documented by your façade engineer and fire engineer, and coordinate their inspections and sign-off.
LOOK BEHIND THE CLADDING
When the cladding comes off, we inspect framing, insulation, membranes and junctions. Any hidden defects are recorded and resolved before the new system closes them in.
SAFE WORK AT HEIGHT
Engineered scaffold, screening and edge protection, with exclusion zones and public protection at street level.
WEATHER AND OCCUPANT PROTECTION
We plan staged removal, temporary weather protection and safe resident access to minimise exposure and disruption as works progress.
RESPONSIBLE WASTE
Combustible cladding is removed, tracked and disposed of in line with the project’s waste management requirements.
On St Kilda Road, specified combustible EPS cladding was removed and replaced with the documented Hebel system. Exposed framing, insulation, membranes and weatherproofing junctions were checked before finishing, and the structural engineer’s sign-off was coordinated by Edina, all while most residents remained at home.
Edina Building Group operates a management system certified to ISO 9001 (Quality), ISO 14001 (Environmental) and ISO 45001 (Occupational Health and Safety). Every project is planned, built and documented under the same certified quality, environmental and safety processes.
