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Wooden cladding

Platonization Sustainably treated in our own factory in the Netherlands using only water and heat. With Platowood's wooden cladding, you create a distinctive and unique look. A wooden façade has a strong appeal, offers insulation, and brings a natural, warm character. Platowood Cladding is suitable for exterior applications on any type of building or home, and withstands sun, water, and wind.

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Fast-growing wood species

We offer various wood species, each with its own distinctive characteristics: Platowood Fraké, Platowood Spruce, and Platowood Poplar. All are suitable for cladding.

Platonium profiles

Channelsiding, Swedish rabat, rhombus, tongue and groove, the list goes on. Platowood can plane and supply sustainably treated wood in all common profiles.

Dimensionally stable wood

Did you know that the hydro-thermal modification of our wood reduces its shrink and swell behavior by up to 70%? Easy to work with, suitable for use without additional treatment, and low maintenance.

Certified wood

Platowood uses only wood from certified forests. Sustainable forest management ensures that a new tree can grow in the time our wood remains on a façade. A circular process, good for people and the planet.

We offer various wood species, each with its own distinctive characteristics: Platowood Fraké, Platowood Spruce, and Platowood Poplar. All are suitable for cladding. Will you go for a closed, horizontally mounted façade or an open vertical wooden façade? Our wood products are available in a variety of profiles — including the well-known Platonium 01 and Platonium 05.

Thanks to our process, Platowood doesn’t require any finishing, even outdoors. It weathers naturally. Additionally, we can treat the wood with color finishes and a biological fire retardant. Check out all the possibilities here.

Looking for an ecologically responsible building material for your façade — but also want to make an architectural statement? Platowood Cladding is a great choice. See and feel our wood for yourself and easily request a sample. For a uniform architectural look, you can combine the wooden façade with our sustainable window frame wood for frames, windows, and doors.

Frequently asked questions

An important aspect of installing wooden façade cladding is moisture. Can the wood dry and ventilate properly? These are key questions to ask when designing and installing a wooden façade. Wood may get wet, but it must not stay wet. Moist wood reduces the lifespan of both the wood and any optional finishes. For more tips on installation, we recommend reading our installation guidelines.

Refer to our maintenance guidelines for a detailed explanation on how to care for your façade. Do you have a façade without a color finish? Then an annual cleaning is sufficient.

Note: never use a pressure washer to clean a wooden façade. The powerful water jet can damage the surface wood fibers, which may lead to uneven weathering and negatively affect the lifespan of the wood.

No, Platowood uses only water and heat to enhance the durability of the wood. First, it is steamed under high pressure and then baked in our gas-free factory in Arnhem.

Our process does not add anything to the wood; it alters its chemical and mechanical properties, giving it a very high durability class.

Want to know more about our process and how it differs from purely thermal modification of wood? Then read our article: Thermal and hydro-thermal modification: what’s the difference?

Standard Platowood has a fire class of D-s2, d0. With the FireProtect treatment, this is upgraded to B-s2, d0. The exact fire class may vary depending on the wood type, treatment, and application.

Both thermal and hydro-thermal modification (the Platowood process) involve heating wood at high temperatures in an oxygen-poor environment, which causes chemical changes that reduce moisture absorption and improve dimensional stability—factors that contribute to increased durability of the wood. Thermally modified wood is also referred to as “thermowood.”

What’s the difference between thermal and hydro-thermal modification?

In hydro-thermal modification, the wood undergoes an additional step before the heating process: “cooking.” At Platowood, the wood is “cooked” in an autoclave under high pressure using saturated steam. This process increases the reactivity of the molecular structure, allowing the wood to be heated at relatively lower temperatures to achieve durability. This unique combination of cooking and heating is what we call platowooding. Platowood is the only wood processor that uses this specific modification technique.

The advantage of platowooding is that our wood becomes less brittle, which results in less material loss during installation. And that reduced brittleness comes with another benefit: Platowood is the only supplier that can deliver KOMO-certified window and frame wood made from fraké.

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