Picking the right siding for your house is a delicate balancing act between good looks, durability, maintenance, and affordability. With wood, vinyl, stone, brick, or stucco, you might get only two or three of these. But with fiber cement siding, a resilient mix of wood pulp and portland cement, you

In Australia’s capital cities in particular over the last 30 years or so, the speed in which commercial, civil, governmental and high-density residential buildings are completed has increased dramatically.Everywhere you look, skylines are being transformed by the ‘sudden’ appearance of new buildings

More than 35 billion tonnes of non-metallic minerals are extracted from the Earth every year. These materials mainly end up being used to build homes, schools, offices and hospitals. It’s a staggering amount of resources, and it’s only too likely to increase in the coming years as the global populat

You have likely heard of fiber cement siding or James Hardie siding, but what is it actually made of? The name may conjure up images of a boring cement wall but that couldn’t be further from the truth.Comprised of cement, sand, water, and cellulose wood fibers, fiber cement siding is engineered to b

Without any doubt, whatsoever, the most efficient way to build a house is to build it inside another house – or shed as the case may be.The advantages and cost savings of building offsite continue to grow as processes and materials improve.What is a modular home?So often the discussion can be heard

Eastland Building Materials has been estabilshed for twelve years ,

Although fiber cement siding commonly has the look of wood siding, it can be manufactured in a variety of profiles. In all cases, it is a cost effective and low maintenance finish that is resistant to termites and fire, will not rot, buckle or warp, and holds paint for several years longer than conv

Latest construction technologies are superior to the traditional methods as they enable mechanised construction, are environment-friendly, and yield faster results, finds out Bindu Gopal Rao.Did you know a villa can be built in a day? it is no fantasy. This is a reality, thanks to new-age constructi

Fibre cement cladding is an ideal material for exterior cladding panels as it offers many practical benefits, such as strength, durability and an excellent fire performance rating.Eastland panels are manufactured from a mixture of cement, reinforcement fibres, additives and water, which is built up

The modern version of fiber cement siding dates back to the 1980s,