Solving the cladding conundrum
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Peter Kaczmar, Senior Technical Consultant at TRADA Technology, explains the results of recent research into the reasons for discolouration of unfinished exterior timber cladding and ways to treat it.
Article from In Touch with Timber Issue 12 (Summer 2013)
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