LONG LIFE, LOW MAINTENANCE
CARBON CAPTURE CLADDING

FireCrunch cladding is a low CO₂ pollutive, low emission Carbon Capture Storage (CCS) magnesium oxide cladding.

MgSO₄ composites offer several advantages over traditional materials. They are up to 10 times stronger than plasterboard, enabling a single 10mm sheet to achieve the same fire-resistant level as two layers of 16mm Fyrchek and similar plasterboard. This not only cuts material costs but also reduces site handling, installation, transport, and fixings expenses. Additionally, MgSO₄ composites have no paper linings, making them ideal for wet areas and humid climates. They provide superior protection against fire, floods, acoustics, termites, bacteria, mould, and heavy impacts, while offering a longer lifespan and very low maintenance requirements.

LOW CO₂ IN HIGH DEMAND

The increasing world and now Australian demand for low CO₂ emission HIGH SEQUESTRATION AND EMBODIED CARBON construction products have enabled installation of highly sophisticated automatic computer driven manufacturing lines reducing end buyer costs.

Up to 50% reduction at a time when everything in construction is going up, is a refreshing change!

This has enabled FireCrunch to announce a substantial up to 30% cost reduction in composite cladding costs, at retail and more in large trades construction.

FLOOD RESISTANT BUILDING MATERIALS
WATERPROOF BUILDING BOARD

FireCrunch is primarily a fire protection product, however, it is also a flood resistant building board. In cases of flooding, simply clean off the excess dirt and debris, and let it dry out. Water and flooding cause extreme damage to properties in low-lying areas of Australia throughout the year.

FireCrunch’s reliable building boards do not degrade or deteriorate in water. Ideal for flood protection whilst being a mould resistant board where the framing can be dried out and the board resealed and re-painted at a low cost.

FIRE RESISTANT
BUILDING BOARD

Avoid compromising your budget and time searching for fire resistant building board options when you can select FireCrunch for all your building and cladding material needs. Our fire resistant building board BCA deemed to satisfy and NCC alternative product range is specifically designed to withstand the harsh and unpredictable Australian climate without fail to ensure maximum longevity.

At FireCrunch, we are committed to the manufacture of our building board range in an environmentally friendly fashion and have successfully established a powerful and responsible image in the building market of fire rated building materials. Our boards and products are 10 times stronger than plasterboard and emit a final very low CO₂ value of only 5%.

Black Saturday saw Australia’s most damaging bushfires, with the death toll being 173. It was from these horrific scenarios that the team at FireCrunch decided there needed to be a change, a change giving people the opportunity to build their houses with a more sustainable and fire resistant material. We have tested this material as shown in the above case so it will ensure your family is safe no matter where you chose to live.

IMPACT RESISTANT
BUILDING BOARD

FireCrunch is stronger and will last up to four times longer than a standard building board. FCA is a product made from a unique formula of superior (MgSO₄) Magnesium sulphate content quality. FCA products, unlike all other Chinese imported MgO on the Australian market contain no Corrosive Magnesium Chloride (MgCl₂).

All MgO with Chloride content will rust out streel screw fixings and corrode galvanised steel frames in under 6 weeks if not very carefully steel protection coating in preparation with rust inhibitors raising the install cost and will not entirely eliminate the corrosion risk. (See NATA tested certification FCA products no Magnesium Chloride (MgCl₂) Certification.)

Whilst FireCrunch is not totally indestructible, it is however, eight to ten times stronger than plasterboard. Small household accidents will not damage FireCrunch. Investors with rental tenants who may not be as careful as they should be will find expensive and difficult to repair plasterboard maintenance virtually zero with FireCrunch.

TERMITE RESISTANT
BUILDING BOARD

FireCrunch is impervious to termites and cannot be consumed by white ants and the like. FireCrunch is termite resistant due to the chemical compound of magnesium oxide (MgO) acting as a final deterrent to termites.

Made from a completely unique and non-toxic fibre composite mix, termite damage is eliminated as termites have no interest in FireCrunch. Householders and property owners suffer millions of dollars of extensive damage to termite infested timber framed construction caused by the endemic termites in Australia. There are about eight very destructive species of termites in various forms, mainly distributed along the coast lines. FireCrunch cladding total protects all expensive timber framing.

SOUND RESISTANT
ACOUSTIC BUILDING BOARD

FireCrunch is as a high density acoustic building board in its natural format in 10 mm, and higher in greater thicknesses. It has an acoustic capability of up to Rw 62 + Ctr. using 10mm sheeting

The BCA requirement levels are met by the addition of high density acoustic insulation batts placed in the wall and ceiling cavities to the architects and or manufacturers specification. In some cases, these are fire and acoustic rated batts available from a number of major manufacturers in Australia and users should check first to verify the ability relevant to the Rw specifications and other requirements.

MOULD RESISTANT BUILDING CLADDING
MOISTURE & BACTERIA RESISTANT BUILDING BOARDS

FireCrunch is a mould resistant building material, does not retain moisture and repels bacteria. Being a health safe building product, VOC FREE, FireCrunch will not warp expand or contract and degrade in wet areas and does not provide an environment for mould and bacteria spores to spread.

VOC free building material or VOC free building boards are quite hard to find, FireCrunch contains no toxic chemicals and is a sustainable recycled 45% waste oxide recovery product, which is 100% recyclable building product unlike fire rated plasterboard which destroys millions of oxygen generating trees to make weak paper linings for plasterboard see Safety Data Sheet –  certifications are Volatile Organic Compounds (VOC).

Mould and mildew will not easily form on FireCrunch and bacteria cannot survive on FireCrunch building boards, instead it kills bacteria almost instantly, which makes it suitable for family protection at home, medical centres, hospitals, schools, and other health concern areas.