Designed. Manufactured. Installed.

Aluminium rainscreen systems and SFS, made in Rainham

We design, manufacture and install our own aluminium rainscreen systems and MET-PRO SFS. Supply only, or supply and install.

Spelthorne Leisure Centre from above: the aluminium panel rainscreen on Core 3, the copper-coloured stair core, beside the timber-clad rooftop

Spelthorne Leisure Centre, Staines-upon-Thames, Surrey. Delivered by Express Facades.

Worthing Integrated Care Centre, Worthing, West Sussex. Delivered by Express Facades. Photo: Craig Auckland / Fotohaus.

Meopham School, Meopham, Kent. Delivered by Express Facades.

Worthing Integrated Care Centre, Worthing, West Sussex. Delivered by Express Facades. Photo: Craig Auckland / Fotohaus.

Spelthorne Leisure Centre, Staines-upon-Thames, Surrey. Delivered by Express Facades.

Meopham School, Meopham, Kent. Delivered by Express Facades.

Worthing Integrated Care Centre, Worthing, West Sussex. Delivered by Express Facades. Photo: Craig Auckland / Fotohaus.

Fixed Cassette, Secret Fix, Plank, Standing Seam and MET-PRO SFS
4 rainscreen systems + SFS
Powder-coated or anodised aluminium panels
Any RAL colour
Fixed Cassette, Secret Fix and Plank, to the CWCT Standard Test Methods
CWCT tested
In the façade industry
20+ years

Trusted by

  • Bouygues UK
  • Mace
  • Sinden, formerly Thomas Sinden
  • Willmott Dixon
  • Galliford Try
  • McCarthy & Stone
  • Morgan Sindall Construction
  • VolkerFitzpatrick
Visualisation of UEA CDP Phase 1: pale panelled buildings with full-height glazing set in landscaped grounds at the University of East Anglia
Visualisation.

Flagship projectOn site now

UEA CDP Phase 1

University of East Anglia, Norwich, for Mace

Express Group is on site in Norwich on Phase 1 of the University of East Anglia's CDP project for Mace. The façade scope covers GRC panels and Equitone panels, both on secret-fix frame systems, SFS, louvre screens and heavy-duty steel louvre doors.

Main contractor
Mace
Location
Norwich, Norfolk
Sector
Education
  • GRC panels
  • Equitone panels
  • Secret-fix frames
  • SFS
  • Louvre screens
  • Steel louvre doors

Rainscreen systems we make, plus the frame behind them

Every Express ALU Pro system is made in the UK and backed by a data sheet. Fixed Cassette, Secret Fix and Plank are tested to the CWCT Standard Test Methods and come in any RAL colour.

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  • Express ALU Pro Fixed Cassette, finished wall: 3 mm aluminium cassettes in RAL 9006 with 25 mm recessed joints, the fixings in the vertical joints; the build-up shows at the sample's open edges (illustrative render)

    Aluminium rainscreen

    Fixed Cassette

    Face-fixed cassette panels with discreet, colour-matched fixings: a cost-effective alternative to secret fix.

    Fixing
    Face-fixed, discreet
    Tested
    CWCT; fire wall test
  • Express ALU Pro Secret Fix, finished wall: 3 mm aluminium panels in RAL 9006 with 20 mm open joints and no visible fixings; the build-up shows at the sample's open edges (illustrative render)

    Aluminium rainscreen

    Secret Fix

    Hook-on panels hung on stainless steel clips, with no visible fixings.

    Fixing
    Hook-on, concealed
    Tested
    CWCT, project sample
  • Express ALU Pro Plank, finished wall: 400 mm aluminium planks in RAL 9006 laid horizontally with slim shadow joints; the build-up shows at the sample's open edges (illustrative render)

    Aluminium rainscreen

    Plank

    Interlocking, secret-fixed planks with closed joints, laid in any direction.

    Direction
    Horizontal, vertical, diagonal
    Tested
    CWCT system test
  • Express Pro Standing Seam, finished wall: vertical 0.7 mm steel standing seam sheets in RAL 9006, flat pans between raised seams at 500 mm centres; the build-up shows at the sample's open edges (illustrative render)

    Metal wall cladding

    Standing Seam

    Standing seam in steel or aluminium: flat pans, seams at 500 mm centres, strong shadow lines.

    Sheet
    Steel or aluminium
    Cover width
    500 mm
  • Express FS single and double façade brackets in aluminium: each an angle with a fork slot and a hooked tip in the projecting leg, and its black thermal pad beside it (illustrative render)

    Substructure

    Express FS brackets

    Single and double façade brackets in aluminium or stainless steel, made in the UK, with the structural and thermal calculations included.

    Sizes
    40 to 400 mm
    Types
    Single or double

MET-PRO SFS

Our own SFS, next to the cladding

MET-PRO SFS (steel framing system) is our own range of studs, tracks, cleats, angles and posts in 1.2 to 3 mm galvanised steel, for loadbearing and non-loadbearing walls. It can be site or factory assembled, and fixes to concrete or to SHS and channels. Buy the frame, the brackets and the façade from one supplier.

Stud depths
90 to 350 mm
Steel
1.2 to 3 mm
Coating
Galvanised to BS EN 10346
Assembly
Site or factory
MET-PRO SFS wall frame in galvanised steel: base track, three C-studs and a slotted head track (illustrative render)
MET-PRO SFS A MET-PRO SFS wall frame

Roof and wall sheets from the Express Pro range

Corrugated, trapezoidal, half-round, box, plank and standing seam sheets for roofs and walls. Request a quote for project quantities.

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Finished wall of vertical Express Pro 53 corrugated sheets in RAL 7016, fixings in alternate troughs; the build-up shows at the edge (illustrative render)
Finished wall of vertical Express Pro 19-1000 trapezoidal sheets in RAL 7016; the build-up shows at the edge (illustrative render)
Indicative drawing of the half-round sheet profile, Express Pro 50: cover width 1,000 mm, pitch 200 mm, depth 51 mm
Indicative drawing
Finished roof of Express Pro 75-400 standing seam sheets in RAL 7016, seams running down the slope (illustrative render)
Indicative drawing of the standing seam wall sheet profile, Express Pro Standing Seam: cover width 500 mm, seam 25 mm, sheet 0.7 mm steel or 0.9 mm aluminium
Indicative drawing
Finished wall of vertical Express Pro 54 steel planks, 200mm module with 3mm joints, RAL 7016; the build-up shows at the edge (illustrative render)
Finished wall of vertical Express Pro 13-770 shallow-rib sheets in RAL 7016; the build-up shows at the edge (illustrative render)
Finished roof of Express Pro 32/1000 box profile sheets in RAL 7016, ribs running down the slope (illustrative render)
Finished wall of vertical Express Pro 18/980 plank-effect sheets in Woodgrain Natural, the grooves reading as separate planks; the build-up shows at the edge (illustrative render)
Finished roof of Express Pro 53 corrugated sheets in RAL 7016, laid down the slope with side laps (illustrative render)

Roof and wall

Corrugated sheet: Express Pro 53

A sinusoidal corrugated sheet for roofs, and for walls over MET-PRO SFS.

Cover width
991 mm
Pitch
76 mm
Depth
20 mm
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Wall

Trapezoidal wall sheet: Express Pro 19-1000

Wide, flat crowns split by narrow pressed grooves, for walls.

Cover width
1,000 mm
Pitch
167 mm
Depth
19 mm
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Roof

Half-round sheet: Express Pro 50

Five rounded ribs to a sheet, at a 200 mm pitch.

Cover width
1,000 mm
Pitch
200 mm
Depth
51 mm
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Roof

Standing seam roof sheet: Express Pro 75-400

A secret-fix standing seam roof sheet, clipped to concealed halters.

Cover width
397 mm
Seams
74 and 75 mm
Pan stiffeners
3, at 100 mm
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Wall

Standing seam wall sheet: Express Pro Standing Seam

A flat-pan standing seam wall sheet: no ribs in the pan, seams at 500 mm centres.

Cover width
500 mm
Seam
25 mm
Sheet
0.7 mm steel or 0.9 mm aluminium
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Wall

Steel plank: Express Pro 54

Interlocking steel planks with concealed fixings, laid horizontally or vertically.

Module
150 or 200 mm
Depth
24.6 mm
Joint
3, 10 or 20 mm
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Wall

Shallow-rib wall sheet: Express Pro 13-770

Twelve shallow ribs at a 70 mm pitch, for a fine, regular line on a wall.

Cover width
770 mm
Pitch
70 mm
Depth
13 mm
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Roof

Box profile roof sheet: Express Pro 32/1000

A box profile roof sheet with five 32 mm ribs at a 200 mm pitch.

Cover width
1,000 mm
Pitch
200 mm
Depth
32 mm
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Wall

Plank-effect wall sheet: Express Pro 18/980

One steel sheet grooved to read as five planks, laid horizontally or vertically.

Cover width
980 mm
Plank pitch
196 mm
Groove depth
18 mm
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Roof and wall

Corrugated sheet: Express Pro 53

A sinusoidal corrugated sheet for roofs, and for walls over MET-PRO SFS.

Cover width
991 mm
Pitch
76 mm
Depth
20 mm
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Two ways to buy

Specify our systems, buy them for your installer, or let our teams fit them.

How we work

For cladding contractors

Supply only

We make the system to your drawings and deliver it to site, with the data sheets and fixing details your team needs.

  • System made to your drawings
  • Delivered to site
  • Data sheets and fixing details

For main contractors

Supply and install

We design, make and install the frame, the brackets and the rainscreen, so one company is accountable for the material and the fitting.

  • Design, manufacture and installation
  • Frame, brackets and rainscreen
  • One point of responsibility
Close-up of half-round profiled steel rainscreen around a window at Meopham School, made and installed by Express Facades

Made in Rainham

We make what we install

Our systems are made in the UK, at our premises at 1 Lamson Road, Rainham, Essex. Architects, consultants and contractors are welcome to visit, meet the team and see production in action.

Pictured: our half-round profiled steel rainscreen at Meopham School, for Willmott Dixon Construction.

Our systems on finished buildings

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Worthing Integrated Care Centre on its street corner: bronze aluminium rainscreen panels under a blue sky

Healthcare · 2025

Complete

Worthing Integrated Care Centre

Main contractor
Galliford Try
Location
Worthing, West Sussex
Year
2025
  • Secret-fix aluminium rainscreen
  • Fibre cement cladding
Spelthorne Leisure Centre from above: the aluminium panel rainscreen on Core 3, the copper-coloured stair core, beside the timber-screened roof terrace

Leisure and sport · 2024

Complete

Spelthorne Leisure Centre

Main contractor
Willmott Dixon Construction
Location
Staines-upon-Thames, Surrey
Year
2024
  • Aluminium panel rainscreen
  • Timber batten rainscreen
  • Natural stone cladding
  • Aluminium copings
Aerial of the entrance corner: anthracite and silver cladding with the yellow canopy band

Education · 2024

Complete

Meopham School

Main contractor
Willmott Dixon Construction
Location
Meopham, Kent
Year
2024
  • Steel half-round rainscreen
  • Soffits, reveals and copings
  • Face brick cladding

For specifiers

Data sheets, test reports and colours in one place

Testing and test reports

What each system was tested to, by whom and the results.

Plank system test, CWCT methods: watertightness
R7 600 Pa
See the test results

Colours and finishes

Powder-coated in any RAL colour, or anodised. Order samples to sign off the colour.

  • RAL 9016 Traffic white
  • RAL 9006 White aluminium
  • RAL 9007 Grey aluminium
  • RAL 7035 Light grey
  • RAL 7039 Quartz grey
  • RAL 7016 Anthracite grey
  • RAL 7021 Black grey
  • RAL 8019 Grey brown
  • RAL 1035 Pearl beige
  • RAL 1036 Pearl gold
  • RAL 3009 Oxide red
  • RAL 6005 Moss green
  • RAL 5011 Steel blue
  • RAL 1023 Traffic yellow

Examples. Any RAL colour is available.

Part of Express Group

Express Facades is part of Express Group, sharing one address in Rainham.

FAB Supplies

FAB Supplies

The group's online shop for building products: rainscreen and cladding, roofing, flashings and copings, guttering, internal wall panels, ceilings and acoustics, sheet materials and more.

Shop at FAB Supplies

Send your drawings for a price

Tell us the system, the area and whether you need supply only or supply and install. Attach drawings and we will come back with a quotation.

Questions we are asked

Do you supply only, or supply and install?

Both. Cladding contractors can buy our systems supply only; main contractors can have us design, make and install them.

Where are your systems made?

In the UK, at our premises in Rainham, Essex.

What colours are available?

Fixed Cassette, Secret Fix and Plank come in any RAL colour, powder-coated, or anodised. Standing Seam comes in pre-finished steel or pre-coated aluminium.

What fire testing have your systems had?

A MET-PRO SFS wall clad with Express ALU Pro Fixed Cassette panels was tested to BS EN 1364-1 at Warringtonfire: no integrity or insulation failure at 66 minutes. The testing page sets out what each test covers; the reports are available on request.

Can I visit the factory?

Yes. Book a factory visit and we will show you production and the systems.

Illustrative renders and 3D models, not photographs of completed projects.

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