Weathertex is an Australian‑made timber cladding range manufactured from certified, sustainably managed plantation eucalypt hardwoods. The boards are pressed with a natural wax emulsion for durability, contain no added glues or resins, and are backed by long warranties.
James Hardie Industries is the world’s #1 producer and marketer of high-performance fibre cement building solutions. The company empowers homeowners and building professionals alike to achieve the home of their dreams with premium quality solutions that enable endless possibilities for design and aesthetics, while also delivering trusted protection and long-lasting beauty.
Hardie™ Gravis™ Panel is a lightweight autoclaved aerated concrete (AAC) panel designed to create modern masonry-style façades with greater efficiency.
Suitable for residential and multi-residential applications, it delivers a durable, non-combustible exterior solution while simplifying installation compared to traditional masonry construction.
Evoke a bold, contemporary aesthetic with the wide grooves and bespoke design flexibility of Hardie™ Oblique™ Cladding. Square and angled edges cast shadows that bring rhythm and depth to walls. Defined by its bold proportions, this cladding enables the creation of standout, one-of-a-kind facades. The only Hardie™ exterior cladding with a slanted groove edge, delivering highlights and shadows that shift throughout the day.
Available in 200mm and 300mm widths, these 14mm thick shiplap boards offer multiple installation options and allow for simple alternation or unique combinations. The horizontal Hardie™ Castellated Battens simplify vertical installation, allowing ventilation and drainage through the cavity.
For the beauty of clean lines and a modern look. The render look feels calming and uncluttered compared with the busyness of a brick wall. Its subtlety aids design by putting the focus on the building’s form, or by allowing bold cladding features to standout.
Hardie™ Fine Texture Cladding is a pre-sealed fibre cement panel embedded with a fine render texture. It’s durable and lower maintenance than traditional cement render to stay looking good for many years to come.
The render look feels calming and uncluttered compared with the busyness of a brick wall. Its subtlety aids design by putting the focus on the building’s form, or by allowing bold cladding features to standout.
Achieve a modern, minimalist aesthetic with Hardie™ Fine Texture Cladding. The smooth, natural sand texture adds warmth and diffuses light, giving your new home, renovation or extension a fine matte finish.
Hardie™ Fine Texture Cladding is a pre-textured fibre cement panel. It’s durable and lower maintenance than traditional cement render to stay looking good for many years to come.
The clean horizontal lines of Linea™ weatherboards work beautifully on the expansive external walls of modern architecture. Ideal for creating a Hamptons or coastal inspired look when combined with contrasting Axent Trims in new homes or renovations, Linea can also be confidently painted in dark colours.
Innovative and durable, Linea weatherboards are resistant to shrinking, swelling and cracking and will hold paint longer than wood. Featuring the distinctive charm of a deep shadow weatherboard without the maintenance of timber, the unmatched thickness for fibre cement weatherboards of 16mm which also enable handy tongue and groove short ends for clean butt joins even off-stud.
Introduce drama and detail to your walls with the clean vertical lines of Axon™ Cladding. Incorporating the beauty and fine detail of painted vertical joint timber, but without time-consuming board construction or durability hassles, Axon is a range of vertically grooved panels with the detail of vertical joint timber. Featuring a stepped shiplap joint on the long edges for easy installation, it can be gun nailed and cut cleanly with a circular saw using a dust-reducing fibre cement blade.
The ideal option for contemporary upper storey and ground floor extensions and suited to modern and beachy building styles, vertical lines make an impact with line and form and bring variety and textural interest to external walls.
Achieve a range of sleek looks with customisable Stria™ Cladding. Featuring deep grooves from the thick shiplap cladding boards, the Stria range is an easy way to get the strong horizontal cladding lines in modern home and townhouse designs.
Stria cladding suits contemporary looks where a bold but pared-back aesthetic is desired. Introduce design versatility into your home by varying the application and switch between widths and orient the boards vertically or panelise them with the vertical flashing stop accessory. Stria 325mm and 405mm profiles are 14mm thick fibre cement with shiplap joints that leave 15mm wide horizontal grooves for strong clean lines.
Matrix™ is an exterior cladding system with a clean, modern, expressed-joint look. Matrix offers a bold industrial aesthetic when an architectural panelised look is desired. Choose from various panel sizes that suit different stud spacings and let the 10mm express joint create a variety of geometric shapes in square, vertical, horizontal and brick pattern layouts.
Use Matrix for interior feature walls and paint the express joint a dark colour to accentuate the lines and shapes. The cavity construction design improves thermal properties and achieves higher R-values. To create a bespoke designer mixed materials look combine Matrix with other James Hardie Cladding products such as Stria and EasyLap for contrast and to accentuate design elements.
Available in styles to match many heritage weatherboard homes, PrimeLine™ Weatherboards are a durable range of 9mm thick weatherboards for creating classic lines without the wonkiness of timber. The Primeline Chamfer profile has clean lines and comes in a double board height for fast installation.
The Primeline Newport profile features narrow boards with a rebate to deepen the overlap shadow line and is compatible with the HardieLock system for fast lap alignment. For extra shadow lines, Primeline Heritage weatherboard profile has a rebated edge and comes in double board height for fast installation.
Scyon Secura™ flooring is a great option for wet areas such as bathrooms, as well as dry areas like bedrooms. Versatile, light and durable, Secura is dual function. While one side is designed for tiled applications and includes a sealant gap, the other side is perfect for vinyl or carpet applications where the tongue and groove joint is gapless.
Secura also does away with the need for a vinyl underlay. Secura sheets have a moisture resistant sealer on all sides removing the need for waterproofing outside enclosed shower areas. It can be exposed to the elements for up to 3 months without warping or twisting or requiring sanding. Secura includes tongue and groove joins which can be secured with a nail gun, so there’s no need for pre-drilling and screwing.
Hardie™ Deck is a low-maintenance alternative to timber decking, made from Hardie™ fibre cement.
Unlike timber, Hardie™ Deck is resistant to damage from moisture and termites. It is also deemed non-combustible making it an ideal bushfire zone deck or fire pit deck. With concealed screws and solid, splinter-free boards, Hardie™ Deck feels smooth and safe and under bare feet.
Hardie™ Deck can be used as low as 150mm from the ground with adequate crossflow ventilation when installed with the HardieDeck™ Concealed Fixing System. This fixing system is specifically designed to provide additional strength and durability, and to allow drainage and improve ventilation.
The applications for Hardie™ Flex Sheet cover a wide range of design solutions for your home. Hardie Flex Sheets are suitable for use in residential extensions, second story additions and gable ends. It can also be used to line porches, verandahs, carports and for soffits and eaves. One of the most economical solutions available Hardie Flex is commonly used for board and batten style cladding.
Don’t overlook the durability and sophistication for new construction as well. It is a natural, un-sanded sheet that is immediately suitable for a paint finish and the installation could not be easier. The panels make straight walls look sleek, clean and modern. For a truly modern look add battens for design impact. 6mm Hardie Flex sheets can also be used as bracing.
With the Hardie™️ Architectural Collection, It’s Possible™️ to make modern like never before. We’ve taken design versatility to a new level.
The Hardie™ Architectural Collection combines renowned durability and product performance of our existing exterior cladding portfolio, with new distinctive textures and profiles, to transform the way Australia builds modern homes.
Hardie™ Architectural Collection offers a modern, simple integrated solution of selected Hardie™ fibre cement products and Hardie™ accessories to deliver fresh looks with the trusted protection and lasting beauty of Hardie™ fibre cement technology
| Range | Orientation | Key Highlights |
|---|---|---|
| Primelok | Horizontal weatherboards | Self-aligning, quick install, traditional elegance |
| Selflok | Horizontal weatherboards | Clean, concealed fix finish, modern aesthetic |
| Weathergroove | Vertical panels | Large-format, vertical grooves, bold modern appeal |
| Natural | Horizontal & Vertical | Raw timber look, unprimed, reversible panels, sustainable texture |
