3. Circle in the list the words and expressions you know. Write down their translation in the table and calculate the percentage of your lexical competence.

1	internal fittings		9	protective coating
2	fabrics		10	a joint
3	timber joinery		11	sturdy materials
4	to break up		12	ceiling linings
5	deterioration		13	comprehensive
6	correct installation		14	an external cladding
7	modern finishes		15	mold fabrication
8	rigid components		16	weather resistant

P anelling is a wall covering constructed from rigid or semi-rigid components. Panelling can bring a new look and style to your home. The main purpose of panelling is putting together numerous small pieces of whatsoever material you wish to apply for a more alluring effect. There are many types of panelling but brick panelling is quite easy and convenient. Brick panelling provides the same result of brick masonry but at a lower cost. In panelling, a number of bricks are placed on top of one another, set symmetrically to generate a comfortable impression. Brick wall panelling and faux brick panelling are types of brick panelling.

Brick panelling system also has durability and unmatched stylishness of full-face brick; however, panelling makes best use of time, space and weight. The materials produced are called brick panels generally assembled in a factory. A brick panel weighs one fifth of the full weight of the full-size brick. Brick panelling presents such versatility, which is hard to attain with any other element.

Panelling comes in three main types: surface panelling, backing and grooves.

• Surface panelling refers to the surface material the paneling offers. This can be real wood or veneer, vinyl covered, printed-paper or surface printed.

• Backing material can be plywood, particleboard or hardboard.

• Grooves can be real grooves in the wood or painted-on grooves to give the illusion of real. Touch the wood to tell if grooves are real or painted.

W all panels serve many functions, from providing descriptions of exhibits in museums and galleries to hiding away electronics such as stereo speakers. As a decor element, wall panels are an excellent way to break up wall space. This can be achieved by panelling the upper or lower half of the wall, installing wainscoting, creating a faux finish, or one of several other methods.

In the business setting, there are portable or temporary wall panels that can be used to divide a space into cubicles. Modular wall panels may be constructed of wood or metal and are often covered with textured materials, fabrics, paneling or wallpaper to make them more aesthetically pleasing. There are also acoustical and sound absorbing wall panels that are perfect for the studio.

Panelling was developed in antiquity to make rooms in stone buildings more comfortable. The panels served to insulate the room from the cold stone. In more modern buildings, such panelling is often installed for decorative purposes.

A ppearance products that are used as lining for walls or ceilings, usually with no structural performance requirements. Panelling can be made from board-type products such as plywood, or from tongue and groove or lapped timber pieces. Wood panelling can be used as wall or ceiling linings or for built-in features and furniture.

Board panelling. Decorative board panelling used internally would not be structural in most cases, and because of the internal application, an internal grade would be appropriate. Only one surface is exposed to view and must have appearance grading. Colour matching will be important.

D ecorative board panelling used externally is often exposed to the weather. The glues used in manufacture must be weather resistant and hence an exterior grade of plywood must be specified. The protective coating on these panels must be much tougher than that used on the inside of the building.

Joinery. Joinery may refer to:

• Woodworking joints or other types of mechanical joints (mainly in North American English).

• The work of the joiner, the fabrication and installation of fittings in buildings with materials such as wood and aluminum (mainly in British English).

• In Australia and New Zealand, a joinery is also the generic term for a business which undertakes the tasks of a joiner - usually it is the name given to the premises from which such work is undertaken.

• Articulation (architecture), a joint or the action of making joints.

It includes internal fittings such as doors and windows and their frames, skirtings, architraves. This has been a stronghold of timber, but now there are other materials commonly used in door frames and windows. Timber joinery adds a particular finish to buildings.

Cabinetry. Cabinet making is the practice of using various woodworking skills to create cabinets, shelving and furniture.

It includes cupboards, benches, and a wide range of built in furniture. Many of the same products used in joinery can be used in cabinetry. Again, paint or clear finish grade materials can be specified.

External Cladding. It is a wonderful choice for protecting the average home from the external elements, such as rain, snow, extreme heat and so forth. As many know external cladding simply refers to any material used to cover another material on the interior and exterior of a building.

Metal cladding is an excellent choice for any homeowner who faces seasonal extremes from desperately cold winters to excruciatingly hot summers. With such a range of temperatures the building materials of a house often flex, expand, shrink and distort over the course of a year. This movement of the housing materials usually causes less sturdy materials such as wood or concrete external cladding to develop gaudy cracks, which affect the visual and fiscal value of a house. With metal external cladding this is not the case and these will withstand the extremes of temperatures over the years, however its crucial to mention that certain types of aluminium cladding do not fair very well in areas that have considerable hail. In fact with serious hail they are easily dented and distorted rendering the external cladding ugly to the eye.

W ood external cladding. A great type of cladding for a less extreme weather system is wood. Wood external cladding is flexible, and it has insulation properties which are not found in metal claddings.

E xternal cladding is an exterior grade material. The availability of a wide range of timber cladding products provides designers with many possibilities. Timber clad buildings can be designed to suit any environment and fit any site with a minimum of expense. Appropriate protective coating systems are required to prevent deterioration of timber surface from exposure to the weather.

Modern finishes give a long lasting and attractive appearance to timber cladding and can be used to quickly and effectively change the colour and style of a timber clad building. Timber clad buildings offer excellent thermal performance all year round. Obtaining the best performance depends on good design, proper construction practice and correct installation. Cladding should be considered an integral part of the overall building design as it can contribute to aesthetics, comfort and structural adequacy.

S teel cladding systems.

Exterior Cladding Products. Colourcoat exterior steel cladding products have been developed specifically to support the aesthetic and functional requirements of modern architecture.

Colourcoat includes pre-finished steel roof and wall cladding products with unique coating formulations, offering long-term performance and the most comprehensive guarantees available.

Interior Cladding Products. Colourcoat products are also available for interior cladding applications. The products included have been specifically developed for the internal sheets of building envelope systems and where greater protection is required on the internal surface

The emergence of large-scale freeform shapes in architecture poses big challenges to the fabrication of such structures. A key problem is the approximation of the design surface by a union of patches, so-called panel, that can be manufactured with a selected technology at reasonable cost. The production of curved panels is mostly based on molds. Since the cost of mold fabrication often dominates the panel cost, there is strong incentive to use the same mold for multiple panels.