What Information Is Needed for an Accurate Fibre Cement Quotation?

Every structured fibre cement enquiry begins with where the board will sit in the building envelope. An open-joint ventilated rainscreen on a multi-storey commercial elevation faces wind suction, driving rain and freeze-thaw cycles that differ fundamentally from a dry interior lobby wall or a sheltered modular soffit.

When buyers request a generic price per square metre without naming the exposure zone, suppliers either over-specify an expensive facade panel or quote a basic utility sheet that lacks the documented durability needed by the project consultant. Sharing the application context allows immediate alignment with verified product categories.

• State clearly whether use is exterior ventilated facade, light-steel/prefab wall, lap siding or dry interior cladding.
• Highlight specialist conditions such as coastal salt spray, ground-floor impact zones or high-humidity rooms.
• Never assume a single board certificate covers whole-wall fire, acoustic or waterproofing system performance.

Fibre cement pricing and manufacturing lead times change substantially across finish stages. A natural raw grey smooth sheet intended for spray painting on a prefab assembly line has a completely different cost structure than a factory-coated architectural colour panel or an embossed wood-grain board.

Buyers specifying coloured or concrete-inspired elevations should also state whether surface-coated boards over a standard mineral core are acceptable, or whether through-coloured mass-pigmented panels are required so exposed cut edges in open facade joints match the face tone.

• Name the SerFibro family and TX-* code.
• Distinguish raw grey, alkali-primed, factory top-coated and through-coloured variants on separate enquiry lines.
• Note rear-face sealing or protective interleaving film expectations for finished architectural panels.

Not every surface relief is manufactured in every sheet length or thickness. While smooth boards frequently cover 1250 × 2500 mm (3.125 m²), 1250 × 2800 mm (3.5 m²) and 1250 × 3000 mm (3.75 m²) across 8 mm, 10 mm and 12 mm candidates, deep stone, brick or linear profiles follow dedicated mould geometries.

Always express dimensions strictly in millimetres (1250 × 2500 × 10 mm) and state whether raw untrimmed factory edges are acceptable for workshop cutting or whether squared, factory-trimmed edges are required for direct facade installation.

• Write each dimension × thickness combination as its own line item so variant availability is checked cleanly.
• Clarify if custom cut-to-size machining is requested instead of standard full-size sheets.
• Check pattern orientation on SF-WOOD and SF-LINEAR before choosing between 2500 mm and 3000 mm lengths.

One of the costliest B2B procurement mistakes happens when an architectural bill of quantities lists 1,000 m² of net facade wall area and a buyer orders exactly 1,000 m² of gross board geometry. Once edge trimming, saw kerf, window offcuts or horizontal lap-siding overlaps are deducted, the site runs short by 10% to 25%.

To avoid ambiguity, state clearly whether your number represents exact full boards to supply (for example 360 boards of 1250 × 2500 mm = 1,125 m² gross) or net wall area requiring preliminary estimation via our Board Quantity Estimator.

• Prefer exact sheet counts per SKU alongside gross m² (boards × width × length / 1,000,000).
• Allow full-pallet rounding during final order confirmation to protect edges in export transit.
• Indicate whether the requirement is a one-off project lot or a recurring monthly/quarterly purchase.

Fibre cement is a dense mineral building product whose transport cost per square metre is governed by maximum vehicle payload weight rather than volume. Quoting freight to Rotterdam, Hamburg, Marseille or an inland European jobsite requires knowing the destination postal code or port and whether transport moves by road curtainsider trailer or 20' sea container.

Naming your preferred Incoterm (EXW, FCA, FOB, CFR, CIF, CPT or DAP) defines where transport, marine insurance and export/import formalities transfer, while sharing your forklift capacity ensures pallets are stacked within safe unloading weights.

• Include country, city/postal code or named destination seaport plus target shipment month.
• State forklift max lifting capacity (kg) and whether unloading uses a rear ramp or side access.
• Remember that SerFibro’s Maltepe/Istanbul address is the commercial office, not a fixed factory loading gate.

If your project requires consultant approval before purchase order release, list the exact documents needed—such as the variant Technical Data Sheet (TDS), available Declaration of Performance (DoP) or test reports, and physical surface samples—alongside your required document language (EN, DE, FR or TR).

Finally, state clearly whether you require standalone fibre cement board supply with export packing, or an expanded project scope including architectural modulation consultancy, facade engineering, sub-framing coordination, and professional site application—so each work package is itemized transparently in our written quotation.

• Match every technical document strictly to the exact product series, surface state and thickness.
• Approve colour, grain and sheen on physical hand samples rather than monitor screenshots.
• Submit structured lists via our Quote Form (WhatsApp +90 505 507 04 18) or email schedules to [email protected].