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Extruded porcelain
Honeycomb-structured ceramic, factory rectified on all four edges. Hard, lightweight, and dimensionally stable — porcelain that arrives precise and stays that way.
1349 lbf · Breaking load
Frontek is an ICC-certified, double-ventilated rainscreen system built from extruded porcelain panels — an open-joint façade that meets full code requirements while giving design teams more than eighty colors, six texture families, and panel sizes up to one meter by three.
Frontek is a complete extruded-porcelain rainscreen — tile and structure, engineered together. Specify it for the material, the system, or the performance. The honest answer is all three.
Honeycomb-structured ceramic, factory rectified on all four edges. Hard, lightweight, and dimensionally stable — porcelain that arrives precise and stays that way.
Double-ventilated assembly: porcelain panel, open joint, ventilated cavity, Plus subframe. Pressure-equalized drainage and continuous airflow — building science, on display.
ICC-ES certified. Compliant with ASTM E119, NFPA 285, and ASTM E136. Non-combustible, non-absorptive, freeze-thaw stable, and acoustically engineered for ~4 dBA improvement at 1 kHz.
From the substrate out: insulation, ventilated cavity, Plus subframe, open joint, and the porcelain panel itself. Each component does one job. Together they form a pressure-equalized rainscreen.
Side-by-side specs sourced from Frontek's published material comparison. Every cladding material trades something — Frontek trades almost nothing.
| Property | Frontek Porcelain | Fiber Cement | Terracotta | ACM | Natural Stone |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Breaking load | 1,349 lbf | 779 lbf | 944 lbf | — | Varies |
| Weight | 6.55 lb/sf | 3.1 lb/sf | 8.6 lb/sf | 1.65 lb/sf | 9.2 – 16.4 lb/sf |
| Water absorption | 0.1% | > 6% | > 6% | 0% | 2 – 10% |
| Design flexibility | 80+ colors, any texture | Glazed only | Traditional glazing | Laminated paint | Single material |
| Fire performance | Non-combustible | Varies | Non-combustible | Combustible core | Non-combustible |
Frontek installations across commercial, institutional, residential, and mixed-use programs. Each one different — same system underneath.
Samples, AIA CEU lunch-and-learns, mock-up coordination, and pricing support — Conners Sales Group represents Frontek across the Mid-Atlantic and Carolinas. Tell us about your project and we'll route it to the right hands.
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