• COLORSTEEL Altimate® is suitable for a wide range of roll-formed roof and wall claddings, rainwater accessories and general building products
• Warranted in extremely severe environments for roofing, wall cladding, spouting and fascia.

• Before using Altimate products in aggressive environments such as intensive animal shelters, swimming pools, chemical manufacturing plants, geothermal areas, or embedded in contact please contact one COLORSTEEL®'s Business Development Managers
• Compatible with Zincalume® and galvanised products, but care should be taken to avoid contact with the steel substrate of these products
• Must not be used in wet contact with iron, steel, stainless steel, lead, timber or butyl rubber

Handling & Storage:

• If COLORSTEEL Altimate® products are to be stored for any time prior to forming or installation, they must be stored in dry, well ventilated conditions. Storage which allows water (including condensation) to be trapped between the sheets may damage the coating.
• Products must be handled carefully during transport, fabrication and fixing to avoid damaging the surface

COLORSTEEL Altimate® is a Type 6 product in accordance with AS/NZS 2728:2013 and therefore is consistent with the NZ Building Code for use in environments as described in Acceptable Solution E2/AS1 Table 20.

COLORSTEEL Altimate® is manufactured by New Zealand Steel Ltd. COLORSTEEL® is made, tested and trusted for New Zealand conditions.

Colour Retention:

• Colour retention (CIE Lab units Delta E) is 8 units maximum after 10 years exposure, and 10 units maximum after 15 years exposure. Chalk rating (AS 1580:481.1.11:1998) is no more than 4 after 10 years exposure
• Solar reflectance and light reflectance values vary with colour, refer to COLORSTEEL® Light Reflectance brochure for details

Standards:

• Aluminium substrate may be either 5005 H34 or 5052 H36 consistent with AS/NZS 1734:1997
• COLORSTEEL Altimate® is Product Type 6 consistent with AS/NZS 2728:2013
• Tolerances are consistent with the requirements of AS/NZS 1734:1997

Fire Resistance:

• COLORSTEEL Altimate® is rated as a Group 1-S material and has an average specific extinction area of 50.9 m²/kg, a peak heat release rate of 6.5 kW/m² and total heat released of 0.2 MJ/m² when tested in accordance with ISO 5660:2002 Part 1 and Part 2.