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fiberglass
Related terms: glass-reinforced plastic
Facade sheets, panels, coatings, or other plastic surfaces heavily reinforced with glass fibers.
A fiberglass facade consists of plastic sheeting, panels, coating, or other surface heavily reinforced with glass fibers. This is almost always a hard form of fiberglass, unlike many types of fiberglass insulation which can be loose fibers.
Glass fibers reinforce the plastic forming the exposed facade. The glass is therefore part of a composite material rather than a separate pane of glass cladding.
The usual hard surface differs from loose-fiber fiberglass insulation. Glass-fiber-reinforced concrete is also distinct because its matrix is cement-based rather than plastic.
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