Karakteristike kamenog furnira

Would seem a pretty simple question right? And yes, it’s a pretty simple answer – cladding made from stone.  However from the meetings I have with contractors and surveyors, I see it often gets over-complicated in designers’ minds and confused with traditional stone masonry.

Natural stone is one of the oldest materials used by man in construction.  We only have to look at buildings such as the Taj Mahal completed in 1648 using white marble, or the Great Pyramid thought to have been completed in 2560BC made predominantly out of limestone to appreciate the longevity of stone as a material.  (Imagine the architect specifying the Design Life for the Pyramid….)

Metode izgradnje su se očito promijenile otkako su izgradili Taj Mahal, a zahvaljujući različitim sektorima i zanatima unutar građevinske industrije koji su se međusobno povezivali i povezivali tokom godina, više ne moramo slagati teške kamene blokove jedan na drugi kako bismo stvorili izgled masivne kamene zgrade. 

Traditional stone masonry (not something we do here at AlterEgo by the way), is loaded onto the building’s foundations and uses stones and mortar, tied back with wall-ties – think brickwork.

Moderna kamena obloga, s druge strane, visi se o građevinskoj konstrukciji i sastavljena je na isti način kao što je metalni sistem zaštite od kiše. 

Vidite, kamena obloga je a rainscreen obloga sistema i treba se tretirati kao takav. 

Looking through a cross section of a typical stone cladding build-up you’ll see lots of familiar components: spreader bars, helping-hand brackets, rails and T-bars.  It’s only the facing material which is interchangeable. 

There are a few nuances when working with natural stone for the first time, but nothing that a day’s training and our on-site support won’t cover.

So if you’re a contractor used to installing aluminium and steel cladding or you specialize in terracotta; don’t be afraid of stone! Check out this video showing the simplicity of our EGO-02S system EGO 02s INSTALLATION BETA – YouTube

Kada je u pitanju pričvršćivanje kamene ploče za oblaganje na noseću konstrukciju, postoje dva glavna načina pričvršćivanja:

Undercut Anchors

With an undercut anchor system, typically used for larger format panels, holes are pre-drilled into the back of the stone, a sleeve and bolt inserted and fixed onto a hanging clasp and horizontal system.  This method is good for natural stone panels with a thickness range from 30-50mm and can be used in both stack and stretcher bond layouts, typically in a portrait layout.   Undercut anchors are always used in soffit situations.

Kako su svi pričvršćivači na poleđini panela, ova metoda je potpuno tajna, fiksacije se ne vide.

Carve

The kerf method of fixing stone is where a continuous groove is cut in the top and bottom of the stone, and the stone simply sits on a rail or clasp at the bottom and restrained at the top.  A kerf system works particularly well for horizontally laid panels in either stack or stretcher bond.

Brzina i jednostavnost ugradnje, zajedno sa činjenicom da se paneli mogu postavljati nesekvencionalno, čine ovu metodu najčešće korištenim sistemom oblaganja kamenom.

Obje metode ugradnje su tipično otvorene spojnice, međutim šiljasti spojevi s nemigrirajućim zaptivačem mogu dati izgled tradicionalne zidane zgrade. 

If you’re considering stone for your next project, please get in contact.