As características da chapa de pedra

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….)

Obviamente, os métodos de construción cambiaron desde que construíron o Taj Mahal, e grazas aos diferentes sectores e oficios dentro da industria da construción, a referencia cruzada e a creación de redes ao longo dos anos, xa non temos que apilar pesados ​​bloques de pedra uns encima dos outros para crear a aparencia. dun edificio de pedra maciza. 

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.

O revestimento de pedra moderno, por outra banda, está colgado da estrutura do edificio e está montado de forma similar a un sistema de protección contra a chuvia metálica. 

Xa vedes, revestimento de pedra, é un revestimento para chuvia sistema e debe ser tratado como tal. 

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

Cando se trata de fixar o panel de revestimento de pedra á estrutura de soporte, hai dous métodos principais de fixación:

Áncoras socavadas

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.

Como as fixacións están todas na parte traseira do panel, este método é completamente secreto, non hai fixacións visibles.

Esculpir

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.

A rapidez e sinxeleza de instalación e unido ao feito de que os paneis se poidan instalar de forma non secuencial fan deste método o sistema de revestimento de pedra máis utilizado.

Ambos métodos de instalación adoitan ser unidos abertos, non obstante, as xuntas apuntadas cun selante non migratorio poden dar a aparencia dun edificio de fábrica tradicional. 

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