Cov yam ntxwv ntawm pob zeb veneer

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….)

Txoj kev tsim kho tau pom tseeb hloov pauv txij li lawv tau tsim Taj Mahal, thiab ua tsaug rau cov haujlwm sib txawv thiab kev lag luam hauv kev tsim kho kev lag luam hla kev xa tawm thiab kev sib txuas hauv xyoo dhau los, peb tsis tas yuav ntim cov pob zeb hnyav rau saum ib leeg los tsim cov tsos. ntawm ib lub tsev pob zeb. 

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.

Niaj hnub nimno pob zeb cladding ntawm qhov tod tes yog dai los ntawm lub tsev qauv, thiab muab tso ua ke ntau tib yam li ib tug hlau rainscreen system. 

Koj pom, pob zeb cladding, yog ib rainscreen cladding system thiab yuav tsum tau kho li ntawd. 

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

Thaum nws los kho lub pob zeb cladding vaj huam sib luag rau cov qauv kev txhawb nqa, muaj ob txoj hauv kev kho lub ntsiab:

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.

Raws li cov fixings tag nrho nyob rau sab nraum qab ntawm lub vaj huam sib luag, txoj kev no yog kiag li zais-kho, tsis muaj fixings pom.

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.

Qhov ceev thiab yooj yim ntawm kev teeb tsa thiab ua ke nrog qhov tseeb tias cov panels tuaj yeem ntsia tsis tau raws li qhov ua rau txoj kev no feem ntau siv pob zeb cladding system.

Ob txoj kev teeb tsa feem ntau yog qhib-sib koom ua ke, txawm li cas los xij taw qhia cov pob qij txha nrog lub sealant uas tsis yog tsiv teb tsaws tuaj yeem muab qhov pom ntawm lub tsev ua vaj tse ib txwm muaj. 

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