Njirimara nke nkume mkpuchi

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….)

O doro anya na usoro ihe owuwu agbanweela kemgbe ha wuru Taj Mahal, na ekele maka ngalaba dị iche iche na azụmaahịa n'ime ụlọ ọrụ na-ahụ maka ihe owuwu na ịkparịta ụka n'Ịntanet kemgbe ọtụtụ afọ, anyị agaghịzi ekpokọta ihe mgbochi nkume dị arọ n'elu ibe anyị iji mepụta ọdịdị ahụ. nke ụlọ nkume siri ike. 

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.

N'aka nke ọzọ, a na-etinye ihe mkpuchi okwute nke oge a site n'ihe owuwu ụlọ, ma na-ejikọta ya n'otu ụzọ ahụ dị ka usoro mmiri ozuzo ígwè. 

Ị na-ahụ, nkume mkpuchi, bụ a mkpuchi mmiri ozuzo usoro na a ga-emeso dị ka ndị dị otú ahụ. 

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

Mgbe a bịara n'ịkwado ogwe mkpuchi nkume na nhazi nkwado, enwere ụzọ isi edozi isi abụọ:

Arịlịka a kpụchara akpụ

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.

Dị ka ndị na-edozi ihe niile dị n'azụ panel ahụ, usoro a bụ ihe nzuzo kpamkpam, ọ dịghị ihe ndozi na-ahụ anya.

Kpoo

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.

Ọsọ ọsọ na ịdị mfe nke nrụnye na jikọtara ya na eziokwu ahụ bụ na enwere ike ịwụnye panel na-abụghị usoro na-eme ka usoro a bụrụ usoro ihe mkpuchi nkume nke a na-ejikarị eme ihe.

Ụzọ nrụnye abụọ a na-ejikọta ọnụ, agbanyeghị na ịtụ aka na nkwonkwo na-abụghị nke na-akwagharị nwere ike ime ka ọ dị ka ụlọ omenala. 

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