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….)
타지마할을 건설한 이후 건축 방법은 분명히 바뀌었습니다. 수년에 걸친 건설 업계의 다양한 부문과 거래 덕분에 우리는 더 이상 외관을 만들기 위해 무거운 돌 블록을 서로 쌓을 필요가 없습니다. 단단한 석조 건물의 모습.
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.
반면에 현대의 석재 클래딩은 건물 구조에 매달려 있으며 금속 레인스크린 시스템과 거의 동일한 방식으로 조립됩니다.
보시다시피, 석재 클래딩은 레인스크린 클래딩 시스템이므로 그렇게 취급되어야 합니다.
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
석재 클래딩 패널을 지지 구조물에 고정할 때 두 가지 주요 고정 방법이 있습니다.
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.
고정 장치가 모두 패널 뒷면에 있기 때문에 이 방법은 완전히 비밀 고정 방식이므로 고정 장치가 보이지 않습니다.
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.
설치 속도와 단순성 그리고 패널을 비순차적으로 설치할 수 있다는 사실과 결합하여 이 방법은 가장 널리 사용되는 석재 클래딩 시스템입니다.
두 가지 설치 방법 모두 일반적으로 개방형 조인트이지만 비이동성 실런트를 사용하여 조인트를 가리키면 전통적인 석조 건물의 모습을 연출할 수 있습니다.
If you’re considering stone for your next project, please get in contact.