Taybetmendiyên kevirên kevir

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….)

Rêbazên avakirinê ji dema ku wan Taj Mahal ava kirin eşkere guherî, û bi saya sektor û esnafên cihêreng ên di hundurê pîşesaziya avahîsaziyê de bi navgîn û torê ve bi salan ve, em êdî neçar in ku blokên kevirên giran li ser hev bixin da ku xuyangê biafirînin. avahiyek kevirê hişk. 

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.

Ji aliyekî din ve, pêlava kevirê nûjen ji avahiya avahiyê ve hatî daliqandin, û bi heman rengî wekî pergalek baranê ya metalî tête danîn. 

Hûn dibînin, xêzkirina kevir, a rainscreen cladding sîstem û divê bi vî rengî were destgirtin. 

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

Dema ku dor tê ser rastkirina panela pêlava kevir li avahiya piştgiriyê, du awayên rastkirina sereke hene:

Anchors Undercut

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.

Ji ber ku rastkirin hemî li ser pişta panelê ne, ev rêbaz bi tevahî veşartî-serrastkirî ye, ti serrastkirin nayê dîtin.

Darkûrkirin

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.

Lezbûn û sadebûna sazkirinê û digel vê yekê ku panel dikarin ne-serûber werin saz kirin, vê rêbazê dike pergala pêlava kevir a herî pir tête bikar anîn.

Her du awayên sazkirinê bi gelemperî vekirî-vekirî ne, di heman demê de nîşankirina hevgirêdan bi sealantek ne-koçber dikare xuyangiya avahiyek masonî ya kevneşopî bide. 

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