Ny toetra mampiavaka ny vato 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….)

Miharihary fa niova ny fomba fanorenana hatramin'ny nanorenan'izy ireo ny Taj Mahal, ary noho ny sehatra sy varotra isan-karazany ao anatin'ny indostrian'ny fanorenana mifandray amin'ny fifandraisan-davitra sy tambajotra nandritra ny taona maro, dia tsy mila manangom-bato mavesatra eo amboniny intsony isika mba hamoronana ny endriny. ny trano vato mafy. 

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.

Ny fametahana vato amin'ny andro ankehitriny kosa dia mihantona amin'ny firafitry ny trano, ary atambatra mitovy amin'ny rafitra vy. 

Hitanareo, ny firakotra vato, dia a fanambanin'ny orana rafitra ary tokony horaisina toy izany. 

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

Raha ny momba ny fanamboarana ny vato fisaka tontonana amin'ny rafitra fanohanana, dia misy fomba roa lehibe fanamboarana:

Vatofantsika 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.

Satria ao ambadiky ny tontonana daholo ny fametahana, ity fomba ity dia miafina tanteraka, tsy misy fixing hita.

asa sokitra

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.

Ny hafainganam-pandeha sy ny fahatsoran'ny fametrahana ary miaraka amin'ny zava-misy fa ny tontonana azo apetraka tsy sequentially mahatonga ity fomba ity ny be mpampiasa indrindra rafitra cladding vato.

Ireo fomba fametrahana ireo dia mazàna mivelatra, na izany aza, ireo tonon-taolana miaraka amin'ny famehezana tsy mifindra monina dia afaka manome endrika tranobe masonry nentim-paharazana. 

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