石材饰面的特点

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….)

自从建造泰姬陵以来，建筑方法显然已经发生了变化，并且由于多年来建筑行业不同部门和工种的相互参考和联网，我们不再需要将沉重的石块堆叠在一起来创造坚固的石头建筑的外观。 

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.

另一方面，现代的石材覆层悬挂在建筑结构上，其组装方式与金属雨幕系统大致相同。 

你看，石材覆层是一种 雨幕覆盖层 系统，并应如此对待。 

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

将石材装饰板固定到支撑结构上主要有两种固定方法：

底切锚栓

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.

由于固定装置全部在面板背面，因此这种方法是完全秘密固定的，没有可见的固定装置。

雕刻

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.

安装速度快、简单，加上面板可以非连续安装，使该方法成为最广泛使用的石材覆层系统。

这两种安装方法通常都是开放式接头，但是使用非迁移密封剂指向接头可以给出传统砖石建筑的外观。 

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