The Challenge
Vertical GFB panels up to 2,845 mm long with different widths are to be installed invisibly and wildly in this building.
The Minergie standard must be complied with and a large projection of the cladding on a brick substrate must be realised.
The Ecolite Solution
Instead of a large number of anchors and agraffes, a solution with vertically grooved slabs and a special vertical profile was chosen, developed, tested and delivered. The load-bearing capacity of the groove in the GFB panels had to be specially determined, as no values were available from the manufacturer. The dead weight was transferred floor by floor to a special angle profile.
Ecolite Products
These Ecolite products were used:
ECOLITE Thermo H-brackets with a 300 mm template and horizontal angle profiles were used as the primary substructure. As secondary substructure, vertical special profiles were used to accommodate the grooves of the GFB panels as well as one angle profile 43x70x3 mm per storey for weight transfer.
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Photos: Peter Schäublin