Installation Unitised Curtain Wall System
Long pieces of aluminum hence the name stick are inserted between floors vertically and horizontally between vertical members to support and transfer the load of the glass back to structure.
Installation unitised curtain wall system. Kawneer s 2500 pg wall curtain wall system is a unitized solution engineered to meet these criteria and more. Ycu 750 tu unitized curtain wall system page 10 04 4013 00 effective date. Unitised curtain walling can be installed either from the interior of the building using a beam on the floor above or from the outside using a crane. The curtain wall construction is classified as two as stick system and unitized system.
Whether you prefer stock length fabricated or pre assembled and pre glazed this is a unitized solution the way you want it. April 22 2010 unit installation step 4 install l anchor note. The vast majority of low to mid rise curtain walls are installed in this way. Since the curtain wall is non structural it can be made of lightweight materials thereby reducing construction costs.
In this system most of the. Stick system this is mostly adopted in low rise and mid rise buildings. Individual installation of each component are not necessary as in sticky curtain wall system. These are aluminium framed the non load bearing system which are hanging from the floor slabs and columns.
The size of the unitized curtain walls are dependent on the floor to floor height of the building. A curtain wall system is an outer covering of a building in which the outer walls are non structural utilized only to keep the weather out and the occupants in. Hence it is essential to keep in mind the mode of transportation and installation while planning the depth of facade. This animation was created using autodesk inventor software and shows the installation process for the unitized curtain wall i designed at the company where.
It is offered in a wide range of options that can be customized to each project. If your project doesn t suit most of the criteria for a unitized system your other option is to use a stick built system. Façade or curtain wall is a building envelope creates pleasure aesthetic to the building exterior. When glass is used as the curtain wall an advantage is that natural light can penetrate deeper within the building.