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01/01/12
Methodo presents the new panel Tekno Gaia.
The Anchorage
The Methodo Module
Methodo Layers can be installed both on existing and new buildings, in order to create the ventilated wall system.
Methodo Layers are made of a composite pre formed material. This material gives the layers a consistent hardness.
Methodo ventilated walls are built with closed joints thanks to the chance of surmounts amongst each side of the modules. This feature allows to reduce at its minimum the thickness of the air chamber. The layer allows also to build the cabinet while the work is in progress. The exclusive mechanic fixing system is the disappearing one and it doesn’t need any wall support.
In case of particular needs (for the creation of a technical cavity for passage and for hiding cables), the particular way the S stirrup is made allows to install the covering layer on every kind of metallic under structure.
The Covering
The external covering is constituted by “Planar” model layers in the 65x65 cm. Format, surmounting each other by 1 cm, these layers are characterized by an embossment of cm 63x63 defined by a 1 cm closed joint blind. The rest of the layer has a incorporated frame with preprinted holes able to fix the anchoring system,
NB: Considered the composition of the external layers (composite materials), the colors can variate for any single layer, making chromatic and geometric differences.
The File Filling Covering
This layer allows to slightly modify your needs while you’re in the run, adapting your project in the operative step. You can cut layers directly in the construction site directly with a water clipper with a diamond disc and a grinder. This way is a simple and fast one to adapt the module during the installation step. Every layer will be reduced of 20cm, both in height and width, without renouncing to the surmount amongst layers.
The installation of the covering layers is accomplished through a mechanic fixing system able to fasten to any wall, componed for each layer by 4 “S” stirrups, 4 screws, 1 rope, 2 nuts and 4 elastic washer.
Every layer will be equipped with 1 rope and 2 nuts at the level with the first and the last layer column.
The Thermal Insulant
The commonly used insulant is the XPS extruded polystyrene in layers, with a density of 35-40 kg/mc (+/- 10%), λ of calculation 0,037 W/mk, calculation thickness, applied only with mechanic fastening through plastic wedges for hard insulants. Alternatively, other insulant materials with the same mechanic characteristics can be used as well.
Methodo ventilated wall application
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The ventilated wall installation will happen according to the following steps.
1. Cleaning and restoring the gross parts of the surfaces to cover
2. Laying of the finish borders as: starting ones, vertical finishes, superior closing ones and window coatings.
3. Laying of the insulator, applied with just a mechanic fixing through plastic wedges for hard insulators.
4.Surface squaring to cover through the tracing of a horizontal line, using a water leveller with a transparent pipe, and a vertical line, using a valamber and a plumb line
5. The installation procedure will be executed positioning the first module on the left side of the wall that must be covered, then placing the subsequent modules interlocking them through the joint on the right side of the layer.
6. Once the first layer row is applied, the second one can be placed, simply executing the same operations till the complete covering of the building.
7. The starting and the top layers must not be sealed, instead those layers must be distanced of 1-2 cm both at the bottom and at the top in order to let the air circulate inside the ventilated wall.
8. In case of installing a covering on pitched roof in adhesion or on a ramp, the covering itself must be installed with a specific aluminium profile able to allow the ventilation and the fastening of the layers in their superior part.
9. In case of absence of ledges on in case the very one has an insufficient measure to give a suitable covering, the specific metal profile “C” or “Z” must be installed. The very one must have sufficient size in order to grant the ventilation.
Starting
Starting can be made through:
1. Application of coated steel rollaway profiles 15/10 thick to hook up the first row of layers
2. Application of pre-painted anticorodal aluminium “FVR pierced” profiles to hook up the first row of layers, suitable for starting of pitched roofs and ramps.
3. Application of metal profiles available on the market, thus suitable to grant an effective resistance to layer’s traction
Edges and Corners can be made:
1. With a jolly, obtained through the combination of layers with 45° cuts on both sides and the application of polyurethane insulating material.
2. Straight Edge, obtained through a simple combination of layers with borders cut at 90° and the application of a polyurethane insulating material
3.Through using metal finishing profiles available in commerce.
The window coatings
The window coatings can be made both in natural stone and pre-painted anticorodal aluminium.
The vertical finishes.
The vertical finishes can be made through FVR anticorodal pre-painted aluminium profile.
Item Specifications
The ventilated wall is made of preformed composite layers. Each layer must surmount the subsequent on the left side and the lower one so to make a closed joint on every side. The under structure will be fixed through coated steel and/or inox AISI 304 18/10 steel stirrups and ropes. The nominal traction of the façade will be of 3500 N/m². In order to obtain such resistance no glue must be used. The ventilated wall must grant the absence of beat bridges with the wall or the support under structure. .