Cladding Word Game Flashcards
This glazing system can be secured with no mechanical fixings
Structural
Support frame / lightweight structure for cladding
Carrier System
Allowance for movement within fixing brackets
Adjustment
Individual “complete” sectional cladding panel system (from USA)
Unitised
Pressure equalised system of cladding
Rain Screen
“Royal” feature of profile sheeting
Crown
Barrier style of cladding system - “skin characteristic”
Impervious
Insulated rainscreen systems’ must have this protective layer
Breathable
“Shroud - like” cladding system; mainly in glass
Curtain walling
Join filler to exclude water penetration
Sealant
Curtain walling component / compressible resilient seal between glass & metal framing of carrier system
Gasket
Lightweight frame carrier grid for curtain walling
Stick system
“Ready made” profile sheet; inc insulation & liner
Composite Panel
Resilient sleeve between metal & glass / part of “spider” or “frog foot” fitting
Plastic Bush
“Sailing technology” fixing utilised to tension wire ropes of structural glazing
Turnbuckle
Form of cladding system using natural “quarried” slabs
Thin Stone
Shape of most spider / frog foot fixing bolts
Countersunk
Pressure equalised “rainscreen” cladding allows this natural process to take place
Ventilation
Purpose of overlapping sheet metal & rainscreen cladding materials
Shed Water
Lightweight vertical support members of structural glazing
Lattice Column
Vertical “gutter” of rainscreen cladding (cassette or tray form)
Channel section
Pin retention fitting for thin stone cladding
Dowel
Insulated profile sheet system fixed in separate layers
Sandwich
Allowance for moisture / air migration in thin stone cladding
Weep vent
Most common cladding sealant material
Silicone
