Curtain wall cladding
Curtain wall cladding systems are almost universally used as the building envelope for high-rise buildings.
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Structurally fixed cavity battens
By Alide Elkink – 1 June 2016, Build 154
The larger shank diameter of fixings used to fix weatherboards over a cavity can cause splitting. One way to get around this problem is to fix timber cavity battens directly to the structural framing.
The fix on profiled metal wall cladding
By Trevor Pringle – 1 February 2015, Build 146
Callers to the BRANZ helpline have been asking about fixing centres and density for profiled metal wall cladding. We take a look at the requirements.
Wall cladding Appraisal
By Mike Reed, Jason Wanden – 1 June 2007, Build 100, Feature article
The BRANZ Appraisal process can verify that a wall cladding system is compliant and will be fit for purpose.
Mind your wall claddings
By Trevor Pringle – 1 June 2019, Build 172
Proper on-site management of the wall cladding is critical to delivering quality buildings. In the third article in this series, we look at the storage requirements for many different types of wall claddings.
