Metal Rainscreen Facades

Including Aluminium, Zinc, Copper & Steel

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Principles of Rainscreen Cladding Options Applications & Features Product Range Colours & Finishes Support Systems & Details Interlink Range 4-5 6-7 8-9 10 - 11 10 - 11 12 - 21 22 - 23

Principles of Rainscreen Cladding

As increasingly stringent building regulations demand ever greater attention to issues of energy efficiency, rear ventilated cladding systems are growing in popularity as the ideal, cost-effective solution for both new and old buildings. Rear ventilated systems offer guaranteed performance, withstanding even extremely unfavourable conditions such as those experienced in the textiles or brewing industries, or within a swimming pool or aquarium. There is currently no other walling system able to maintain its performance so effectively, protecting against dampness, heat, noise and fire to the required standards regardless of the internal or external conditions. For most effective performance, in addition to window apertures and other interruptions, ventilation openings should be created at the base and top of the cladding area and protected by closures or mesh to keep out birds and other creatures. Behind the cladding panels there should be a cavity of at least 30mm, and minimum inlet and outlet gaps should be provided as follows: Up to five storeys: 10 mm continuous Five to fifteen storeys: 15 mm continuous Fifteen storeys and above: 20 mm continuous One of the primary benefits is that the uninterrupted full-height ventilation paths behind the cladding ensure that, should any moisture penetrate the joints, it is quickly and effectively dissipated.

Options
Materials
Numerous metal finishes are available including Aluminium, Zinc, Steel and Copper. Other metals are available on request.

Substructures
The metal facades product range is suitable for steel, concrete or timber main structures.

Aluminium

Copper

Steel

Concrete

Steel

Zinc

Timber

Kingframe

Panel Formats
In order to provide design freedom and an individual finish to a project, a number of panel formats are available, ranging from flat panels to curved or faceted (contact the sales office for more information).

Panel Layout
Panel layouts are available in a number of different options, depending on the aesthetic finish required. Ranging from horizontally or vertically laid panels to diagonally laid facades.

Flat

Cassettes

Rectangular facades

Diagonal shingles

Horizontal planking

Tray

Horizontally laid shingles

Vertically laid facades

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Applications & Features

Design Freedom
The principles of rainscreen facades can be used both for interior as well as exterior architectural designs for new and refurbished buildings. Applications Ventilated facades Curtain walling Fascias and roof detailing Soffit detailing Column casing Balcony cladding and infills Tunnel linings Partitioning and other interior uses Interlink provide facets to your design with the quality to behave perfectly when using large scale panels where both flatness and rigidity is needed.

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Product Range
Aluminium Composite
Aluminium composite material is a lightweight versatile cladding panel solution of a sandwich type construction consisting of a polyethylene or phenolic core bonded between two thin aluminium skins, the outer coated with PVDF Kynar 500 and an acrylic primer to the inner, both coil coated giving a very durable external finish. Aluminium composite provides an exceptional level of flatness together with corrosion resistance and has a very low coefficient of expansion. The material is simple to fabricate, rigid and extremely durable and lends itself to being shaped into a variety of architectural features and designs.

Copper
Copper lends itself particularly well to cladding facades features because its properties greatly enhance and extend the possibilities of design, due to high durability and excellent corrosion resistance, good formability and malleability make it easy to fabricate, low cleaning and maintenance costs and increases its appeal as it ages. Copper is available in a variety of finishes from a classic bright colouring, to a distinctive pre-patination.

Stainless Steel
Stainless steel offers an extremely durable, low maintenance cost material which has excellent damage resistance, particularly when using textured surfaces as minor damage becomes less noticeable. Optional flatness is another important feature when using stainless steel for faade cladding, not only in its appearance but in the ease in which the material handles and fabricates into a variety of shapes and design options. Stainless steel probably has the largest range of textured finishes as well as its traditional satin and mirror finish.

Solid Aluminium
Solid Aluminium gives the flexibility of design with its many thicknesses, ready availability and choice of pre and post coated material and an almost inexhaustible range of colours. Solid Aluminium probably allows the widest flexibility for fabrication with the added advantage of being lightweight and very durable.

Zinc
Zinc is naturally resistant to corrosion, is extremely durable and does not require costly maintenance. In addition, the flexibility, malleability and versatility of zinc make it simple to fabricate and combined with its pleasing appearance, make it an interesting material choice for use on building project facades. With time, it forms an attractive light grey patina.

Precoated Steel
Durable Economical Availability Colour choice Product range Fabrication ease

Colours & Finishes

Colourful
Interlink facades can be produced in virtually any colour BS, NCS and RAL or matched to other colours on request subject to minimum production quantities.

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Support System & Details

Typical Parapet Detail

see page 15

Typical Window Head Detail

see page 17

Typical Joint Detail

see pages 18-21

Typical Corner Detail

see page 15

Typical Cill Detail

see page 16

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Support System & Details

Typical Vertical Joint Closure
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1 1. 10mm high performance cement particle board 2. Thermal break 3. Aluminium vertical track 4. Rainscreen panel available in a range of materials 2 5. Bonded corner cleats 7. Insulation to comply with Part L 8. Structural fixing to engineers specification 9. Aluminium adjustable cleat 10. Stainless steel spring loaded T bolt complete with S/S spring washer and nylon isolating washer 11. Vertical joint details shown elsewhere 10 - 25mm 3 8 9

6. Gyproc wallboard

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Typical Section Through

2 3 9 8 1. 10mm high performance cement particle board 2. Horizontal joint to match joint 3. Adjustable stainless steel carrier with S/S locating screw and polypropylene sleeves 4. Aluminium adjustable cleat 4 5. Stainless steel bolt complete with S/S spring washer and nylon isolating washer 10 6. Rainscreen panel available in a range of materials 7. Gyproc Wallboard 8. Insulation to comply with Part L 9. Thermal break 10. Structural fixing to engineers specification 11. Keyhole Slot 12. Aluminium vertical track

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Typical External Corner Detail

1. Gyproc wallboard 2. Thermal break 3. Structural fixing to engineers specification 7. 10mm high performance cement particle board 8. Insulation to comply with Part L 9. Aluminium vertical track 10. Spring loaded adjustable stainless steel carrier complete with S/S locating screw and polypropylene isolating sleeves 11. Bonded corner cleats

4. Aluminium adjustable cleat 5. Stainless steel spring loaded T bolt complete with S/S spring washer 9 6. Vertical joint details shown elsewhere 10 -25mm

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Typical Parapet Detail

1. Aluminium adjustable capping support system 2. Aluminium capping 3. Horizontal joint 20 - 30mm 4. Adjustable stainless steel carrier complete with S/S locating screw and polypropylene sleeves 5. Stainless steel bolt complete with S/S spring washer and nylon isolating washer 6. Rainscreen panel available in a range of materials 7. Aluminium keyhole cleat 8. Insulation to comply with Part L 9. Aluminium adjustable capping support system 10. Tek fixing 11. Aluminium vertical track 12. Structural fixing to engineers specification 13. Thermal break 14. Aluminium adjustable cleat 15. 10mm high performance cement particle board

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Typical Cill Detail

1. Horizontal joint 20 -30mm 9 2. Adjustable stainless steel carrier complete with S/S locating screw and polypropylene sleeves 3. Aluminium adjustable cleat 11 4. Rainscreen panel available in a range of materials 5. Stainless steel bolt complete with S/S spring washer and nylon isolating washer 6. Aluminium keyhole cleat 7. Aluminium drip cill 8. Gyproc wallboard 9. Insulation to comply with Part L 10. 10mm high performance cement particle board 11. Thermal break 12. Structural fixing to engineers specification 13. Aluminium cavity closing Z support 14. Tek fixing 15. Aluminium vertical track 12

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Typical Window Jamb Detail

1. Thermal break 2. 10mm high performance cement particle board 6. Rainscreen panel available in a range of materials 7. Structural adhesive 8. Gyproc wallboard 9. Aluminium window cleat 10. Structural fixing to engineers specification 11. Aluminium adjustable cleat 12. Stainless steel bolt complete with S/S spring washer and nylon isolating washer 13. Vertical joint 10 - 20mm

1 2 9 3

3. Insulation to comply with Part L 4. Aluminium vertical track 5. Adjustable stainless steel carrier complete with S/S locating screw and polypropylene sleeves

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Typical Window Head Detail

1. Horizontal joint 20 - 30mm 2. Adjustable stainless steel carrier complete with S/S locating screw and polypropylene 3. M10 x 25 stainless steel bolt complete with S/S spring washer and nylon isolating washer 4. Aluminium adjustable cleat 5. Rainscreen panel available in a range of materials 6. Weep hole 7. Perforated guard 8. Insulation to comply with Part L 9. 10mm high performance cement particle board 10. Aluminium keyhole cleat 11. Thermal break 12. Structural fixing to engineers specification 13. Aluminium vertical track 14. Gyproc wallboard

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Typical Span Capability

68.5

M to M

Void to include 30 mm air gap

Max. single span 1200mm unsupported

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Support System & Details

Typical Vertical Joint Detail (Rivet Fix)
5 1. Metal framing system 2. Structural fixing to engineers design 3. Support system 1 6 4. Shadow joint 5. Gyproc wallboard 6. Thermal break 7. 10mm high performance cement particle board 8. Insulation to comply with Part L 9. Rainscreen panel 2 7 10. Rivet fixing

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Typical Vertical Joint Detail

1. Gyproc wallboard 2. Vapour barrier 5 3. Insulation to comply with Part L 4. EPDM gasket 1 6 5. 10mm high performance cement particle board 6. Thermal break 7. Structural fixing to engineers design 8. Support system 9. EPDM gasket 10. Rainscreen panel 11. Top hat extrusion 2 7

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Typical Vertical Joint Detail (Structural Bonding)

1. Metal framing system 5. Gyproc wallboard 6. Thermal break 7. 10mm high performance cement particle board 8. Insulation to comply with Part L 9. Rainscreen panel 10. Structural bonding 2. Structural fixing to engineers design 3. Support system 4. Shadow joint

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Structural Bonding
Simple installation Permanent elastic structural bonding Allows differential movement Use with variety of materials No visible fixings Corrosion free Vibration damping No staining External or internal use Proven track record for Rainscreen Facades

Typical Vertical Joint Detail (Tray System)

5 1. Metal framing system 2. Structural fixing to engineers design 6 1 7 2 3. Support system 4. L - Sections 5. Gyproc wallboard 6. Thermal break 7. 10mm high performance cement particle board 8. Insulation to comply with Part L 9. Tophat Sections

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Typical Vertical Joint Detail (Zinc)
5 1. Metal framing system 2. Structural fixing to engineers design 1 6 3. Support system 4. Fixing support 5. Gyproc wallboard 6. Thermal break 7. 10mm high performance cement particle board 8. Insulation to comply with Part L 9. Zinc panel 2 7

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Typical Vertical Joint Detail (Copper)

1. Insulation to comply with Part L 2. Metal framing system 3. Copper panel 4. 10mm high performance cement particle board 5. Structural fixing to engineers design 6. Thermal break 7. Gyproc wallboard

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7 1. Insulation to comply with Part L 2. Aluminium adjustable cleat 3. Copper panel 4. 10mm high performance cement particle board 5. Structural fixing to engineers design 6. Thermal break 7. Gyproc wallboard

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Interlink Range

Valley Gutters Aperture Units

Flashings

Bonded Facia Panels

Column Casings

Rain Screen Panels

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Bullnoses

Boundary Wall Gutter

Ridge Ventilators

Louvres

Louvred Door

Facia Gutters Pre-formed Insulated Panels

Rainwater Pipes

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