Wall panel and wall structure
AssigneeSol-U-Wall Systems Pty Limited
InventorFrederick Miniter
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Abstract
A lightweight concrete panel for use as an outer layer of a dwelling wall, said panel made of concrete mix of cement, sand, lightweight concrete aggregate such as polystyrene beads, superplasticiser and water, said concrete mix having a nominal density in the range of 500 to 1500 kg/m3. The panel preferably has a backing sheet of polystyrene affixed thereto. The panel is used as in a cladding and insulating veneer arrangement for a load bearing subwall formed from studs or masonry. The panels are loose fixed in vertical alignment in a horizontally and vertically extending stack of panels and retained in position by retaining clips without any bonding jointing material between the panels. A method of forming such a cladding and insulating arrangement is also disclosed.
Claims20
A cladding and insulating veneer arrangement fixed to a load bearing subwall, said arrangement comprising a vertically and horizontally extending stack of substantially vertically aligned panels which are loose fixed without bonding jointing material between the panels, and retaining clips extending between said panels and the subwall.
A method of erecting a cladding and insulating veneer arrangement for a load bearing subwall, said method comprising the steps of:
- (i) positioning a plurality of substantially vertically aligned panels in edge abutment to form a row,
- (ii) loose fixing said panels without bonding jointing material between the panels,
- (iii) utilizing retaining clips extending between said panels and said subwall to retain said panels in said row, and
- (iv) repeating step (i) for a vertically adjacent row.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.