Exterior Insulated Finish System and Method
AssigneeFunForm, LLC
InventorsMichele Knapp, Christopher J. Knapp
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Abstract
An EIFS panel may include a foam body. An EIFS panel may include a penetration through the foam body. An EIFS panel may include a molded structural member coupled with the foam body, wherein the molded structural member finishes the penetration such that no additional field work is required to prepare the EIFS panel for installation. An EIFS panel may include a pre-drilled fastener hole extending through the foam body, the pre-drilled fastener hole configured to align a fastener with a support structure of a building, wherein, when the fastener is inserted through the pre-drilled fastener hole, the EIFS panel is secured to the support structure of the building.
Claims20
An EIFS panel comprising:
- a foam body;
- a penetration through the foam body;
- a molded structural member coupled with the foam body, wherein the molded structural member finishes the penetration such that no additional field work is required to prepare the EIFS panel for installation;
- and
- a pre-drilled fastener hole extending through the foam body, the pre-drilled fastener hole configured to align a fastener with a support structure of a building, wherein, when the fastener is inserted through the pre-drilled fastener hole, the EIFS panel is secured to the support structure of the building.
A method comprising:
- performing, by a data capture device, a first scan of an exterior wall of a building;
- processing, by a panel builder module, first scan data from the data capture device to generate a first panel layout, wherein the first panel layout includes a window penetration;
- performing, by the data capture device, a second scan of the exterior wall of the building, the second scan performed to capture data reflecting modifications made to the exterior wall of the building based on analysis of the first scan;
- creating, by the panel builder module, a second panel layout, the second panel layout including a second plurality of negative volumes based on the first scan and the second scan;
- and
- fabricating, by a panel shaping tool, an integrated window penetration EIFS panel based on the second panel layout.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.