Cladding attachment system to enable an exterior continuous insulation barrier
OwnerKenneth Hunter, Wolfgang Andreas Hausslerinventors
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Abstract
An attachment system for a ventilated rain screen cladding system that is ASHRAE 90.1 compliant eliminating thermal breaks where anti-crush brackets have threaded horizontal apertures which engage threaded horizontal fasteners that are secured by threads into the wall studs and where anti-crush brackets have threaded diagonal apertures which engage threaded diagonal fasteners that are secured by threads into wall studs.
Claims6
A system for attaching cladding to the exterior of a structure that has insulation installed upon the exterior of its structural walls comprising:
- a number of anti-crush brackets, each said anti-crush bracket having a front face and a rear face,
- said number of anti-crush brackets being installed in a spaced vertical and horizontal array where said rear face of each said anti-crush bracket is in contact with the exterior face of insulation installed upon the exterior of the structural walls,
- a framework for attachment of cladding is provided where horizontal members are secured to said front face of horizontally adjacent anti-crush brackets, and cladding attachment members in spaced arrangement are secured upon vertically adjacent horizontal members, said cladding is attached to said cladding attachment members creating a ventilation cavity between said cladding and said insulation installed upon the exterior of the structural walls,
- each said anti-crush bracket is attached with at least one horizontal fastener, said fastener having threads along its shank, said horizontal fastener extending horizontally through a horizontal aperture in said anti-crush bracket, traversing the insulation and secured by said threads to a stud of said structural wall,
- each said anti crush-bracket is further attached with at least one diagonal fastener, said diagonal fastener having a head end and a point end and having threads along its shank, said diagonal fastener extending through a diagonal threaded aperture in said anti-crush bracket traversing the insulation and secured by said threads to a stud of said structural wall, threads of said diagonal threaded aperture correspond to and engage said threads near said head end of said diagonal fastener.
A system for attaching cladding to the exterior of a structure that has insulation installed upon the exterior of its structural walls comprising:
- a number of anti-crush brackets, each said anti-crush bracket having a front face and a rear face,
- said number of anti-crush brackets being installed in a spaced vertical and horizontal array where said rear face of each said anti-crush bracket is in contact with the exterior face of insulation installed upon the exterior of the structural walls,
- a framework for attachment of cladding is provided where cladding attachment members are secured upon vertically adjacent anti-crush brackets, said cladding is attached to said cladding attachment members creating a ventilation cavity between said cladding and said insulation installed upon the exterior of the structural walls,
- each said anti-crush bracket is attached with at least one horizontal fastener, said fastener having threads along its shank, said horizontal fastener extending horizontally through a horizontal aperture in said anti-crush bracket, traversing the insulation and secured by said threads to a stud of said structural wall,
- each said anti crush-bracket is further attached with at least one diagonal fastener, said diagonal fastener having a head end and a point end and having threads along its shank, said diagonal fastener extending through a diagonal threaded aperture in said anti-crush bracket traversing the insulation and secured by said threads to a stud of said structural wall, threads of said diagonal threaded aperture correspond to and engage said threads near said head end of said diagonal fastener.
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