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DRY CLADDING

ARUSHI BANDHU

THIRD YEAR A

ROLL NUMBER 5

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Cladding is an exterior finishing system meant to protect the underlying structure (like

a home and pro!ide an aesthetically appealing finish"

It is the application of one material o!er another to pro!ide skin or layer intended to

control the infiltration of #eather elements$ or for aesthetic purposes"

WHAT IS CLADDING?

%o alter the appearance of the property

%o pro!ide additional #eatherproofing & !entilation

%o match ne# parts of the 'uilding to old

or interior design and acoustic purpose"

%o disguise external #all insulation

PURPOSE

TYPES

%) *LIL %+,-, )./,C%I0,-12*R2)-, %+, CLADDING -Y-%,3 3*-%

3,,% %+, )LL)4ING *NC%I)NAL R,5*IR,3,N%-6

-trength and sta'ility

Compati'ility #ith Integration #ith

!ertical and hori7ontal frame

mem'ers1elements

4eather resistance

Dura'ility

%hermal insulation

ire re8uirements

-ound insulation Aesthetic

%he dry cladding method is safe and chances of stone falling do#n at a

later date is remote"

3ethod allo# for expansion and contraction of stone in extreme

#eather conditions"

%he dry cladding method creates a gap of around 9: to ;< mm in

'et#een 'ack #all and stone lining $ pro!iding a layer of air cushion

that acts as a thermal 'arrier" %he appearance of stone used in dry cladding #ork looks aesthetically

pleasing" %he stone fixed #ith mortar may change in colour due toa'sorption of #ater from 'ack mortar layer"

ADVANTAGES OF DRY CLADDING

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-trength to support its o#n self #eight 'et#een points of supports or fixings to

the structural frame" -ta'ility against lateral #ind pressures"

Allo#ance for differential mo!ements 'et#een itself$ the structural frame and

other ad=acent 'uilding elements"

STRENGTH AND STABILITY

COMPATIBILITY WITH INTEGRATION WITH VERTICAL AND

HORIZONTAL FRAME MEMBERS/ELEMENTS, INCLUDING- -tructure #ind 'racing arrangements"

A'ility to cater for frame mo!ements

WEATHER RESISTANCE

Resistance to #ind$ rain and other forms of precipitation

(cladding and =oints"

Dura'ility$ freedom from maintenance$ and a'ility to

#eather #ell"

A!oidance of pro'lems arising from >cold 'ridging? and

from surface and interstitial condensation"3inimisation of air leakage

THERMAL INSULATION

Restriction of flame spread to internal and external surfaces and

#ithin !oids

FIRE REQUIREMENTS

SOUND INSULATION

2re!ention of sound originating in one part of the

'uilding 'eing transmitted to other areas !ia cladding

mem'ers1elements"

AESTHETIC

%he need to respond to the context #ithin #hich the 'uilding is situated"

%he need to satisfy the aesthetic aspirations of the client" (4eathering

characteristics1dura'ility of materials"

DURABILITY

-%)N, CLADDING I@ING %+R)*G+ CLA32-