Façade Systems

Gerd Hönicke, Director Pre-Construction Services

August 2017
Content

1.  Clarification Façade Systems

2.  Stick System Façades

3.  Unitized Window Walls

4.  Mitred Unitized Façades

5.  Butt Jointed Unitized Façades

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1.  Clarification

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1. Clarification

Unitized Curtain Wall = Unitized Façade = glazed externally

European Window Wall = Unitized Facade = glazed internally
American Window Wall = Horizontal Ribbon Facade
= glazed externally or internally
European Curtain Wall = Window Wall or Stick System
American Curtain Wall = Could be everything
American Unitized System = Butt Jointed = Chicken Head
European Unitized System = Mitered = Spigot Connection
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1. Clarification
Traditional Facade Unitized Facade

Stick Installation Ladder Installation

Time in Workshop

Time on site

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2.  Stick System Façades

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2. Stick System Façades

•  Individual components installed in the

field

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2. Stick System Façades

•  Ventilation and Drainage System FW 50

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2. Stick System Façade

Column
Floor slab •  Differential deformation varies from mullion to mullion
Mullion during floor slab deflection
Transom
•  No stiff transom/mullion connection

•  No longer rectangular corners

•  Glass floating in glazing rebate

•  Larger rebates for warping needed

Differential deformation

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2. Stick System Façades
The most accurate way to calculate screen movement is by using a break down of
individual mullion movement rather than a single mid span figure.

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Mid span deflection 1.2 3.8
Mullion differential Mullion differential

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2. Stick System Façades
2,36 in

Glass height

Glass width
„Leeway“ in the rebate

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3.  Unitized Window Walls

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3. Unitized Window Walls

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3. Unitized Window Walls

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4. Mitered Unitized Façades
I.  Cover Caped System
II.  Structural Bonded System
III. Structural Taped System

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4.I Cover Caped System

2,95 in
Vertical unit joint
Horizontal unit joint

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4.I Cover Caped System
65mm

Glass support Rebate Saddle

& packer gasket gasket

Vertical
Glazing coupling
gasket (bullet)
gasket
Glazing
bead
Connectors
Front weather
seal gasket

Outer profile
Horizontal coupling
Isolator Head transom gasket Insulating foam insert

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4.I Cover Caped System

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4.I Cover Caped System Vertical vapor barrier

Saddle gasket

Horizontal vapor
barrier

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4.I Cover Caped System
level-1
level-0 level-0 level-0

direction of force
unit height

unit height
level-0 level-0 level-0 level-0
unit width unit width

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4.I Cover Caped System

•  Unit corners are fabricated using cleats

in the same manner as window vents/frames

•  Cleats can be crimped or nailed, and are filled with

2-part adhesive to complete the bonding process

•  A Schueco 4-head crimper is the best crimping

machine to use, as it will even out any slight
inaccuracies across all 4 corners

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4.I Cover Caped System

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4.I Cover Caped System

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4.I Cover Caped System

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4.I Cover Caped System
Hook

•  One bracket will be fixed bearing point

•  Next bracket to allow sliding bearing point
•  Height adjustments to be “locked”
Bracketry

Spigot

Bracketry

Hook

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4.I Cover Caped System

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4.I Cover Caped System

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4.I Cover Caped System

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4.I Cover Caped System

•  No rotaion of units possible

•  During slab deflection, vertical racking of units occurs
•  Units move closer to each other
•  Vertical joints remain parallel
•  Horizontal joint staggering
•  Saddle gasket to compensate for staggering effect

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4.1. Cover Capped System

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4. Mitered Unitized Façades
II. Structural Bonded System

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4.II Structural Bonded System

•  Fully Structurally Glazed, vertically and horizontally

•  Project specific solution due to glass bonding
•  Glass thickness 26 to 36mm
•  Horizontal gap of 10 or 20mm

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4.II Structural Bonded System

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4.II Structural Bonded System

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4. Mitered Unitized Façades
III.  Structural Taped System

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5.  Butt Jointed Unitized Façade System

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5. Butt Jointed Unitized Façades

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5. Butt Jointed Unitized Façades

Male/female connection
Seal at junit joint

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5. Butt Jointed Unitized Façades

•  Units rotate at bracketry

•  Vertical joint no longer parallel, will
become triangular
•  Mullions butting top or bottom
•  When mullions butt, units lift up from
brackets and rotate
•  Units start to stagger

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5. Butt Jointed Unitized Façades

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 Thank you for your attention.

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