Unitized Curtain Wall System Section

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Unitized curtain wall system section.

If your project doesn t suit most of the criteria for a unitized system your other option is to use a stick built system. Starter sill preparation and installation notes. After application of end dams fasten sill to surrounding condition as noted on approved shop drawings apply sill sealant and in stall fm90 or fm96 load clips. Elegance 85 gf is a semi unitized system with factory prepared externally beaded.

Long pieces of aluminum hence the name stick are inserted between floors vertically and horizontally between vertical members to support and transfer the load of the glass back to structure. Curtain walls can be classified by their method of fabrication and installation into the following general categories. The vast majority of low to mid rise curtain walls are installed in this way. Elegance 52 sg is a semi unitised system with factory prepared structurally glazed frames stepped or non stepped glazed units secured into each aperture of the curtain wall for a flush glazed appearance.

In the stick system the curtain wall frame mullions and glass or opaque panels are installed and connected together piece by piece. Semi unitised curtain wall systems elegance 52 sg. Kawneer offers unitized curtain wall systems with thermal performance blast mitigation structural silicone glazed ssg options and preglazed and fabricated systems.