Double Tempered Glass Stick Built Frame Glass Curtain Wall

A stick built curtain wall refers to the method of construction by which glass facade curtain wall is assembled on site, piece by piece. The manufacturer delivers each individual component; glass, mullion, spandrel; and glaziers assemble the curtain wall directly on the structure.

The stick built system requires installation by highly skilled laborers on site, increasing the installation cost and causing some quality control issues.  However, the on site installation allows for easier detailing of connections and larger tolerances in the building structure.

The advantage of a stick built system comes from its cost savings over a unitized system.  On small project, the scale is too small to make it economical to prefabricate panels, so the added on-site time and cost is worth the higher unit cost associated with a small scale unitized system.  For this reason, stick built systems are typically used on small to mid-sized projects.

Technical Data:

It is the structural member type glass curtain wall as its finish material. According to the frame appearance style, it can be classified into structural member type concealed frame glass curtain wall, structural member type semi-concealed frame curtain wall, structural member type exposed frame glass curtain wall, as well as structural member type exposed concealed frame mixed glass curtain wall and so on. Different system structures shall be adopted for different styles, and each style has its own unique technical characteristics.

Frame Concealed Glass Stick Curtain Wall

Horizontal and vertical frames of curtain wall are both invisible hidden within the decorative sheets. Glass is connected to the glass sub-frame through the structural silicone adhesive. The sub frames are fixed to the horizontal and vertical frames through mechanic connection. The main technical features of the system are as follows:

• Curtain wall glass is attached to the sub-frames through structural sealant. The sophisticated processes and quality assurance systems can effectively control the environment quality of plant-specific for sealant in shop, to ensure that structural sealant is of sound quality, safe and reliable.
• Glass sub-frame is fixed to the aluminum alloy frame through the use of special purposed lock block, screws and nuts. Measures are taken to prevent loose and ensure a safe connection and system security;
• Glass lock block is accurately positioned and installed in the prefabricated rabbet in the horizontal and vertical frame to ensure the installation accuracy and quality; with fixed-distance-style, the glass lock block is tightly pressed to ensure the glass surface flatness and will not produce installation stress after fastening.

Frame Exposed and Frame Semi-concealed Glass Stick Curtain Wall

The curtain wall glass of this type of curtain wall is fixed to the curtain wall keel through its outside long pressure plate and the decorative capping covers the pressure plate from the outside. View from outdoor, it’s like that the keel of the curtain wall is exposed outside the glass. The elevation appearance effect can be enhanced through changes in the form of decorative cover.

The main technical features of exposed and semi-concealed frame curtain wall system of Yuanda are as follows:

• Two layers of seals are formed at the inside and outside of the glass where in contact with the pressure plate by respectively setting a complete and continuous sealing structure to ensure sealing performance and water resistance of the system.
• Glass pressure plate is connected stably by screws to the main keel. And the glass is fixed to the main keel by use of fixed-distance-type clamping measure to achieve the effective control of flatness of the glass installation without creating installation stress.
• Heat insulation measures are adopted at connection position between glass clamp and the main keel to stop internal and external heat transfer, and improve effectively the thermal performance of the system.
• The degree of tightness at the connection between glass clamp and decorative cover plate is adjustable, which not only ensures stable clipping and convenient installation, but also can avoid looseness of cover plate and making noise.