Cladding slabs

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Technical ceramic cladding slabs applied to ventilated wall

The large-format technical ceramic slabs used in ventilated facades are made solely of manufactured marble, granite, stone or slate slate. The available sizes are 30x60 cm, 60x60 cm and 60x120 cm.

The different surface areas of the slabs determine different end costs:

The smaller the slabs are, the larger the number of devices needed to secure them in place will be, increasing the structural and application costs;

In systems with invisible hooking  the larger the slabs are, the lower the incidence per square metre of the work to be carried out and therefore the cost of installing them will be.

When using rectangular slabs, it is important to consider the direction in which they are placed, since vertical rather than horizontal installation may affect the final installation costs. When ventilated walls with visible hooking are used, it is less expensive to mount the slabs with the longer side horizontal, since the posts have the same pitch as the slab and therefore the number required will be smaller.

For ventilated walls with horizontal stringers and therefore with invisible hooking, on the other hand, it is less expensive to mount the slabs with the longer side vertical, since the slabs are fixed to the horizontal stringers and their number will tend to be smaller.

Generally speaking, the slabs are sent to the site in standard sizes, and the necessary cutting is carried out by the personnel taking care of installing the facade. After positioning the whole slabs, they measure the exact size of the smaller slabs needed and cut the larger ones to size.

In the case of ventilated facades with invisible hooking, the slabs are prepared with a number of hole positions, so as to enable proper fixing even of the slabs that have been cut to size.