Metal Panel Curtain Wall Detail

The bronze tee bar is bolted to the steel angles.

Metal panel curtain wall detail.

Mapes is here through the uncertainty. The right side of the detail shows the condition at the window. The tee bar is plug welded to the continuous bronze mullions. When there are areas of the curtain wall that span over other elements of the façade such as precast glazed in panels become a preferred choice for cost and visibility reasons.

The steel structure is used to support the curtain wall at every floor slab. When glass is used as the curtain wall an advantage is that natural light can penetrate deeper within the building. When insulating a metal panel curtainwall locate the insulation horizontally between wall ties directly on back up wall and provide 1 minimum clear space between inside brick face and the exterior surface of the insulation board. Abut the foam insulation board joints tightly.

Metal panel curtainwall. Often a curtain wall system will be utilized for a continuous look across a façade but glass and the additional cost of glass are not needed for the areas enclosed. A curtain wall system is an outer covering of a building in which the outer walls are non structural utilized only to keep the weather out and the occupants in. These are unprecedented times for our country and for us all.

A muntz metal panel is used to cover the inside face of the curtain wall.