Profiled sheet (corrugated board, profiled sheet) is a common modern building material, which is a metal sheet with a certain type of profile with or without a polymer coating.
Recently, for the construction of gazebos, greenhouses, polycarbonate profiled sheet is also widely used.
As a rule, corrugated board is used for wall cladding, roofing, and fence construction. For each of the areas of application, a profiled sheet with a certain type of profile is used. This material varies in metal thickness and profile height. The wall profiled sheet is marked with the letters “C” or “CH”. Depending on the wishes of the customer, the corrugated board can be painted in any color according to the RAL color catalog, and the coating can also be different: smooth, matte, shiny.
Fixing corrugated board is a laborious process, but not very complicated. The main thing is to carefully read the manufacturer's instructions on how to correctly mount the corrugated board to the wall.
The first step in the implementation of wall cladding is the fastening of the crate, on which the corrugated board will then be mounted. The crate is a galvanized steel profile with a thickness of 0.5 to 1.2 mm. The profile view is similar tothe Latin letter Z, which is why it is called the Z-profile. It is often used because it has good dimensional rigidity.
This profile is fixed to the wall with the help of brackets, which during installation help to hide the unevenness of the walls. If it is necessary to create a space for ventilation, then an additional profile is mounted, to which the profiled sheet will then be attached.
Currently, the cladding of the walls of buildings is carried out using modern insulation materials. Moreover, of course, the insulation is fixed to the wall before the corrugated board is fixed.
Mineral wool is mainly used to insulate the facades of buildings, however, when choosing a heater, much depends on the material of the wall itself and on the climate in the area. Thermal insulation is fastened with special anchors. The joints between its sheets must be tight, without gaps vertically and horizontally. An average of 4-5 anchors are needed per standard thermal insulation sheet.
After the installation of the crate and the insulation layer, a waterproofing film is stretched to protect the facade from moisture and wind. It is stretched vertically, always with an overlap. For fastening, self-tapping screws with a press washer are used.
Next, the corrugated board is fixed directly. When fixing the profiled sheet, it is necessary to take into account in which direction the wind mainly blows in a given area. You need to know this in order to joint the sheets according tovertically in the wind, otherwise the wind will blow under the profiled sheet.
Naturally, the installation of sheets is carried out using the building level. It is necessary to fix the upper and lower edges of the sheets in each wave with self-tapping screws. For the rest of the area, you can fasten the sheet through the wave. As a rule, about six self-tapping screws are consumed per square meter of corrugated board. Vertically, the sheets should be superimposed on one wave, and horizontally on 100 mm.
