Curtainwalls
A curtain wall is an outer covering of a building in which the outer walls are non-structural, but merely keep out the weather. As the curtain wall is non-structural it can be made of a lightweight material reducing construction costs. When glass is used as the curtain wall, a great advantage is that natural light can penetrate deeper within the building. The curtain wall façade does not carry any dead load weight from the building other than its own dead load weight....
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Tru-Brix has developed a curtainwall system which will allow thin brick to be placed in curtain walls on commercial buildings. For more information on this new and exciting development, please contact Tru-Brix.