Curtain Wall At Floor

Curtain walls are self supporting and give a building s exterior the look of top to bottom glass.

Curtain wall at floor.

Curtain wall and edge of slab fire barrier systems for single spandrel zero spandrel and steel back pan configurations hilti s vast library of firestop solutions ranging from traditional spandrel designs 100 vision glass or eifs are unrivaled in the industry. Create curtain wall on the floor plan draw curtain wall boundary in the section window create a curved curtain wall. Most often used on commercial buildings curtain walls are typically installed from the outside of a building using cranes or rigs. The wind and gravity loads of the curtain wall are transferred to the building structure typically at the floor.

The framing is attached to the building structure and does not carry the floor or roof loads of the building. Since the curtain wall is non structural it can be made of lightweight materials thereby reducing construction costs. 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. When glass is used as the curtain wall an advantage is that natural light can penetrate deeper within the building.

A curtain wall is defined as thin usually aluminum framed wall containing in fills of glass metal panels or thin stone.