Curtain Walls
Curtain Walls
Curtain walling systems are becoming more common on shop fronts and business premises. An outer non-structural covering of a building, curtain wall systems are designed to keep the elements out. In simple terms, a curtain wall is a secondary wall which sits outside the main walls of your business premises.
Benefits of a Curtain Wall
Because a curtain wall is non-structural it can be made of a lightweight material. This reduces the cost of production and construction and installation.
By using curtain walls, you can allow natural light to penetrate deeper into buildings, providing improved ventilation. This also helps to reduce lighting and energy costs.
The wall transfers horizontal wind loads that are incident upon it to the main building structure through connections at floors or columns of the building.
A curtain wall is designed to resist air and water infiltration, sway induced by wind and seismic forces acting on the building and its own dead load weight forces.