Solid Sheet Metal Rainscreen

Aria Vinegar Lane Solid Folded Metal Cladding (1)

Product Description

Solid sheet metals come in a range of materials and finishes that provide architectural design freedom and minimal maintenance requirements. Choice of material will be influenced by a number of factors including desired aesthetics, environment and climate, structural systems and budget.

These lightweight, durable and non-combustible panels can be folded into 3D shapes, curved, laser-cut, perforated or expanded into a mesh effects. Perforated metal sheets are generally used for feature elements or sun shading.

Available Solid Sheet Metals:

Solid Aluminium
Alucolux®
Perforated Aluminium
Stainless Steel
Copper
Solid Zinc

ENCLAD™ is Thermosash’s proprietary range of bracket profiles engineered specifically to support various types of rainscreen cladding. We have expert in-house teams working to ensure the design, engineering, procurement, fabrication and installation of our solutions deliver on custom specific project requirements and site-unique constraints.

Recommended ENCLAD™ support systems for Solid Sheet Metal rainscreen:

Visible Fixed - EN01
Hook On Secret Fixed - EN04
Hook On Secret Fixed - EN05-FF (support system spans floor to floor, non-structural)

Engineering Custom solutions

Thermosash design and detail the facade solution to meet project demand for seismic risk, wind loads, climate zones, corrosion zones and building importance levels as well as aesthetics, unique site constraints and budgetary requirements. We have extensive experience in integrating our systems and products to deliver a total facade solution.

Unitised pre-fabrication

Our systems are prefabricated and glazed at our manufacturing facilities (Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch) and can be transported for just-in-time site delivery. Due to prefabrication and the unitised modular design of our products and systems our highly skilled installation teams can close in buildings rapidly saving on programme time and mitigate follow on trade risk.

Maintenance

A full maintenance manual is provided on completion of a project for all the elements integrated within a project. Compliance to a maintenance schedule is essential to maintaining the quality of the installed product over time. Using Thermosash-approved facade maintenance contractor/personnel ensures the highest standards are met.

Warranty

We provide a materials manufacturer/supplier warranty of 10 years for the ENCLAD™ Support System.

Key Features

ENCLAD™ SUPPORT SYSTEM FEATURES:

- Non-combustible.

Bracket and rail profiles are extruded from 3mm solid aluminium.

- B1 Structure

Our support system is project specifically engineered to meet specification requirements.

- B2 Durability

Our extrusions are Duralloy powdercoated for enhanced durability.

- H1 Energy Efficiency.

Our systems accommodate cavity and packers/isolators at bracket locations.

ENCLAD™ EN01 visible fixed adjustable support for Solid Sheet Metal:

- - 75mm for 50mm insulation
  - 95mm for 75mm insulation
  - 120mm for 100mm insulation

ENCLAD™ EN04 secret fixed adjustable support for Solid Sheet Metal:

- - 119mm for 50mm insulation
  - 128mm for 75mm insulation
  - 153mm for 100mm insulation

ENCLAD™ EN05-FF secret fixed adjustable support for Solid Sheet Metal:

- - - 121mm - 146mm

- PS1 & PS3 Producer Statement for Design

Can be provided upon request.

Brochures

Thermosash ENCLAD™ Rainscreen Support Systems

April 2025

Thermosash material and finishing examples

April 2024

Specification

We recommend using Masterspec 4216IR RAINSCREEN CLADDING SUPPORT SYSTEM when specifying this system type.

INSTALLATION REQUIREMENTS

Must be installed by an approved Thermosash Group Installer.
We require the Timber/support structure (dwangs and structural nogs) to be positioned to suit our panel set-out for ﬁxing purposes free of charge. This structure must be adequate for the standard fixings/loadings that will be imposed upon it by our products.

DESIGN REQUIREMENTS

Must be engineered, designed and supplied by Thermosash Group approved contractors.
We have engineered our product to maximum panel deﬂections of 1/60 for visible cladding under SLS loading, which equates to NZS 4223.
The critical weathering line relies on the design and integrity of the Rigid Air Barrier (RAB) with fully sealed joints installed by others.