Shadegrate™ and Shadetread™

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Product Description

Thermosash Shadetread™ - is an engineered open grate aluminium flooring system, originally designed as a maintenance and light weight trafficable access floor. Other practical uses include platforms to the exterior façade allowing a safe access system for cleaning - doubling as an effective shading device. This product has been predominantly specified into our Thermosash twin-wall curtainwall systems, allowing safe light weight access through the cavity zone, whilst allowing maximum convective air flow in these passive ventilated building designs.

Thermosash Shadegrate™ - is a versatile aluminium shading element engineered as a non-trafficable screen that can vary in grid pattern to suit your project's needs (within the constraints of the tooling). It can be installed vertically or horizontally to provide very effective shading to the exterior of the building, whilst enabling a good degree of direct visual sight-line. It can also be incorporated into code compliant architectural balcony balustrades.

Expertise

Thermosash expertly engineers, manufactures and installs custom solutions, managed from concept to completion.

Low-Carbon Aluminium

Thermosash partners with a local NZ-owned extruder achieving a lower carbon footprint than the global average - offering reduced upfront carbon emissions. (find out more about our Sustainable Aluminium).

Aluminium is 100% recyclable and all aluminium from refurbished sites and from our manufacturing process is environmentally managed back to our key suppliers and processed back into raw billet form.

Integration into facade

Where traditionally the specification of 'webforge' or 'webgrate' systems are proposed, we offer a locally manufactured architectural solution to balustrades, solar shade or light weight heavy duty aluminium access walkways.

Thermosash developed these webbed aluminium screen systems as a shading device to integrate into our façade suites. It is common knowledge that by shading the building façade from the exterior, heating loads imposed on the building fabric, and therefore the transference of heat, is greatly reduced - potentially lowering the cooling requirements of the building's mechanical plant and increasing occupant comfort.

These systems have since been used extensively for screening and access floors over a wide range of building projects - old and new. The screen system is specifically engineered and constructed from the most appropriate sized sections to meet your performance needs and site specific requirements, including being able to be powder coated or anodised to suit your project's durability needs.

Uses of these systems may include:

Sun screens (horizontal or vertical)
Feature fins
Trafficable sunscreens (for window cleaning / maintenance etc)
Access floors
Mechanical plant screen
Safe roof access systems
Balustrades

Maintenance

It is recommended by almost all material suppliers that building washing should occur every 3-6 months to prevent staining to glass and prevent environmental pollutants from corroding metals and to maintain the material warranties.

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.

Key Features

New Zealand engineered and manufactured.
Made from lightweight aluminium engineered and manufactured to your requirements.
Variability to grate grid sizes (within engineering tolerances).
Integrated bracket systems - can connect to Thermosash systems without penetrating beyond 'wet-zone' of curtainwalling or unitised system.

Brochures

Thermosash Shadegrate & Shadetread - Brochure

2023

Shadetread Product Disclosure - Documents Package

2023

Shadegrate Product Disclosure - Documents Package

2023

Specification

When specifying the screens the following factors need to be considered. Our in-house engineers then undertake analysis to provide the most structurally economic solution:

Screen use - vertical or horizontal shade device / human traffic / ventilation
Shade requirement
Wind loading
Seismic loading back to the structure
Fixing locations

Sizing:

Panel size is limited only by Anodise bath / Powdercoating or transporting limitations - call us to discuss your project
Can be powder coated or anodised to any available colour.

Shadegrate^TM

ITEM	SIZE	NOTES
Max Width	1230mm	1200mm preferable^*
Max Length	3200mm	Custom lengths by arrangement
Bar Size	40 x 3mm^*	Square^* or round edge
Slot	50 x 30	Centre to centre
	50 x 60	Centre to centre
	50 x 90	Centre to centre
	100 x 30^*	Centre to centre
	100 x60	Centre to centre

* Items are standard or preferred

Sizing: Shadetread^TM

ITEM	SIZE	NOTES
Max Width	1230mm	1200mm preferable*
Max Length	3200mm	Could do 3600mm but harder to handle. Shorter the better.
Bar Size	40 x 3mm	Square* or round edge
	50 x 3mm*	Square* or round edge
Slot	50 x 30	Centre to centre
	50 x 60	Centre to centre
	50 x 90	Centre to centre
	100 x 30^*	Centre to centre

* Items are standard or preferred

CAD Downloads

Shadegrate™ - Aluminium Grill Panels

Download files

Shadetread™ - Aluminium Grill Panels

Download files

Finishes

Polyester powdercoat - both standard and special colours available
Anodised - all anodised colours available - commercial grade 20 Micron finish recommended
PVF2 Fluorocarbon finishes - available on request