CHANNELIZED RAINSCREEN FRAMEWORK FOR CONSTRUCTION OF CEMENTITIOUS EXTERIOR WALLS

摘要

A channelized rainscreen framework for making a stucco wall by attaching a back side of the channelized rainscreen framework to a front side of a sheathing of a building and applying mortar to a front side of the channelized rainscreen framework. The channelized rainscreen framework comprising a lath sheet and a channel sheet, the channel sheet having a channel sheet front and a channel sheet back, the channel sheet front coupled to the lath sheet, the channel sheet having alternating troughs and peaks, the troughs and peaks running a length of the channel sheet, the peaks forward of the troughs, the channel sheet defining a plurality of channels behind the peaks. The channel sheet has a plurality of holes sized to allow enough mortar to penetrate through the channel sheet to embed it in the mortar, but not to fill the channels.

主权项

1. An article of manufacture comprising;
a lath sheet; a channel sheet with a channel sheet front and a channel sheet back, the channel sheet front coupled to the lath sheet, the channel sheet having alternating troughs and peaks, the troughs and peaks running a length of the channel sheet, the peaks forward of the troughs, the channel sheet defining a plurality of channels behind the peaks; and wherein the channel sheet has a plurality of holes having a typical size sufficiently small enough that when mortar is applied to the channel sheet front under typical installation pressure, the mortar will not protrude through the channel sheet enough to block the channels.