A COMPOSITE INSULATING AND CLADDING PANEL

摘要

A composite insulating and cladding panel (1) comprises a backing sheet (10), a plurality of cladding parts (2), and a support grid between the backing sheet (10) and the cladding parts (2). The cladding parts (2) are mounted to the support grid and a body of insulating material such as insulating foam is provided between the backing sheet 10, the support grid and the cladding parts (2). The cladding parts (2) are spaced-apart to provide gaps (3) therebetween. The cladding parts (2) may have any desired surface finish such as natural or artificial brick, stone, wood, paint and the like. The cladding parts (2) provide a finished façade which is integrated into the panel during manufacture and the panel incorporates a support grid which transfers load directly to a building structural framework without a requirement for separate additional building structural frames. The panels also have interengagable features which facilitate joining between a plurality of panels to form a finished façade which can be assembled off-site and easily erected on-site with minimum on-1 site work to mount the façade to the building support framework.