STRUCTURAL FOAM CORE PANELS WITH BUILT-IN HEADER

摘要

A structural foam core panel for use in building construction has inner and outer structural skins (28, 30) with interconnecting insulating foam core (32) to form a structural building unit (16) of standard building height and width such that when several panels (16) are erected and interconnected in series, a load bearing wall (12) is formed. The panel has a top load carrying header plate (34) bridging and secured to the inner and outer structural skins (28, 30) with the foam core (32) provided above and below the header plate (34). The top header plate (34) spans the width of the panel and extends parallel to a bottom edge (40) of the panel. The header plate (34) has an underside (42) spaced from the panel bottom edge (40), a predetermined height for a top header plate (34) to provide thereby load carrying support above a window opening (20) or a door opening (18) subsequently cut in the panel after interconnection of several panels in erecting a perimeter load bearing building wall (12) and party walls (150, 152) of adjacent dwellings.