Steel load-bearing structure of a building

Cladding

A WALL ON A STEEL FRAME

The profiles are cut to the design, assembled on site and covered with insulation and cladding. Scroll to see the wall of a light steel-frame house, from the inside out.

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3cladding types
4building types in the configurator

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The plasterboard

The inner face of the wall. The boards are screwed to the studs, the joints are filled and the wall is painted like any other.

Thickness: 12.5 mm

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The vapour barrier

A membrane on the inner side of the insulation. It stops moisture from the room so that it does not condense in the wool.

Position: on the warm side

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The load-bearing studs

Cold-formed C-sections of galvanised steel, at 60 cm centres, between a bottom and a top track. They are cut to the design and screwed together on site.

Section: C 100 mm
Spacing: 60 cm
Protection: galvanising

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The mineral wool

Insulation between the studs, filling their full depth. It keeps the heat in and deadens sound.

Thickness: 100 mm in the example

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The OSB boards

Boards of pressed wood strands on the outside of the studs. They make the wall rigid and carry the membrane.

Thickness: 11 mm in the example

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The membrane

It keeps wind and water out of the wall but lets vapour escape outwards.

Material: breather membrane

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The battens

Vertical battens that leave an air gap behind the cladding. If water gets behind the cladding, the wall dries out through this gap.

Section: 30 × 50 mm

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The cladding

The outer face of the wall. Change it at the top right: everything underneath stays the same.

Type: metal siding in horizontal strips

Type: timber boards with gaps

Type: large facade panels

Whole system

The whole wall

Plasterboard inside, cladding outside, and the load-bearing frame hidden between them. Change the cladding at the top right.

Price the building

What is included

WHAT WE BUILD

Halls, warehouses and workshops

Profile frames, with the roof and walls in sandwich panels or metal sheet.

Canopies and garages

Open or enclosed, for cars, machinery and materials.

Extensions and roof additions

A steel frame is lighter than brick, so it can also stand on a building that is already there, if the design allows.

Houses

Houses and holiday homes on a light steel frame, with foundation, roof and finishing.

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PRICE YOUR BUILDING

Choose a type, change the dimensions and see the 3D model with a rough itemised price.

Hall or warehouseOpen in the configurator

CanopyOpen in the configurator

Garage or workshopOpen in the configurator

House on a steel frameOpen in the configurator

How it goes

HOW IT GOES

01
Site visit
We look at the site, take measurements and note what you need.
02
Design
The structural design sets the sections, the spacing and the connections.
03
Workshop
The profiles are cut and punched to the design and numbered.
04
Base
A foundation or a slab, with anchors set by template.
05
Erection
The frame is assembled on site with screws and bolts, then the roof and the walls.
06
Finishing
Insulation, cladding, doors and windows, interior work, up to a building ready for use.

COMMON QUESTIONS

A steel frame is lighter, so the load on the foundation is smaller. The elements are made to measure and fixed dry. Which is more suitable depends on the ground and on what the building is for.

A steel structure starts at 50 EUR per m². The exact price follows a site visit; the configurator gives a rough itemised estimate.

The profiles are galvanised at the factory. The zinc protects the steel even where there is no paint.

It depends on the building. We keep the paperwork for the site; what exactly is required is established at the site visit.

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