Acceptable Misalignment of Stone Facade Panels
Acceptable Misalignment of Stone Facade Panels
(OP)
This may be more in the "Art of Architecture" realm, but I nave been unable to locate any real information. My question is: In an existing building, how much displacement or misalignment (from vertical) of stone panels is acceptable? The panels are 6-8 inches thick and the largest is 4x5 feet... Esthetically, 1/8 inch vertical misalignment is visible at 4 stories. By this, I mean that the upper stone panel overlaps the lower panel by more than 1/8 of an inch.
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RE: Acceptable Misalignment of Stone Facade Panels
RE: Acceptable Misalignment of Stone Facade Panels
Often veneer panels really aren't all that well connected in many structures. Corrosion, fatigue failures, epoxy deterioration; There are litterally dozens of reasons why these things come off, and they just fall like bricks.
I might be way off the mark for your situations, but just thought I'd mention...
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YS
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