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BP19 strip was designed to cover the surface of ETICS façades with standing seams – identical external longitudinal grooves.

The standing seam is becoming increasingly popular as a technique for joining flat, metal sheets on the façade of buildings. As it often happens, mounting the sheet metal on the walls of buildings causes many technical problems to the contractor. First and foremost, it is a method is used in the roofing industry, hence it requires typical roofing techniques to be used, which tend to be expensive as it requires more specialised and therefore better paid experts, namely roofers but also because it requires more expensive building materials and a way more complicated technique of installing the sheet metal on a façade. However, the most problematic in this case may be the preparation of the substrate for installing the sheet metal, as the substrate is built of wooden battens that may become deformed due to wood warpage; wooden battens are installed directly on the building wall leaving no space for thermal insulation of battens hence good thermal insulation parameters are impossible to be achieved.

The solution recommended by Bella Plast, the BP19 PVC standing seam aesthetic strip with mesh, is a way to achieve the same visual effect of the façade as with the standing seam joining of metal sheets but with elimination of a large number of limitations and problems typical to standing seam technique when preparing and mounting flat sheet metal.

With BP19 strip it is easier to shape the appearance of the facade and make the architecture more interesting. In addition to achieving the traditional vertical divisions – as is the case in the imitation of steel standing seams – another interesting feature is the it “Matrix” effect achieved by appropriately placing BP19 profiles on the façade (GALLERY).

Not less important is the fact that with the BP19 strip the problem of joining the light wet ETICS façade with the part of the façade covered with standing seam mounted sheets is completely eliminated. The BP19 strip provides a homogeneous system all over the building.

The BP19 strip – unlike standing seams made with the use of metal sheets, with constant spacing of the seams of approximately 51cm – may feature any seam spacing thus providing full flexibility in placing the seams relative to one another as well as relative to other elements of the facade such as windows, doors, gutters, etc.

The BP19 PVC standing seam strip with a mesh was granted a patent protection with the Patent Office of the Republic of Poland.

Application: forming longitudinal, decorative grooves in the shape of standing seams on the surface of the thermal insulation facade

Functional properties:    

– longitudinal grooves in the shape of standing seams on ETICS façades,

– flexible spacing of the seams – (distances between seams) unachievable using the technique of standing seam joining of sheet metal,

cheaper and quicker installation when compared to standing seam joining of sheet metal.

Assembly procedure:

Installation of BP19 strip is similar to installation of strips and profiles for light  wet ETICS façades.

The BP19 strip features fibreglass mesh strips on both sides the outer seam (PVC body). The fibreglass net is permanently attached to the body by means of ultrasonic welding, which provides high break strength in order to guarantee safe joining of the PVC profile (body) with the fibreglass mesh strips.

Installing the BP19 strip to the surface of the façade is intuitive where no grooves must be made in the façade itself as is the case with rustication strips. First spread the glue for submerging the fibreglass on the thermal cladding and install the façade fibreglass mesh, then glue the BP19 strip and then the strips of fibreglass mesh on the BP19 strip; cover from the top with another piece of the façade fibreglass mesh with overlap; then all meshes should be submerged in the glue – preferably in the same gluing operation. The facade is then ready for plastering.

The BP19 PVC standing seam aesthetic facade strip with a mesh is available in white technical colour and can be covered with facade paints such as acrylic, silicate, silicone paints.

For the best visual use the same the colour of the plaster and the topcoat paint of the BP19 standing seam – then the effect of the imitation of metal seam will be best.

The BP19 PVC standing seam aesthetic facade strip can also be offered in any other colour, including metallic, silver etc.

BP19 PVC aesthetic standing seam strip may require special blanking. For blanking use a system cap, BP19 CAP.

Insert the BP19 CAP into the BP19 profile – preferably at the time of mounting the BP19 profile while gluing it to the façade – then the BP19 CAP will be sunk in glue at its base, to ensure it is permanently embedded in the BP19 profile, while the next layer – wall plaster – will additionally embed the cap.

BP19 CAP is made of PVC – same as the BP19 strip. The cap is made in white technical colour – to be covered with paint – preferably in the RAL colour of the BP19 PVC aesthetic standing seam strip.

BP19 CAP must be used whenever the BP19 PVC aesthetic standing seam strip is left open, uncovered, such as from above by roofing sheets. BP19 CAP provides a fully aesthetic, even, repeatable and tight closing of the BP19 strip.

PLEASE NOTE: If the BP19 strip is not protected with the cap, this may lead to insects entering the strip and/or a wind whistle effect during windy weather.

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Gallery – examples of application of BP19 strip on facades