Building rail systems are used to support siding on a building.
A recent trend in the construction of energy-efficient buildings is the use of continuous insulation. The use of continuous insulation has become a popular practice in Europe, due in large part to Europe's high energy standards. As energy codes in the United States are updated with higher building efficiency requirements, there is likely to be an increased utilization of continuous insulation in newly built and updated buildings within the United States, as well.
Building rail systems are currently used in some continuous insulation systems. A common function of a building rail system is the hanging of exterior facade panels.
According to the present disclosure, a building system is provided including a plurality of structural support members and a building wall layer including at least one of insulation, sheathing, and waterproofing. The building wall layer is coupled to the plurality of structural support members. The system further includes a building rail system supported by the plurality of structural support members and siding supported by the building rail system. The building rail system includes a plurality of vertical rails having an interior surface facing inwardly toward a building interior and an exterior surface and a plurality of transverse rails coupled to the vertical rails. The vertical rails have a different outer cross-sectional profile than an outer cross-sectional profile of the transverse rails.
According to another aspect of the present disclosure, a building system is provided that includes a plurality of structural support members and a building wall layer including at least one of insulation, sheathing, and waterproofing. The building wall layer is coupled to the plurality of structural support members. The system further includes a building rail system supported by the plurality of structural support members and siding supported by the plurality of rails. The siding and the building wall layer cooperate to define a vertical air flow path there between. At least 60 percent of the vertical air flow path is blocked by the thickness of the plurality of transverse rails. The building rail system includes a plurality of rails positioned adjacent to the building wall layer. The plurality of rails includes a plurality of substantially vertical rails having vertical outermost edges, a plurality of transverse rails having a height extending between the substantially vertical rails and a thickness. The plurality of transverse rails overlap with the plurality of vertical rails with ends of the plurality of transverse rails extending past the outermost vertical edges of the plurality of substantially vertical rails.
According to another aspect of the present disclosure, a building system is provided that includes a plurality of structural support members and a building wall layer including at least one of insulation, sheathing, and waterproofing. The building wall layer is coupled to the plurality of structural support members. The system further includes a building rail system supported by the plurality of structural support members and siding supported by the plurality of rails. The siding and the building wall layer cooperating to define a vertical air flow path there between, at least 60 percent of the vertical air flow path being blocked by the thickness of the plurality of transverse rails. The building rail system includes a plurality of substantially vertical rails having concavities and a plurality of transverse rails having ends. The ends of the plurality of transverse rails are located within the concavities of the vertical rails.
The aforementioned aspects and many of the intended features of this disclosure will grow to be appreciated at a greater level once references to the following accompanying illustrations are expounded upon.
Equivalent reference components point to corresponding parts throughout the several views. Unless otherwise indicated, the components shown in the drawings are proportional to each other. Wherein, the illustrations depicted are manifestations of the disclosure, and such illustrations shall in no way be interpreted as limiting the scope of the disclosure.
For the purposes of promoting an understanding of the principals of the disclosure, reference will now be made to the embodiments illustrated in the drawings, which are described below. The embodiments disclosed below are not intended to be exhaustive or limit the disclosure to the precise form disclosed in the following detailed description. Rather, the embodiments are chosen and described so that others skilled in the art may utilize their teachings. It will be understood that no limitation of the scope of the disclosure is thereby intended. The disclosure includes any alterations and further modifications in the illustrative devices and described methods and further applications of the principles of the disclosure which would normally occur to one skilled in the art to which the disclosure relates.
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According to some installations, a gap 50 exists between insulation panel 16 and façade panel 40 creating a potential air flow path between large rails 14 having a cross-sectional area equal to a distance between insulation panel 16 and façade 40 and a distance between centers of large rails 14. For example, if the centers of large rails 14 are 16 inches apart and insulation panel 16 is about 0.7 inches (the height of vertical rails 14) away from façade 40, the cross-sectional area is about 11.2 square inches. Vertical rails 14 and transverse rails 12 fill a majority of this cross-sectional area to restrict the flow of air between insulation panel 16 and façade panel 40. According to some installations, at gap of about 1.15 square inches (0.1 inches wide and 11.5 inches long) exists between transverse rail 12 and installation panel 16. Channels 48 have an area of about 0.325 square inches (0.65 inches by 0.5 inches) each (or 0.65 square inches per vertical rail 14) and center channels 52 of vertical rails are about 0.45 square inches (0.74 inches by 0.6 inches). Thus, of the 11.2 square inches between insulation panel 16 and façade panel 40 mentioned above, about 2.25 square inches remains open after vertical and transverse rails 14, 12 are installed. Thus, about 20% of the cross-sectional area/air flow path remains open and about 80% is closed by vertical and transverse rails 14, 12. According to alternative embodiments of the present disclosure, more or less of the cross-sectional area/air flow path between insulation panel 16 (or whatever layer of material vertical rails 14 are attached to) and façade panel 40 (or whatever layer of material is supported on vertical and transverse rails 14, 12) is filled by rails 12, 14. For example, although 20% remains open as discussed above, 0%, 1%, 2%, 3%, 5%, 7%, 10%, 15%, 25%, 30%, 40%, 50%, etc. may remain open.
About 6% of the cross-sectional area/air flow path that remains open is provided by channels 48 of vertical rails 14 and permits water to flow down vertical rails 14 to drip edge 25 and eventually the ground as discussed above. According to alternative embodiments of the present disclosure, more or less of the cross-sectional area/air flow path between insulation panel 16 (or whatever layer of material vertical rails 14 are attached to) and façade panel 40 (or whatever layer of material is supported on vertical and transverse rails 14, 12) remains open because of channels 48 of vertical rails 14. For example, although 6% remains open because of channels 48 as discussed above, 0%, 1%, 2%, 3%, 5%, 7%, 10%, etc. may remain open because of channels 48 of rails 14.
For the purposes of this disclosure, the terms “vertical rails” and “small rails” may not necessarily refer to the geometric or physical characteristics of the rails. For example, in some embodiments, the vertical rails may have one or more dimensions, such as length, width, or height that are less than the one or more corresponding dimension of the small rails.
While this disclosure has been described as having an exemplary design, the present disclosure may be further modified within the spirit and scope of this disclosure. This application is therefore intended to cover any variations, uses, or adaptations of the disclosure using its general principles. Further, this application is intended to cover such departures from the present disclosure as come within known or customary practices in the art to which this disclosure pertains.
The present application is a Continuation of U.S. Non-Provisional Application No. 15/494,768, filed Apr. 24, 2017, titled “Building Rail System,” to Jimmy K. Yeary, Jr., now U.S. Pat. No. 10,844,609, which claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Application No. 62/326,235, filed Apr. 22, 2016, titled “Building Rail System,” to Jimmy K. Yeary, Jr., the entire disclosures of which are hereby incorporated by reference.
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62326235 | Apr 2016 | US |
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Parent | 15494768 | Apr 2017 | US |
Child | 17101566 | US |