Envelope Systems

Building Envelope Systems  play an important part in building of a home. Envelope systems include brick veneer, double brick construction, ICF - insulated concrete form, Timber, tin sheeting such as Colour Bond. Builders use a envelope system that is commonly in use in the area they are in, is cost effective and complies with local council and building regulations.

Brick veneer is a single skin of brick work that surround a building. Only a single layer of brick is used instead of 2 layers of brick which is common in some areas still. The single layer of brick work is attached to a timber frame via metal or even plastic ties. These ties secure the outer layer of brick work to a timber frame which is anchored to the concrete floor. This is a cost effective method of building in Australia. In older areas double brick construction is common, also in areas such as Western Australia they still build in Double brick. This makes it harder for local tradesman such as Perth Plumbers WA , electricians Perth and electricians Melbourne to put their wiring and pipe work into the building envelope. With double brick they need to cut out channels for their pipe work and wiring, then the pipe work and wiring needs to be protected from the corrosive cement render that is used to secure the pipe work and wiring in place. Tradesman Such as electricians Gold Coast , Gold Coast plumbers and Electricians sunshine Coast are used to working n single brick construction. They prefer single brick because they can run their materials in the internal timer frame. This is alot easier to work with that brick. All they need to do is drill large enough holes in the timber to run their materials thru and then secure them with something like silicone. The more difficulty a tradesman has using a material the more they will charge.

Other building envelopes are also used in different areas but now you can understand that if the local tradsman find them more dificult to use they will not be used as heavily.