Load bearing shelf angles from StoneClip

By installing StoneClip Shelf Angles at each floor level, all of the dead load of the cladding on each level is transferred down to them (that is the weight that is not taken up by intermediate Adjustable StoneClips in that level of wall cladding). In actual fact, the intermediate StoneClips carry their own weight and there should be nil transferred down, but in actual fact this is support from floor to ceiling is in case of an catastrophe or such like.

When cladding above 5 floors high it is noted that all the intermediate StoneClips be replaced with StoneClip Shelf Angles and then all dead load in each panel is carried within itself. When doing this type of cladding, it is advisable to use Lateral pinning when the panel size is greater in depth than 500mm.