Our First FRP Thermal Break – Built!
15 November 2009
We have three small school additions that will be built with Fiberglass Reinforced Plastic (FRP) angles used as shims to break the thermal steel bridging in hung steel lintels. Here’s the first one built -
The FRP angle was fabricated with the steel by the structural steel fabricator. No problems reported. The GC and the CM both want me to come back in the wintertime after the building is completed, with my infrared thermal camera, so we can see that the detail is working. I’m quite pleased.
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25 November 2010 at 12:49 pm
Quick update – All three buildings are finished, heated, and in use. I went back with my infrared camera and documented the thermal signature of the area shown in the photo. The images showed no indication of heat loss above the windows. Success!
– Jim D’A