Patent ID: 6526715
Filing Date: 2003-03-04
Classification: E04B,E04F

Abstract:
An external wall construction comprising:a plurality of ceramic external wall panels disposed directly on and fixed to framing materials of a building framework of a building to form a bearing wall, wherein each of the external wall panels have lateral end portions and top and bottom end portions such that the lateral end portions of adjacent ones of the ceramic external wall panels are disposed to abut each other to form a butt portion, wherein the ceramic external wall panels are fixed onto the framing materials of the building framework through face-nailing along the lateral end portions and the top and bottom end portions of the ceramic external wall panels, wherein each of the ceramic external wall panels has a thickness in a range of 12 to 25 mm, wherein resin sheets are fixed on rearward surfaces of each of the external wall panels, wherein waterproof tapes are interposed between the ceramic external wall panels and the framing material of the building framework, wherein the lateral end portions of the ceramic external wall panels are disposed directly on the waterproof tapes, wherein a covering material, constituted of elastic joint finishing materials and mesh-like bodies disposed in the elastic joint finishing materials, is provided on front surfaces of the butt portions where the lateral end portions of the ceramic external wall panels abut each other, and wherein a coating material is applied on a front surface of the bearing wall including over the covering material.