Patent ID: 8099920

Claim:
An external wall constructing structure comprising a plurality of external wall panels that are joined to each other by vertical and horizontal shiplap joints and secured to a skeleton of a building by a securing metal fitting, wherein the plurality of external wall panels include a dimension-adjusted external wall panel having a cut-off end portion formed to adjust a vertical width of the panel, the dimension-adjusted external wall panel is fixed to the skeleton of the building by an end constructing bracket engaged to the cut-off end portion, and by a lateral end securing metal fitting engaged to one of a left or right joint end portion of the dimension-adjusted external wall panel, the end constructing bracket comprises a rear plate portion fixed to the skeleton and a forward-bending portion extending forward from one end of the rear plate portion, the rear plate portion of the end constructing bracket comprises a first abutting section that abuts the skeleton in one end area of the end constructing bracket that is adjacent to the forward-bending portion, a second abutting section that abuts the skeleton in another end area of the end constructing bracket, and a panel-rear-surface abutting section raised forward between the first abutting section and the second abutting section of the end constructing bracket that abuts the rear surface of the dimension-adjusted external wall panel, and the forward-bending portion of the end constructing bracket comprises a horizontal section that abuts a cut-off end surface of the dimension-adjusted external wall panel, and a front section downwardly extending from one end of the horizontal section.