How are SIP panels joined together? And
how do they attach to the subfloor or the foundation of the house?
Hi, i'm Rob Clutter with Eco-Panels of Tennessee.
So there are lots of different ways that SIP panels attach depending on the
manufacturer, and they're all good. Everybody's thought
through how to attach one to another. Let me show you one way.
So here's a small sample of a piece of one of our panels, and you can see on the
end of this panel there is a groove here, a slotted groove
and a tongue, and then this panel that we're going
to attach to it has the inverse of that groove and
tongue where they will attach together. So on
the job site we would put a bead of foam sealer, here
and here, before each panel went together. And i'm going to attach these for you. So
remember, I'm not going to really put the foam sealer in, because if i do that i
can't take it back apart because it's really
sticky. So these would slide one into the other, and we have a thing called a cam lock. It's a hook, hopefully you can see that.
It's a hook that's operated with a keyway here,
and as these go together, the cam lock is activated,
and these are now connected as one unit. Now the second part of the question is,
okay if we're going to build this wall, how are we attaching this down
to the subfloor of the house? So let's imagine that the top of this table
is the sub-floor of the house. There would be a sill plate
that would be sealed and attached all the way around the perimeter of the
house. The bottom end of the panel has a
groove in it, that is the size of that sill plate.
So if that sill plate was here this panel would then
sit down over top of it. Some sealer of course would be put in here first
to make sure we don't have an air leak. It sits down over top,
and then this would be fastened on both sides to make sure that it's anchored
down against the subfloor tight. Concrete slab,
pretty similar thing, a regular wooden subfloor
much more like the table. If you'd like to find out more about how our SIP
panels are assembled we'd be glad to send you an assembly manual
and more information. Shoot us an email. Email address is: info@ecopanelsoftn.com
