Vetotherm Panel

The substrate should be sound, clean, free from loose material, grease, laitance, dirt curing compound, etc.

 Remove all crumbles from the surface, and fill the holes to a straight flat surface. The uneven surface with a deviation of more than 1-2cm should be evened to a flat surface.

Install a plinth profile with a drip edge profile to prepare the facade’s initial arrangement. Choose the profile according to the thickness of the thermal insulating material. Level the profile by using the leveling methods and secure it with screw anchors. 

The profiles will horizontally level the Vetotherm Panel and the Thermal Insulation System installation.

- Non-faced concrete. 

- Concrete faced with a coating, with stoneware, or with mosaic (Tesserae). 

- Coated masonry. 

- Wood facade (consult the installation model with the technical Department). 

- Ceramic/Stone tile suspended facade. 

- Metal/Concrete/Wood struts/columns.

Use Saveto Vetotherm Flex as an adhesive applied to the bottom sides of the Vetotherm Panel. 

Apply the adhesive in a continuous framework along the insulation panel’s edge and form three or four balls in the middle of the panel. Stick the panels to the wall. Make sure that the adjacent vertical joints are interchanged like brickwork. Do not leave joints or spaces between the boards, and if you get larger gaps, fill them with insulation material or construction foam, but do not fill the gaps with adhesive. 

At the external edges, the panels should be interchanged. Around the corners of windows and doors, you must put the Vetotherm Panel as a whole. After the complete drying of the adhesive (min. 48 hours), cut the extended parts of the panels on site along the contour of the window or door - the so-called ‘gun.’

Before anchoring the boards, Leave Vetotherm Panels undisturbed for at least 48 hours to allow the adhesive Vetotherm Flex to dry completely.

Refer to Dowel Usage & Anchoring Table to mount the dowels, which depends on the building’s height, the region, and the wind’s strength. 

If the Vetotherm Panel thickness exceeds 8cm, you need to make a hole of 2cm depth with a cutter and then drill an opening for the screw anchor. 

When mounting the dowels, fill the hole with a polystyrene cap. After completing the anchoring, cover the dowels’ heads with Saveto Vetotherm Flex to flush with the boards’ level. 

For further information, please refer to the Saveto Vetotherm Panel Installation manual.

- For any building, the quantity of dowels is calculated according to elevation. 

- “Area” fixing pattern is chosen according to “Anchoring Patterns.” 

- “Rim zone” fixing pattern is chosen according to “Additional anchoring at Shoreline. 

- Shoreline: Constant depending on the chosen pattern. 

- The Rim Zone fixings are calculated as table value indicated accordingly for 1m2 on each of the 2 sides of the building’s external corners (or internal if applicable to case) and multiplied by building height at each external corner and summed up.