Fiber reinforced concrete exterior wall system

• US 20080196336A1
• Filed: 02/21/2007
• Published: 08/21/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 02/21/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: River Valley Stone Company, Inc.
• Original Assignee: River Valley Stone Company, Inc.
• Inventors: Attebery, Harold C.
• Application Number:
  US11/709,106
• Publication Number:
  US 20080196336A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 52/235
• CPC Class Codes: E04B 2/707 obturation by means of panels
• CPC Class Codes: E04C 2/06 reinforced

Abstract

A method of forming an exterior wall of a building, including the finished wall, includes the steps of mounting a cementitious, fiber-reinforced panel to the wall, such as the studs thereof, and then applying cementitious mortar to the panel. The cementitious mortar can be stucco, which is typically painted, or a base to which masonry units, such as stones or bricks, are mounted. The preferred panel is a glass fiber reinforced concrete panel.

Claims

1. A method of forming an exterior wall of a habitable building having a substructure made of vertical support members, the method comprising:

(a) mounting at least a first panel made of fiber-reinforced concrete to the substructure; and

then

(b) applying mortar on a first major surface of said first panel.

2. The method in accordance with claim 1, further comprising attaching a plurality of modular masonry units to said mortar.

3. The method in accordance with claim 2, further comprising injecting mortar between each of said plurality of modular masonry units.

4. The method in accordance with claim 1, wherein the step of mounting said first panel further comprises extending a plurality of fasteners through the first panel into the substructure.

5. The method in accordance with claim 4, further comprising mounting a second panel made of fiber-reinforced concrete to the substructure above the first panel by aligning a downwardly sloped lower edge of the second panel with a downwardly sloped upper edge of the first panel.

6. An exterior wall of a habitable building having a substructure made of vertical support members, the wall comprising:

(a) at least a first panel made of fiber-reinforced concrete mounted to the substructure; and

(b) a mortar mounted on a first major surface of said first panel.

7. The wall in accordance with claim 6, wherein the first major surface of the first panel has a three dimensional texture.

8. The wall in accordance with claim 6, wherein the first major surface of the first panel is a cementitious material.

9. The wall in accordance with claim 6, further comprising a plurality of modular masonry units mounted to said mortar.

10. The wall in accordance with claim 9, further comprising mortar interposed between each of said plurality of modular masonry units.

11. The wall in accordance with claim 6, further comprising a plurality of fasteners extended through the first panel into the substructure.

12. The wall in accordance with claim 11, further comprising a second panel made of fiber-reinforced concrete mounted to the substructure above the first panel, wherein the second panel has a downwardly sloped lower edge panel aligned with a downwardly sloped upper edge of the first panel.

13. The wall in accordance with claim 12, further comprising at least one groove formed in a second major surface that opposes the first major surface.

14. A fiber-reinforced concrete panel for forming at least part of an exterior wall of a habitable building having a substructure made of vertical support members, the panel comprising:

(a) a first major surface of the first panel having a three dimensional texture;

(b) at least one groove formed in a second major surface that opposes the first major surface, said at least one groove forming a water path; and

(c) an edge of the first panel sloped from its intersection with the second major surface to its intersection with the first major surface for resisting water penetration.