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Italia-80 Cladding and Screening - Steel Louvre Protective Privacy Screen

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Italia-80

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Third party certifications:
  • BS EN 1090-1

    BS EN 1090-1

    Certificate type

A steel louvre with a profiled horizontal, vertical or inverted louvres, providing 80% visual screening for cladding, plant housing or brise soleil.

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Application

Italia-80/ Italia-80 Vertical:

  • Wide variety of applications such as wall cladding, car park screens, compounds, plant housing, ventilation grilles, balconies and balustrades, wheelie bin stores and brise soleil.

Italia-80 Inverted:

  • Suitable for compounds, plant housing or any elevated roof-top situation.

Description

Italia-80/ Italia-80 Vertical:

A steel louvred cladding system that combines 80% visual screening with 36% free area, for ventilation and anti-climb properties. The steel construction creates a robust panel, suitable for ground and street-front locations as well as roof-top and elevated situations.


Framed panels are manufactured to custom-sizes for a wide variety of applications such as wall cladding, car park screens, compounds, plant housing, ventilation grilles, balconies and balustrades, wheelie bin stores and brise soleil.


Italia-80 Inverted:

A steel louvred cladding system which combines 80% visual screening with 36% free area, providing ventilation and anti-climb properties. The steel construction creates a robust panel for roof-top screening and plant housing.


The inverted louvre is particularly suitable for roof-top and elevated situations as it enhances the screening effect from ground level.


Features and benefits:

  • Italia-80: The louvre profile is formed from triple flanged 50 x 1.5 mm flat bars, which are spaced 9 mm apart and form a continuous linear aesthetic.
  • Italia-80 Vertical: The louvre profile is formed from triple flanged 50 x 1.5 mm flat bars, which are spaced 9 mm apart.
  • Italia-80 Inverted: The louvre profile is formed from triple flanged 50 x 1.5 mm flat bars, which overlap to provide a continuous linear aesthetic, total visual screen.
  • Italia-80 / Italia-80 Inverted: Louvres are secured by electrofusion to 4 mm diameter vertical round bars.
  • Italia-80 Vertical: Louvres are secured by electrofusion to 4 mm diameter horizontal round bars.
  • Panels and ancillary steelwork can be supplied galvanized only or galvanized and powder coated to any RAL colour.

General information

Color

Grey

Beige

Black

Blue

Bronze

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Finish

Galvanized

Guidance for specification option:

Hot-dipped to BS EN ISO 1461.

Powder-coated

Guidance for specification option:

Hot-dip galvanized and polyester powder coated to BS EN ISO 1461 and BS EN 13438.

Material

Steel

Shape

Rectangle

Other

Length

Bespoke

Width

Bespoke

1965 mm

Guidance for specification option:

Maximum height of anyone panel is 1965 mm, but any greater height is achievable by seamlessly stacking panels one above the other.

Height

Bespoke

1992 mm

Guidance for specification option:

Maximum width is 1992 mm. Any smaller width is achievable.

Uniclass

Pr_30_59_48_13 Carbon steel louvre panel unitsPrimary

CAWS

L10/690 Security

L10/650 Metal louvres

L30/560 Proprietary balustrades

L10/670 Brises-soleil

H31/120 Metal

H31/10 Metal

L10/60 Security

L30/55 Proprietary balustrades

Product range

Cladding Panels and Screening

Specification data - Carbon steel louvre panel units

Size (l x w x d)

Guidance for specification option:

Insert requirements, maximum 1963 x 1991 mm per panel.

Standard panel widths: 1725 and 1991 mm.

Material

Carbon steel.

Guidance for specification option:

Some rails and bars are carbon steel S235JR, consult manufacturer for details.

Finish

Hot-dip galvanized.

Guidance for specification option:

To BS EN ISO 1461.

Hot-dip galvanized and polyester powder coated, RAL.

Guidance for specification option:

  • To BS EN ISO 1461 and polyester powder coated to BS EN 13438 in any RAL colour. 
  • Polyester powder coating is a multi-stage process which applies thermo-setting resins, producing a superior finish to painting.

Colour

-

Manufacturer guidance

Insert RAL colour requirement.

Construction

Panel top edge: Flat bar.
Panel side edges: Flat bar or angle section.
Panel bottom edge: Flat bar.
Horizontal rails: Profiled louvres, triple flanged flat bars.

Louvre configuration

-

Blade orientation

Louvre flat horizontal bars inclined downwards to the outside of the enclosed area.

Guidance for specification option:

Provides effective visual screening for roof-top installation, when viewed from ground level.

Actuators

Fixed.

Accessories

M10 stainless steel bolts, grade A2.

Secondary support steelwork.

Guidance for specification option:

Designed and supplied as required.

Other requirements

Not required.

Shaped to suit non-uniform openings.

Guidance for specification option:

The integrity of the raw material allows it to be cut or shaped to suit non-uniform openings.

Bird/ Insert screen mounting

Not required.

Blanking plate.

Required, bird screen.

Required, insect screen.

Manufacturer guidance

Panels can be framed with an angle section on all four sides, to provide a mounting surface for bird and insect screens or blanking plates.

Fixing

Behind louvre at 90 degrees through angled framing bar.

Through flat framing bar.

Manufacturer guidance

Panels bolted to posts or sub-structure on both sides.

Sustainability data

Contains Red List materials

No

Country of material origin

Europe

Country of product manufacture

United Kingdom

Material

Steel

Embodied carbon

A1-A3 (production stage) as defined in BS EN 15804

1.42 kg CO₂ eq/kg

Self declared

Recyclability

100%

Recycled content

As defined in clause 7.8 of BS EN ISO 14021

56 %

Third party certifications

BS EN 1090-1

BS EN 1090-1

UKCA CE Mark Certificate of Factory Production Control

Literature

Case Studies: Steel Louvred Screening, Plant Housing, Bin Stores & Fencing

Case Studies: Steel Louvred Screening, Plant Housing, Bin Stores & Fencing

Louvred Gratings for Screening, Ventilation and Security

Louvred Gratings for Screening, Ventilation and Security

Case studies

An architect designed stand-alone cycle hub for new railway station

An architect designed stand-alone cycle hub for new railway station

Roof-top Screen at Pioneer Foodstore, Carlisle

Roof-top Screen at Pioneer Foodstore, Carlisle

Balustrade infill panels, open mesh flooring, stair treads and louvred screening at Milton Park: new workspaces for the science & technology sector

Balustrade infill panels, open mesh flooring, stair treads and louvred screening at Milton Park: new workspaces for the science & technology sector

Corten Steel Louvres chosen to match Heritage Site

Corten Steel Louvres chosen to match Heritage Site