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Louvre System - Live Louvres - APL LB3 & LB4 - Live Louvre System

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LB3 - Aluminium Louvre Blades - Single Bank

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Third party certifications:
  • BSRIA Certificate

    BSRIA Certificate

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APL Live Louvre System - LB3 & LB4

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Application

Wall cladding in louvre profiles.

Applications include: Plant enclosures, educational and leisure facilities, commercial premises, offices and manufacturing facilities.

Description

Horizontally-laid louvre profile cladding system.


Features and benefits:

  • Seamlessly integrate with the AP70LCP solid louvre profile for an economic construction.
  • Available in aluminium and steel with a wide range of coatings and colours:
  • Aluminium: Polyester powder-coating, Armacoil™ HDP, anodized, Stucco-Embossed Mill-Finish (SEMF) & Smooth Mill Finish (MF).
  • Steel: APL PUF, Colorcoat® PRISMA, LeatherGrain Plastisol, Natural galvanized steel.
  • All system components as non-combustible.
  • LB3 and LB4 systems:
  • LB4 provides improved performance and BSRIA tested
  • LB3 provides a more economic construction
  • Available as single bank and double bank (LB4 only) with up to 45% free inlet area.
  • Matching solid/ dummy louvre profile available (AP70 LCP; specified separately).
  • Available with coating warranties up to 40 years including in marine environments.


System components:

  • Support mullions (dependent on substrate).
  • Profile and flashings.

General information

Color

Silver

Guidance for specification option:

Aluminium or steel.

Other

Guidance for specification option:

Standard and RAL colours available.

Manufacturer guidance

Aluminium / Steel: Standard RAL Range; Contact APL for full details; Bespoke upon request

Cor-Ten: Unweathered.

Finish

Powder-coated

Guidance for specification option:

Class 1 or Class 2

Full RAL colour range and / or contact

APL for additional finishes such as anodised-look

Anodized

Guidance for specification option:

Contact APL for details

Embossed

Guidance for specification option:

Stucco-embossed mill-finish aluminium or Armacoil™ HDP

Painted

Guidance for specification option:

Aluminium with Armacoil™ HDP

Steel with APL PUF, PRISMA or Leathergrain Plastisol

Natural

Guidance for specification option:

Aluminium - Smooth mill-finish

Cor-Ten - unweathered

Steel - plain galvanised

Manufacturer guidance

PPC, Armacoil™ HDP, Anodised, APL PUF, Stucco-Embossed Mill-Finish (SEMF), Smooth Mill Finish (MF). Natural, PRISMA, Leathergrain Plastisol

Material

Aluminium

Guidance for specification option:

Solid and perforated.

Steel

Cor-Ten

Shape

Other

Guidance for specification option:

Louvre blade profile

Manufacturer guidance

Louvre blade profile

Length

Bespoke

Height

100 mm

Manufacturer guidance

100mm profile pitch

Warranty description

25 year

Guidance for specification option:

Up to 25 years subject to location.

Cladshield™ fully-installed system warranty available; consult manufacturer for details.

Uniclass

Ss_25_20_68_50 Metal profiled sheet self-supporting cladding systemsPrimary
Ss_25_50_45_45 Louvre screen systems
Ss_25_20_70_25 Drained and back-ventilated rainscreen cladding systems

CAWS

H31/120 Metal

H92/120 Rainscreen cladding

L10/650 Metal louvres

H31/10 Metal

Specification data - Metal profiled sheet self-supporting cladding systems

System performance

-

Manufacturer guidance

Insert requirements.

Spacers

Tritherm Spacer System®.

Guidance for specification option:

  1. Aluminium P157-A Helping Hand brackets.
  2. Aluminium P600-A vertical mullion.
  3. Blade support stringer fixed to mullion P077/P078 (mill-finish as standard, available as PPC).

Manufacturer guidance

Fixings: APL P191/HH range + APL P191/LP range.

External sheets

-

Material

Aluminium - solid.

Manufacturer guidance

Cover width: 100 mm.

Consult manufacturer's literature for further details.

Primary fasteners

APL 191/LP fixing range; fix through stringer to APZ at one per blade per support - colour matched as required.

End and side laps

Use LB3 connector sleeve (P076), sealed with two runs of 6 mm-diameter P109/GGB gun-grade sealant.

System accessories

APL fixings.

Guidance for specification option:

P191 & P192.

APL sealants.

APL system flashings.

Guidance for specification option:

Including GE/F1 & GEX/F2 at system joints.

All as required: head/jamb closer (P440/P442/P437), base drain/ cill flashing (P441/P443/P324), head flashing retainer (P352).

Bird/ insect mesh - by others.

Colour/ Finish

Armacoil™ HDP.

Guidance for specification option:

Subject to minimum quantities. Insert colour required.

Anodized.

Guidance for specification option:

Contact APL for details.


Polyester powder-coating, class 1.

Guidance for specification option:

Insert colour/ finish required.


Polyester powder-coating, class 2.

Guidance for specification option:

Insert colour/ finish required.


Stucco-Embossed Mill-Finish (SEMF).

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Manufacturer guidance

Insert colour requirements.

Bespoke options on request; consult manufacturer for details.

Orientation

Horizontal.

Minimum bearing area

50 mm.

NominalThickness

0.9 mm.

Profile supports

Generally not exceeding 750 mm maximum centre-to-centre or as illustrated on drawings.

Guidance for specification option:

Subject to loadings and centres of spacer system.

Recycled content (minimum)

Up to 95%.

Depth

65 mm.

Free area

44%.

Sustainability data

Contains Red List materials

No

Country of product manufacture

United Kingdom

Recyclability

High

Recycled content

As defined in clause 7.8 of BS EN ISO 14021

85 %

Guidance for specification option:

Minimum for steel profiles; aluminium profiles are minimum 90%, up to 95%.

Third party certifications

BSRIA Certificate

BSRIA Certificate

LB4 Live Louvre Double Bank BSRIA Report

BSRIA Certificate

BSRIA Certificate

LB4 Live Louvre Single Bank BSRIA Report

Literature

APL Armacoil™HDP + HDP-HT - Product Brochure

APL Armacoil™HDP + HDP-HT - Product Brochure

AP LB3 & LB4 Live Louvre - Data Sheet

AP LB3 & LB4 Live Louvre - Data Sheet

APL AP70LCP Louvre Profile & Live Louvres - System Brochure

APL AP70LCP Louvre Profile & Live Louvres - System Brochure

APL Cladding - Louvre Profile & Live Louvres - System Summary

APL Cladding - Louvre Profile & Live Louvres - System Summary

APL StrongBak™ - Cladding - System Brochure

APL StrongBak™ - Cladding - System Brochure

APL StrongBak™ - System Summary

APL StrongBak™ - System Summary

APL Tritherm Spacer System℗ - Aluminium - Data Sheet

APL Tritherm Spacer System℗ - Aluminium - Data Sheet

APL AluE™ Tritherm™ Aluminium  Spacer System - Cladding - System Summary

APL AluE™ Tritherm™ Aluminium Spacer System - Cladding - System Summary

Case studies

APL Case Study - AP65ZS Zipseam™ Roofing & Sinusoidal, Slimwall™ & Louvre Cladding - CMR Medical

APL Case Study - AP65ZS Zipseam™ Roofing & Sinusoidal, Slimwall™ & Louvre Cladding - CMR Medical

APL Case Study - Aluminium AP50HR Half-Round & Sinusoidal Cladding - Leeds College of Building

APL Case Study - Aluminium AP50HR Half-Round & Sinusoidal Cladding - Leeds College of Building

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