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

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LB3 - Aluminium Louvre Blades - Single Bank

Architectural Profiles Ltd Variant:
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

%

Guidance for specification option:

Subject to substrate (steel or aluminium) and grade of aluminium

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