Cleaning and maintenance manual for ventilated façade VENTILATED FAÇADE SYSTEMS FK, FS, HIGH PROFILE PIECES, BAGUETTES

Cleaning and maintenance manual for ventilated facade This document will help you to preserve your Tempio ventilated facade effectively. In the next lines you will find the instructions for its use, the inspections that should be carried out and the different maintenance tasks. It must be expected that the project managers of each building will have their own maintenance program. These specific programs will be, without any doubt, the most adequate maintenance progams for the building. tempio FACHADA VENTILADA CERAMICA MAYOR, S.A. Partida Planet, s/n. 03510 Callosa d'En Sarria (Alicante-Espana)...

1_INSTRUCTIONS FOR USE The façades tiles are exposed to weathering. This fact makes necessary to control them and their evolution. In order to give an accurate set of instructions we should distinguish between tiles with a natural finish or tiles with a glazed topcoat. NATURAL FINISH This kind of tiles get dirty easily. If you want to avoid this problem, you can apply a colorless protector product to the tile. The convenience from using these kind of products should be discussed with the project manager. More rarely, big white spots may appear on the surface of the tile. These spots are caused...

3_VENTILATED FAÇADE WET CLEANING PROCEDURE REMOVAL OF THE DIRTINESS CAUSED BY POLLUTION Depending on the area where the building is placed, dirtiness caused by pollution may appear, especially which is caused by dangerous fumes. Cerámica Mayor ceramic tile has a low absorption so pollution does not penetrate into the tile, only it is put on the surface. In that case, the cleaning is carried out with water to pressure without any industrial solvent. The frequency of this cleaning will depend on the level of dirtiness. It is estimated to be from 5 to 10 years if pollution is not too high, and over...

Ceramica Mayor Systems permit to replace a tile when it is necessary. The replacing process can be observed in the below pictures:

A) DETECTION OF THE DAMAGED TILE B) REMOVAL OF THE DAMAGED TILE

5_DIRTINESS REMOVAL DUE TO WATER EVACUATION Just with rain water the tiles could be easily cleaned. However, depending on the characteristics of the rain, dirtiness can be accumulated in special points of the façade such as sills, copying and starting units and corners. In that case, if water to pressure is applied, dirtiness is removed. 6_EXPANSIONS The sub framing used with ceramic covering is designed to absorb expansions because of temperature cycles. Cerámica Mayor offers a manual for the installation of the system to prevent any expansion. However in case of movement of tiles due to those...