A FRAMED ELEMENT AND ITS USE

Abstract

A framed element includes an insulating core layer, an upper surface layer arranged on the insulating core layer, a frame structure including frame profiles which have been arranged to form at least part of the outer edges of the element and elongated support profiles in the length and/or width direction of the element. The insulating core layer is made of foamed glass or a combination of lightweight aggregates and a fire-retardant resin. The element further includes an elastic sealing compound arranged at least partly between the core layer and the upper surface layer of the element.

Claims

1. A framed element, comprising: an insulating core layer made of a foamed glass or a combination of lightweight aggregates and a fire-retardant resin, an upper surface layer arranged on the insulating core layer, a frame structure comprising frame profiles which have been arranged to form at least a part of outer edges of the element and elongated support profiles in a length and/or in a width direction of the element, and which elongated support profiles, have been arranged at least partly inside the core layer, and an elastic sealing compound or a combination of the a support mesh and an inorganic or mainly inorganic coating compound, which is arranged at least partly between the insulating core layer and the upper surface layer of the element.

2. The element according to claim 1, wherein the combination of the lightweight aggregates and the fire-retardant resin comprising: the lightweight aggregates selected from the group comprising expanded clay aggregates, aggregates made of concrete, mortar, plaster, vermiculite or perlite and any combination of them, and the fire-resistant resin or glue is used as the fire-retardant resin.

3. The element according to claim 1, wherein the insulating core layer comprises one or more boards made of foamed glass or a combination of the lightweight aggregates and the fire-retardant resin.

4. The element according to claim 3, wherein the elastic sealing compound has been arranged between the boards.

5. The element according to claim 1, wherein the insulating core layer made of the combination of the lightweight aggregates and the fire-retardant resin is poured directly into the frame structure.

6. The element according to claim 1, wherein the elongated support profiles have been arranged inside the insulating core layer.

7. The element according to claim 1, wherein a height of the elongated support profiles of the frame structure is substantially same as a thickness of the insulating core layer.

8. The element according to claim 1, wherein a height of the elongated support profiles is at least about of a thickness of the insulating core layer.

9. The element according to claim 1, wherein the frame structure is made of stainless steel, aluminium or galvanized steel.

10. The element according to claim 1, wherein the element further comprises a lower surface layer, wherein the insulating core layer has been arranged between the upper surface layer and the lower surface layer.

11. The element according to claim 1, wherein the element further comprises integrated drainage pipes, water pipes, air channels and/or heating pipes or cables inside the core layer.

12. The element according to claim 1, wherein the element is a floor, a wall or a roof element.

13. The element according to claim 12, wherein the element is a floor element and it comprises adjustable levelling with adjustable feet arranged on the lower surface layer of the element.

14. Use of the element according to claim 1 as a construction element in wet unit modules or as a floor for wet areas.

15. The use according to claim 14, wherein the element is a floor element in a wet unit module.

Description

DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0037] The invention will be described in more detail with reference to appended FIG. 1, which shows a structure of the framed element according to an embodiment of the invention.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0038] FIG. 1 illustrates structural elements of a framed element 10 according to an embodiment of the invention. The framed element 10 comprises at least an insulating core layer 1, an upper surface layer 2 arranged on the insulating core layer and a frame structure 3. The insulating core layer 1 of the element 10 showed in FIG. 1 is made of a plurality of the insulating material boards 1a, 1b. The boards may be foamed glass boards or manufactured from a combination of lightweight aggregates and fire retardant resin. The boards are arranged into the frame structure of the element for forming an integrated insulation layer. The frame structure 3 illustrated in FIG. 1 comprises the frame profiles 3a which have been arranged to form the outer edges of the element and the elongated support profiles 3b in the length and width direction of the element. The elongated support profiles 3b have been attached at their ends to the frame profiles 3a. In the final element construction, the elongated support profiles 3b are at least partly inside the core layer 1, i.e. between the insulating core material boards. The boards 1a, 1b and the upper surface layer 2 of the element have been attached to the frame structure 3 by an elastic sealing compound or a combination of the support mesh and the inorganic or mainly inorganic coating compound. The elastic sealing compound or a combination of the support mesh and the inorganic or mainly inorganic coating compound is arranged at least partly between the core layer 1 and the upper surface layer 2 of the element, and also the joints between the boards forming the insulating core layer may comprise an elastic sealing compound.

[0039] The element showed in FIG. 1 does not comprise a lower surface layer, but it may comprise if needed.