To make orientation easier, FassadenGrün rod systems are classified into 3 ‘series’. The third series is particularly stable and is based on 10 mm rods.
The strongest series with rods of 10 mm diameter is often only installed linearly or at angles and is suitable for all climbing plants. Sometimes 10 mm rods are also used to form trellises on large, insulated walls. Here they are cheaper than the 8 mm series because they require fewer lattice supports. They can also be used to create plug-in trellises or even tall, three-dimensional climbing columns.
10 mm rods are available in lengths of 197 cm and 300 cm. They can be used to create linear structures. Angled shapes and grids are also possible with rod clamps. You also need grid holders; all types with 10 mm groove width are suitable here. Rod connectors are also available for very long lengths.
In the overview below you can see which of our 54 ‘basic rope shapes’ can also be realised as rod systems with 10 mm rods. A special case is the basic shape no. 8030 (lattice instead of individual rods), explanations follow below. You can also check whether the basic form you have selected harmonises with the growth of certain climbing plants or whether the respective basic form is recommended there.
The easiest way is to attach each rod individually to the wall. For this purpose, a 3.15 m long rod is fitted with three rod holders. If rods are shortened as shown in the photo, e.g. to 2 metres, 2 brackets are sufficient. Rods can be ‘adjusted’ along the same axis using connectors.
Angle shapes are somewhat more complicated because the design of the rod clamps creates an ‘offset’. One of the two rods is then closer to the wall, the other 1 cm further away. The wall brackets should therefore be positioned 40 - 50 cm away from the angle point so that this offset can be created by slightly bending the rods.
In theory, rods and modular trellises can come loose from their fixings and fall down. Particularly at greater heights, this can result in damage to property or personal injury, for which the system provider or installation company may be liable. FassadenGrün hereby assures that only faultless components are supplied, thus preventing faulty clamping and a safety risk. Please observe the information on the product sheets of the trellis supports, e.g. on the recommended installation height and clamping force.
Please observe the recommendations for the respective rod holders, especially the alignment with masonry cord described above. Connectors for long rods are only an adjustment or assembly aid, but not a stable extension of the rod from a purely static point of view. EVERY single rod must be securely fastened to the wall. Proceed as follows for vertical axes: The lowest rod is mounted to the wall first, then a connector and another rod are placed on top and also fastened to the wall. Caution: Connecting rods beforehand harbours the risk that the connection is not tension-proof, comes loose and rods fall off the scaffolding (accident prevention). For this reason, bars must not be connected before wall assembly.
You can also build large plug-in trellises with 10 mm rods, namely flat ones with 2 x 1.97 m rods and spatial ones with 3 - 4 x 1.97 m rods. The 1.97 m long rods can be inserted into a very large flower pot or directly into the ground. Further rod sections then complete such a grid above the soil surface.
In addition to individual bars and angled shapes, 10 mm bars can also be used to create complex grilles with angles of 90 degrees. This mainly involves the basic shape no. 8030 see overview below. Overview below, with very large ‘meshes’ up to 75 cm x 75 cm. Due to the high rigidity of the 10 mm bars, price advantages are possible here compared to the 8 mm series, especially for walls with ETICS, because significantly fewer mesh supports are required. EVERY crossing point requires a bar clamp.
The decisive factor is the number of louvre axes. Ultimately, the aim is to ensure that a dimension of approx. 2.25 m is not exceeded from grille bracket to grille bracket, both horizontally and vertically. For 10 mm grids with (approximately) square meshes, the following recommendation applies: The number of vertical axes should be a ‘multiple of three’ plus ‘one’, so the quantities of grid axes calculated in this way would be 4, 7, 10, 13, 16 etc.. Grid holders (grey circles - see diagram) are then placed on the first and on every further third axis. The number of horizontal axes should be a ‘multiple of three’ plus ‘two’, so the calculated number of axes would be 5, 8, 11, 14, 17 etc.. The grid holders (grey circles - see diagram) are placed between the lowest and the second and three axes further up.
(Red circles, see diagrams). Due to the weight of the bars and the large distances from bracket to bracket, the horizontal bars may deflect slightly. However, this is more of an aesthetic problem than a functional one. As a preventive measure, additional wall brackets can be inserted on the bottom horizontal row so that each vertical bar axis then has a wall bracket at the bottom.
10 mm grilles are joined together on the wall. To do this, the grid holders are first placed and individual bars are mounted in them. According to the ‘planning’ above, these are usually the vertical bars. Rod clamps are then threaded onto the horizontal rods (also for the vertical rods that have not yet been fitted), then the horizontal rods are attached to the vertical rods that have already been fitted or behind them. Finally, the vertical bars that are still missing are fitted, starting with those for which an additional grid holder may have been installed at the bottom. Vertical rods that do not run through a grid holder are fitted last. They are only attached to the horizontal bars using bar clamps.
The overhang of the bars at cross points should be small to prevent injuries. It must be determined whether the vertical rods or the horizontal rods should be ‘in front’, i.e. further away from the wall. The visible side for the rod clamps must also be specified: Tamper-proof ‘knob’ look or a more technical look with visible grub screw.
Typical examples of small trellises with 10 mm rods
