Frequently asked questions about Sobekon®
Installation, planning, material and load capacity of the Sobekon® system – explained concisely.
Installation & planning
The Sobekon® system is easy for anyone to understand and carry out. The individual elements are plugged together, so no tools are needed beyond a rubber mallet and an angle grinder once the L-stones are sitting cleanly.
For setting the L-stones we recommend leaving the work to a landscaping and gardening contractor. No specialist knowledge or experience with facade systems such as facade channels is required. New: free, individual installation plans for your project.
With your order you receive detailed assembly instructions and an individual installation plan for the consoles and gratings.
Our system is designed for load class B1 – walkability.
Our press-welded gratings provide flawless walkability to DIN 24537 at console spacings up to 1 m. Under load, deflection is < 4 mm at a point load of 1.5 kN with a 200 × 200 mm load-application area (structurally verifiable per DIN 24537).
Faster than a classic facade channel: standard consoles and edge profiles are stock items and usually available within a week.
Once they are set, the facade connection can already be completed – with no long wait. The gratings are then measured directly on site and made to fit precisely. Quotation, delivery and installation can be realised within a few days.
As a rule we recommend using L-stones. If kerbstones are to be installed for reasons of space or cost – for example over underground garages – ask us about our kerbstone anchors.
No problem. We handle measurement errors generously and make exchanges easy. Our goal is for every site to run smoothly – even when something isn't right the first time.
L-stones are locally produced items. We have consoles for all common L-stones with a 7 or 8 cm seating width. Reinforced wall panels 10 or 12 cm thick are also possible.
Double-chamfered L-stones are easier to install. For single-chamfered L-stones, simple plastic glazing shims (approx. 2 mm) are placed between the console and the L-stone.
No. Sobekon® is a pure plug-together system. The structure of the L-stones is not damaged, which prevents damage from water ingress and weight loading.
Even without bolting, the consoles sit firmly on the L-stone – thanks to friction and gravity. The console's forces are transferred over a wide area onto the L-stone.
Timber slats are possible as an interim solution, but not suitable as a permanent one – also in the sense of DIN 68800-2 (Wood preservation – Part 2: Preventive constructional measures in buildings).
Edge profiles on the garden side close off the Sobekon® system cleanly and form a tidy paving edge as soon as they are plugged on. This way, even when the gratings are lifted off for cleaning, no jointing material trickles into the ventilation channel.
The edge profiles on the facade side are an optional, decorative element: they preserve symmetry and conceal the console noses in front of the facade. In private gardens they are often used as a visual highlight.
Material, supply & corrosion
Our award-winning plug-together system is protected as a utility model – you can get it from us alone.
Many builders' merchants are our partners and stock the Sobekon® system. Because of the wide range of variants, we handle shipping and advice centrally through Sobekon GmbH.
The consoles are very durable even in the hot-dip galvanised version. For cost reasons we do not offer stainless-steel consoles.
Contact corrosion only occurs when two dissimilar metals are connected so as to conduct electricity and an electrolyte (moisture) is present at the same time. In a normal atmosphere, pairing hot-dip galvanised steel with stainless steel or aluminium is uncritical – stainless-steel parts on galvanised structures are considered unproblematic. The area ratio also helps: a lot of galvanised surface, little stainless steel or aluminium.
Source: contact-corrosion data sheet (feuerverzinken.com, German)
In salty, permanently humid sea air, the risk of contact corrosion between hot-dip galvanised steel and stainless-steel or aluminium parts increases. An electrically insulating interlayer between the metals is then advisable – for example a self-adhesive PTFE tape. This decouples the metals and reliably prevents contact corrosion.
Still have questions?
Get in touch with us – we are happy to help and will plan your project.
