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COMPARE: Why Choose FERO FAST™ Thermal Brackets

Over Conventional Shelf Angles?

By standing off (offsetting) the shelf angle from the backup wall, FERO FAST Thermal Brackets create a 'thermally-
broken' shelf angle providing significant advantages over conventional shelf angle designs and installations.

CONVENTIONAL SHELF ANGLE FERO FAST THERMAL BRACKETS

Energy Direct contact of shelf angle with The stand-off shelf angle allows for
Efficiency backing creates a significant thermal continuous insulation, reduces thermal
bridge and limits effectiveness bridging, and limits effectiveness
of insulation by 35–60% or more, of insulation by less than 1%.
depending on size of shelf angle.
Wall Assembly R10.8 (Insulation R-Value 16.8) R16.7 (Insulation R-Value of 16.8)
R-Value

Cost Complex installation and more Ease of installation by a single trade
expensive shelf angle result in higher and lower shelf angle costs reduce average
overall costs. cost by over 60%.

Adjustability Direct anchoring to backing Fully adjustable horizontally and vertically.
results in limited adjustability.

Ease of Requires multiple trades to install. Can be quickly installed by a single trade.
Installation

Effectiveness Requires large, expensive and hard-to- FAST Thermal Brackets can accommodate
with Thicker install shelf angle. any cavity size, and because the FAST
Insulation and Thermal Bracket itself spans the cavity,
Larger Wall it utilizes a much smaller (and more
Cavities cost effective) shelf angle.

Thermal Break “Thermal break pads” behind FAST Thermal Brackets are a structural
conventional shelf angle are limited thermal break providing superior R-Value
in ability to span wall cavities, do not without the use of expensive,
allow for typical insulation behind the load compromising thermal break pads.
shelf angle, are expensive, and are
not a structural thermal break.

Did You Know?
Conventional shelf angle design interrupts placement of exterior insulation
and reduces thermal efficiency. A steel shelf angle is highly conductive.
This interruption and full penetration of the insulation by the shelf angle
negatively impact the effectiveness of the insulation along the entire length
of the shelf angle at every occurrence, typically at every floor level. In this image,
brick masonry veneer is supported at each floor level by a conventional shelf
angle. Yellow banding at each floor level demonstratively shows heat loss caused
by thermal bridging through the shelf angles.

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