Suspended insulated building exterior cladding

Claim 1

A method for applying a suspended, insulated building exterior cladding system comprising affixing a plurality of batts of semi-rigid, vapor permeable, fibrous insulation over an existing building exterior surface to be covered with said cladding system, said plurality of batts abutting one another as applied to provide an essentially continuous insulated layer on said building exterior surface, said step of affixing said plurality of batts comprising the use of fasteners extending through each said insulation batt to secure each said battt to said building exterior surface, each of said fasteners being firmly secured to said building exterior surface and being of sufficient length to preclude over-compression of each of said batts, a fastener head portion has a rigid plate connected thereto where said rigid plate includes a plurality of apertures extending therethrough, applying over said affixed plurality of batts a continuous layer of cementitious material which hardens when set, forcing said cementitious material through the apertures in each said plate adjacent said fasteners, allowing said applied cementitious layer to harden to secure thereby said hardened cementitious layer to said fastener rigid plates, and applying a vapor permeable finish coat to said cementitious layer, said hardened layer being vapor permeable, in said step of affixing said plurality of batts, a sufficient number of said fastener rigid plates being used to suspend in a cantilever manner said hardened cementitious layer from said building exterior surface independent of said fibrous insulation layer to accommodate thereby expansion and contraction movements in said fibrous insulation without cracking said hardened cementitious layer.

Claim 2

A method for applying a suspended, insulated building exterior cladding system comprising affixing a plurality of batts of semi-rigid, vapor permeable, fibrous insulation over an existing building exterior surface to be covered with said cladding system, said plurality of batts abutting one another as applied to provide an essentially continuous insulated layer on said building exterior surface, said step of affixing said plurality of batts comprising the use of fasteners extending through each said insulation batt to secure each said battt to said building exterior surface, each of said fasteners being firmly secured to said building exterior surface and being of sufficient length to preclude over-compression of each of said batts, a fastener head portion has a rigid plate connected thereto where said rigid plate includes a plurality of apertures extending therethrough, applying over said affixed plurality of batts a continuous layer of cementitious material which hardens when set, forcing said cementitious material through the apertures in each said plate adjacent said fasteners, allowing said applied cementitious layer to harden to secure thereby said hardened cementitious layer to said fastener rigid plates, and applying a vapor permeable finish coat to said cementitious layer, said hardened layer being vapor permeable, in said step of affixing said plurality of batts, a sufficient number of said fastener rigid plates being used to suspend in a cantilever manner said hardened cementitious layer from said building exterior surface independent of said fibrous insulation layer to accommodate thereby expansion and contraction movements in said fibrous insulation without cracking said hardened cementitious layer.