Structural joint and sealing element for panels

Abstract

Disclosed herein is a building assembly for assembling building panels. The building assembly includes a supporting member, a pair of a first sealing member, an elastically deformable gasket, and a second sealing member. The supporting member has a base, a channel disposed at the center of the base, and a pair of rails independently disposed next to the channel. The pair of a first sealing members independently includes a first base portion and two retention tongues independently extending outwardly from the first base portion. The elastically deformable gasket has a U- or V-shaped space in cross section and two flanges independently extending laterally from one edge of the U- or V-shaped space. The second sealing member has a second base portion and a rib disposed at the center of the second base portion. Further, the pair of the first sealing members are configured to engage with the supporting member, the elastically deformable gasket is configured to be snap-fitted into the channel of the supporting member, the second sealing member is configured to engage with the elastically deformable gasket via press-fitting the rib into the U- or V-shaped space of the elastically deformable gasket; and the engagement of the pair of the first sealing members with the supporting member creates a pair of pockets independently for receiving a construction panel therein.