Laminated Glass Balcony Floor

Practicalities of walk on glass floors and rooflights.

Laminated glass balcony floor.

Laminated glass is commonly used in the following areas of modern buildings. Where security or safety glass is required. Features such as decorative fins structural fins or solar shading. Soon after that failure in austin a high rise in toronto was experiencing spontaneous breakage of glass in their balcony railings.

Glazed windows and doors. Glass flooring for balconies is available in a variety of shades from clear glass to tinted glass or screen etched for privacy and in addition all are. We regularly design and install glass walk on floors and bridges along with structural glass roof lights for precisely this purpose. The hotel was closed for 11 days and all of the glass was replaced with laminated tempered glass.

Heat strengthened and laminated glass is less common for balustrades but more common in glass floors chosen for its larger fragmentation pattern if broken. Glass stair treads and balustrading. The glass specification for a glass floor is 3x10mm toughened outer with an argon filled cavity and a 2x6mm toughened laminated inner with a low e coating. For over 20 years sapphire has been at the forefront of the industry change to specify laminated double layer.

Where the glass forms a tight curved. In terms of balcony specification one of the most obvious implications is a narrowing of options for decking and flooring materials. Untoughened or annealed glass which has been laminated together is rarely used for balconies occasionally it will be used for special scenarios e g. Anti slip finishes are recommended for a glazed floor on a balcony to reduce injury this can be done by using a sandblasted finish or a ceramic frit pattern.

Structural glass floors are not only stunning from a design perspective but also fulfil an important practical purpose allowing light to permeate a structure. Only glass flooring systems provides you with complete walk on glass flooring packages precisely designed and built to work seamlessly together. We offer the most rigorously and comprehensively tested walkable glass products in the world with essential resources that dramatically simplify design build process. Our glass flooring for balconies can combine multiple light wells with balcony decking or we can install the entire floor of your balcony with 33 5mm laminated toughed glass.

Learn more about types of glass. A number of materials with elements of wood including composite decking products were previously compliant but are no longer permissible as they are not a2 s1 d0 rated or class a1 under the euroclass system. Rooflights and glass roofs. Statement on recent ban on laminated glass.