Start With the Glazing as a Complete System An annual review of architectural glazing is most useful when it begins with the whole opening rather than an individual pane of glass. A window or glazed door is an assembly in which glass, frames, seals, hardware and, where relevant, tracks and thresholds work together. Looking at […]
Tag Archives: Whole-Life Performance
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Sep
Sep
Glazing Lives at the Most Exposed Part of the Building Windows and glazed doors occupy a demanding position within the architecture of a home. They form part of the boundary between a relatively controlled interior and an external environment that changes continuously. Across the seasons, frames, seals and surrounding components encounter variations in temperature, moisture, […]
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Aug
Aug
Forty Years Is a Design Question, Not a Warranty Claim Architects routinely design homes expected to remain useful for many decades. Yet glazing decisions can become dominated by what happens at the beginning of that life: how the system looks, whether it meets the current performance requirements, what it costs and how successfully it delivers […]