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Scott, The compney you need to get on contact with is Circle Redmont out of melbourn, florida. They do all sorts of pre-engineered “you lay in place” glass block floor systems. They also do custom engineered applications and precast concrete panels with integral glass block in which the precast can be colored. Pretty cool stuff. Our firm is proposing to use this product on a renovation of the Detroit Science Center here in Michigan. Need more information? e-mail me at work…[email protected]
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Have any of you guys ever seen glass block panels set into a floor? We are getting ready to start framing on an addition and the homeowner wants to add a 4'x 8' panel in the floor. I have never seen this and haven't had any luck finding any information about it.It would seem to me that the only way this could possibly work, would be with some sort of metal frame or grid system that held the blocks. Any info would be greatly appreciated.
*I've seen this done in sidewalks to let some daylight into basement workrooms. I don't know how they were set -- probably with metal channels of some sort. I don't know how strong typical block is on its side, but the mfr should be able to give specifics; also, I know solid glass block is manufactured for security applications.
*I do believe this is the Breaktime archives--5 months ago?As for solid blocks, are you willing to pay for them? Talk about sticker shock!!! The typ. hollow GB is rated for structural loadbearing walls w/o a header, something you may want to consider.
*A house in FHB had a floor that had glass block . It was set in a steel grid. Can't remember the issue, time flies.
*Scott,Yes, manufacturers make specific product for glass block flooring. A good place to start might be the A/E catalog site http://www.sweets.com/. Searching the site with glass block as a key word produced this set of links:http://www.sweets.com/index/search2.htm?i=k&q=glass+block+flooringI can't get the Breaktime software to read the long link correctly; you'll have to paste it to your browser's address line to get there, or just use the key word search I mentioned from their main page.Best of Luck,Dave
*From my demo experience, it doesn't take much to break an ordinary glass block from the side ... on edge they are much stronger.Dave, just use the << a href= instruction to get:a clickable link
*DaveThanks for the link, I was able to get some of the info I need and a phone number where I should be able to get the rest. I didn't realize that you could access Sweets Catalogs over the net, I thought you had to shell out the $ for the CD or the hard copy books. Will that link provide all the same info as an actual set of catalogs? Why would anyone buy them if that's the case.Thanks again, Scott
*Scott,In the days of sailing ships they put round glass inserts into the decks to provide some light into the hold. If you happen to be anywhere near the ocean and have access to a place like Mystic Seaport in CT or South Street Seaport in Manhattan, they have the glass inserts there and could probably point you to a vendor for quantity purchases.Ron Wiener, Woodcarver's Website
*Thanks Andrew. I have GOT to take the time to learn some HTML.
*Scott,I never compared the free Web version with our hardcopy, but there's an awful lot in the website. Possibly more than in the bound set. The web advantage is that you get links to manufacturer's sites. I usually go out to them instead of staying in the Sweets site. More data, often downloadable, and many manufacturer sites have handy construction selectors to help pick products. I've found manufacturer sites also fairly responsive to e-mail questions.The advantage of the bound copy is speed. You can flip to a Post-It marked favorite manufacturer and get often get the data you need faster than clicking through the web site. I've found this often the case even with our T1 line.You didn't ask for them, but here are the starting pages for some of my favorite Internet product search engines:http://e-architect.aiaonline.com/products/pierpoint/home.asphttp://www.afsonl.com/http://www.homeportfolio.com/Work Safely,Dave
*By the time you do they'll have something better called HTML++ or whatever.(A recovering C programmer.)Your ISP may have a simple tutorial. Ours is at: http://www.earthlink.net/internet/workshop/You have T-1? Die die die. (Stuck at 33k.)
*Andrew - I am surprised at you being so far behind the curve as being a "recovering C programmer" - that's definitely last year. Java is the hot new schtick. As for advanced HTML, its already out there, called XML for eXtensible Markup Language. (much more complicated, designed for complex data retrieval and database display on the Web, the hype is that it will allow "revolutionary" displays of information in e-commerce... However, HTML will still be what most normal people will use...)
*Hey Dave!How are ya?Maybe I oughta cut the concrete roof and put some glass block in the Poinsett house!Hey, it might leak, but at least it would have more light :-)Seeya, Weogo
*Well, this just reflects my reintegration to "normal people." Anyway, real programmers LIKE unstable, impossibly terse languages like C where you can lapse into assembly code on a whim. Nothing like a dangling pointer to ruin your day. HTML is pretty pathetic, kind of like reading Postscript. Whatever happened to the thrill of life on the edge of a core dump?In a class I took a few years ago one fellow said his experience was in COBOL! Now that's Pleistocene.
*Hi Weogo,Surprise, I thought this thread had cooled. They (the manufacturers) say the stuff's waterproof. maybe you could flood the roof like one of those thermal roof mass houses (what happened to them anyway?), add fish, and have a nice show.Trash day tomorrow. Got to haul 'em down. More later.Dave
*Scott, The compney you need to get on contact with is Circle Redmont out of melbourn, florida. They do all sorts of pre-engineered "you lay in place" glass block floor systems. They also do custom engineered applications and precast concrete panels with integral glass block in which the precast can be colored. Pretty cool stuff. Our firm is proposing to use this product on a renovation of the Detroit Science Center here in Michigan. Need more information? e-mail me at [email protected]