More pix, floor joists, deck, window, finished flooring
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Dan Merrill
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pretty exciting stuff! Looking good.
longsoughtfor
Searching for the sound
Jonothon - Looks great man! I'd love to stop by some time and see more.
Kevin.
Kevin.
Son of Mixerman
Mix Junior
Its looking great! I have a question about the gray material you have in between where the glass will sit, what is it made of?
Ok, Glass prices are like yanking teeth from some distributors.
From what I have researched, 1/4" safety glass is stocked by most places at around $9.30 per square foot. 3/8" is not stocked so the wait could be longer and the price was closer to $15.00 per square foot. I opted for just plain glass because Im residental and the probability of the glass getting hit hard enough is like worrying about my kids riding their bikes into a window. But as a business I would not hesitate to go for the laminate. You can get regular glass and afterwards purchase safety film on one side, this is alot cheaper because its one piece of glass verses 2 pieces with the plastic sheet in between. Im actually going to fill one of my windows until later when I can afford safety glass for it, its the window common to the live room/wifes car in the garage.
Peace,
SoMm
Ok, Glass prices are like yanking teeth from some distributors.
From what I have researched, 1/4" safety glass is stocked by most places at around $9.30 per square foot. 3/8" is not stocked so the wait could be longer and the price was closer to $15.00 per square foot. I opted for just plain glass because Im residental and the probability of the glass getting hit hard enough is like worrying about my kids riding their bikes into a window. But as a business I would not hesitate to go for the laminate. You can get regular glass and afterwards purchase safety film on one side, this is alot cheaper because its one piece of glass verses 2 pieces with the plastic sheet in between. Im actually going to fill one of my windows until later when I can afford safety glass for it, its the window common to the live room/wifes car in the garage.
Peace,
SoMm
Ok, I got a price of $1700 for 8 windows of safety glass, 4 of them 1/4", 4 of them 3/8. One pair is pretty big, like 7 feet long, so I guess I should have expected a something hefty like that.
My contractor friend had me ask them to place the large pieces of glass into the frames themselves when they deliver it, we'll just attach the molding. Seems like a good plan so we won't have to handle the big pieces.
My contractor friend had me ask them to place the large pieces of glass into the frames themselves when they deliver it, we'll just attach the molding. Seems like a good plan so we won't have to handle the big pieces.
Transputer
Member
Looking great, BTW what centres did you decide to go for 24"?
Cheers
Cheers
fabfour1257
New member
jonothon! what does the material that is in between where the glass will set consist of, and will the sheets of glass just butt up against that and then be held in place with some molding of some kind?
I used homosote wrapped in cloth. I'll put some caulk around the edge before I put the glass in. then more caulk and molding to hold the glass in.
Seems like it should work.
Oh yeah, I'm going to put a bead of caulk on the actual frame for the glass to sit on.
Open to other ideas, tho.
Seems like it should work.
Oh yeah, I'm going to put a bead of caulk on the actual frame for the glass to sit on.
Open to other ideas, tho.
