GreatGlazing
Poolside curved glass wall
highlights North Carolina home
The basics: The architects and homeowners of a private
residence in Raleigh, N.C., above, wanted a striking curved
storefront glazing system to maximize daylighting and views
onto the outside pool area. However, they wanted a system
without the vertical extrusions. To achieve the goals of the
owner and designer, officials at Carolina Glass & Mirror, Garner,
N.C., recommended a butt-glazed system featuring 10-foot
tall lites of glass. Installers faced some interesting challenges
during installation, according to David Fitchett, president,
Carolina Glass & Mirror. “We used an electric hoist, which
we located in the basement, then installed a pulley system in
the rafters that would follow the bend in the opening. We then
used our vacuum cups to set each piece of glass,” he says.
The players: Architects, Sater Design, Bonita Springs, Fla.,
and Leo Dowell Interiors, Charlotte, N.C.; general contractor,
Young Homes, Raleigh, N.C.; glass fabricator, Dlubak Corp.,
Blairsville, Pa.; installer, Carolina Glass & Mirror, Garner, N.C.;
engineering consultant, H & H Engineering Inc., Covington, La.
The glass and systems: 1-1/16-inch tempered and laminated
glass, butt-glazed at the vertical joints. The framing features a
deep pocket U-channel to capture the glass around the perimeter
of the openings. The glass was wet glazed into the U-channel.
46 Glass Magazine® ; July/August 2010
Entrance renovation calls
for glass canopy
The basics: A laminated glass canopy highlights the new
entrance to Kaufman Hall at Franklin and Marshall College,
Lancaster, Pa. The renovation, completed in February 2010,
also included the replacement of the entrance system.
The players: Architect, Tippetts/Weaver Architects Inc.,
Lancaster; owner, Franklin and Marshall College, Lancaster; storefront and glass system installer, Brown’s
Glass, York, Pa.; glass fabricator, M3 Glass Technologies,
Irving, Texas; framing supplier, Kawneer Co., Norcross,
Ga.; canopy builder, Peifer Welding Inc., Ronks, Pa.
The glass and systems: The laminated glass for the canopy
is made up of ¼-inch lite tempered, a .060 millimeter white
interlayer, and 3/8-inch lite clear tempered. The entrance
system is Kawneer’s 451T framing and 350 medium style door.
The door was equipped with three butt hinges and a Sam-II
closer. The exit device was reused from the existing door.
