Glass for Windows

The term Facade means the front of a building or exterior faces of a building. The huge glass buildings you see in cities require a certain quality of glass to sustain for a long time. The glass comes in various thicknesses, sizes, shapes, laminations, and sun-ban attributes. These glasses are different from usual ones; they are customized, put under force and pressure to make them sturdy and durable, crafted into different shapes, and glazed with protection layers. Quality is the foremost priority while designing as it has to be prepared to prevent the occupants from wild winds and seismic conditions. Keeping a note of the weather of India, the facade glass is categorized into 3 ranges namely Advanced Solar Control, Advanced thermal insulation, and Advanced solar control & thermal insulation. The first range of glass; advanced solar control has two products: SGG cool-lite and SGG antelio plus. SGG cool-lite prevents UV rays, allows natural light to the interior, and permits optim...

Somewhere between architectural advancements and creative interiors, glass has acquired the position as an actively used building material. From windows to cabinets, there is no such place where glass cannot be used. Though seemingly fragile, the glass industry has achieved strength and high durability. Tempered or Toughened glass is one such advancement that is highly durable in extreme conditions. Here, three types of modes are used to heat the glass. The process involves conduction of heat and ensures that the glass is evenly heated on every side. By blasting air on both surfaces, the heated glass is then cooled uniformly. It is five times stronger than annealed glass with resistance to thermal breakage that helps to add an added layer of safety for homes that have children or the elderly. It can withstand extreme surface compression. Toughened Glass has a wide range of applications from doors, floors, staircases, windows, partitions and balustrades as it is an extremely safe form...

‘Easy to maintain and aesthetically appealing’ is the mantra of today’s interior designers. An interior that reflects the style and taste of the owner is what makes the houses beautiful. When it comes to reflection, glass remains a primary material. Incorporation of glass not only makes it beautiful, but it also makes the area look more spacious and bright. It can always be moulded according to the taste of the people. Lacquered glass is one such glass that is primarily used in interiors. What makes it more appealing is its colours and opacity. Lacquered glass is prepared by coating it with lacquer on one side of a regular glass. It is then baked over a furnace under controlled temperature. The coat of lacquer makes it more moisture and heat resistant. Lacquered glass is generally used in dining areas, living room, bedroom and kitchen. This glass has a minimum amount of VOCs, which makes it eco-friendly and safe to use. The bright colours and shine makes the interiors shine brighter...

When you are working on the re-hauling of your home or even your personal space like your bedroom, you need to make sure that you pay attention to every detail possible. Right from the way in which your home or your room is designed to the way in which the windows of your bedroom are planned and constructed. There are a lot of things that you can do with the windows in your bedroom but you need to be sure about having the right glass for the windows for you to be happy about how they are used in the room. One of the most important reasons why windows are used in homes, especially in bedrooms is because they allow natural light and air to enter the room without any hindrance. However, if the right glass is not used for the windows, their purpose may become futile. It is therefore, essential to have the most viable glass for windows in your bedroom for the room to get sufficient sunlight without making you uncomfortable. An important factor that you need to be careful about is picking a...

Glass is turning out to be one of the most important materials in the design of spaces, whether internal or external. Right from being used as wall cladding to being used as doors to being used as flooring and the treads of staircases, glass is being employed in its toughened form everywhere. There are people that even make innovative use of the glass such as in the making of glass sculptures accessories and other showpieces. All of this is possible and done solely because of the salient features and the characteristics of the kind of glass that it is. There are a lot of factors that make toughened glass ideal for use in a lot of different functions in residential as well as commercial uses. One of the most important features of the glass is that it is shatter proof, which means that it cannot be broken easily. The glass is also scatter proof, which implies that if the glass is broken it does not scatter and pose a risk to people. The glass simply cracks into small pieces and stays st...

Windows play an important role in any accommodation like houses, flats, tenements, villas, and palaces. A home cannot be empty; it is filled with furniture and various decorative articles that complete the look of the space. Here, the window’s purpose is to provide air circulation within the setting so that space does not feel stuffy and suffocating. With windows, you get a beautiful view of your locality and can spend your morning sitting near them. It provides natural light into the house, and fresh breeze during the monsoon. Air ventilation alone can make the home airy and spread fresh fragrance across the entire home. People believe in spending money where they get profit with desired needs. The best glass windows come with a modern architectural look that matches the aesthetics of your home. To sustain for a longer duration, these windows are supported by European window-making technology that ensures durability. The handles of windows are made from premium quality hardware and m...

Tinted glass has been in use in automobiles since quite a few years. However, recently it has witnessed growth in its use in building design. Needless to say, tinted glass has the potential of becoming one of first choices of glass variant in building design. This is because tinted glass offers a wide range of benefits such as filtering harmful ultra violet rays, providing greater privacy to the interiors and enhancing the aesthetics of the building. However, there is one aspect in which tinted glass falls short. This aspect is nothing but the domain of heat reduction. Although tinted glass can effectively filter the entry of light, it fails to do the same with heat. So, if a designer expects that the use of tinted glass in a building with protect the interiors from both unwanted glare and heat, then they are mistaken. This is one area which can be considered a limitation of tinted glass. But, this does not mean that tinted glass would not find any use in building design. In fact, in c...