Damaged Commercial Window Replacement The recent job at a commercial shopping centre posed a challenge or two. What is probably not appreciated by the general public is that with some, usually large commercial windows, there are two potentially dangerous phases: the removal of the damaged glass (possibly the most dangerous phase) and the lifting and […]
The Battle of the Forklift and the 12mm thick Plate Glass Display Window The smart money was on the forklift’s survival. The die-hard gamblers had their money on the window – a 300Kg monster of a thing – which looked tough; their odds were better. What they didn’t know, though, was that this massive window […]
Smash and Grab It seems that the displays in some retail shop windows are just too tempting for some people, and that they have an irresistible urge to ‘shop’ after hours when the shop is clearly closed. Undeterred, they will smash the window and take what they want; the only deposit they leave is a […]
Oops somebody ‘slipped in the shower!’ We were called to the riverside Rowing Club to replace the glass shower panel and rail. It appears someone ‘lost their balance’ in there and, in falling, took the glass and frame with them. It would have been comical to watch (only someone’s ego was hurt) but, fortunately for […]
This time it was apparent that the glass was neither laminated security glass, nor fitted well enough into the door frame. I have written before about ‘the glass only being as secure as its framing’, and this is a classic case. An adhesive film over the ruined glass was never going to be as good […]
He was small, diminutive even, but had mesmerising eyes. I’d noticed him watching me as I repaired the shop-front window – he was reflected clearly in the glass. It wasn’t till I was almost set to leave that he approached me. “Do you know what it’s really for?” he asked, “What it really is?” Uh […]
How green is glass? When you encounter broken beer bottles on the footpath, park or beach, it is hard to think of glass as a ‘green’, environmentally-friendly product. In its fragmented state we rightly see it as even dangerous. And when a window breaks and someone gets cut from the falling fragments . . . […]
IN OR OUT? The breeze had got up, 100kph and rising. This was a good blow. The lady had hurried to close her windows of their third floor apartment; they were hinged to swing out from the side with a brass arm that allowed for various open stations – an old-fashioned type. The arm was […]
So you want a glass wall there? But what about the sun’s refection? Is the architect to blame? Ah, another high-rise down-town building curtained with glass. Not even smart glass. Not even intelligent glass. Certainly not energy efficient glass. Perhaps glass with a blue tint as a nod to the largely misinformed public who think […]
“I was walking along, minding my business, enjoying the tropical day . . . ,” it sounded like the lines of a song I once used to know, so he had my attention, “when all of a sudden, out of the blue, a huge pane of glass exploded onto the footpath a few metres in […]
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