Aluminum Windows

Ten years ago, as of the posting of this project on our website portfolio in 2014, this building was owned by a company called N.W. Pump & Equipment, who hired us to replace some of the damaged glass.

We don’t know who owns the building today, but as of 2014, it’s no longer a Chevron Gas Station, but rather a Union 76 Gas Station, as shown above.

Handling large pieces of single-pane plate-glass like this is always a bit disconcerting due to potential breakage. Fortunately, we know a few tricks of the trade to minimize the danger.

Although the two large sheets of plate-glass we replaced this time were both positioned right next to door openings, which translated into one of several types of safety glass, which lessons to danger of breakage and injury to us,…

…breakage would still have translated into a work stoppage and the temporary boarding-up of the opening(s). The point being that we still had to employ great care in the handling of the large panes of glass.

Just about everything about these old gas station structures with the sheet-metal exterior walls is unique, including the neoprene-boot (sample above) that sat around the perimeter of the glass…providing a sealed barrier between the glass and the aluminum frames.

It took us a bit of research to find a product that would work with the original extruded aluminum window frames, but we prevailed.

Technicians Nate Velazquez…

…and Rubin Sanders putting the finishing touches on the glass replacements.