Glass Replacement

Trippy architecture up on Skyline Blvd.. I like it.

High exposure, high wind locations clearly seem to translate into the severe testing of anybody’s and everybody’s window products.

Personally, I suspect the flexing of the large glass panes, as it relates to wind load translating into the tearing of the airtight membrane on the edges.

When the center of the exterior pane in pushed in at the center…where it’s the least supported, then the periphery edges of the glass are going to be prone to flex the opposite direction. I propose that this could…

…result in the tearing away from the butyl or silicone membrane. Opponents of this theory would likely point out how minute this would be because of its attachment to the spacer-bar.

I understand the point, although I suspect that it might not take more than a minute amount to translate into a tear, given the relatively delicate nature of the membrane.

In any regard, that’s my 2 cents worth. There were no signs that the glazing between the glass & the aluminum cladded frames had failed, which would have allowed moisture to get in around…

…the membrane, which can also translate into failure of the membrane and the consequential introduction of humid air between the panes that then condensates to the glass, or what folks call “fogging-up.”

Note the manpower it took to get these extremely large and heavy insulated glass units down and up the scaffold. And then there was the issue back in the corner where there wasn’t room for the scaffold, so we fabricated a…

…custom scaffold segment made of 2X12s nail-lamed together horizontally and vertically. It’s all part of the problem solving skills required to do this work.