Glass Replacement

If there is one obvious common denominator among most modern, contemporary types of architecture now days…it might very well be the use of light and glass.

If you enlarge this photo, you might be able to make out the Glen Jackson bridge showing through near the tops of the trees, which should also indicate the Southerly direction which this bank of windows is facing from the Washington side of the Columbia river.

This bank of direct-glazed picture windows are manufactured by Eagle brand windows (http://www.eaglewindow.com/). Rigid extruded aluminum on the exterior and removable Birdseye Maple sticking on the interior.

The failed glass is a 42″ X 9’10” net unit, so we brought plenty of manpower.

Ladders on the exterior enable us to access the seams between the glass and the aluminum frame…to cut the silicone glazing bead, while the interior wood sticking is removed.

Tim & Kyle get ready to move the glass into position. Note the glass-cups near the floor.

You might be able to appreciate how much we employ the use of “choreography” when handling glass such as this.

We can’t have someone trying to pull something one direction while someone else is pushing it another direction, if you know what we mean.

And yes…when we actually lifted the glass into position…the camera was set down so we had 4 technicians helping with that critical step.

Jared puts the finishing touches on the project with his pneumatic finish nailer.