Glass facade, photo examples of possible options and recommendations

It is important for any homeowner that the facade of his house is durable, serves as protection against wind, moisture, temperature changes, and at the same time looks stylish. Of the currently existing variety of finishes, the glass facade photo examples of which can be found in the information below, is the most original and modern.

Material characteristics

Glazing of building facades should be characterized not only by an attractive appearance, but also by the creation of a comfortable stay in them, namely: to provide heat saving, good sound insulation, protection from adverse external conditions Wednesday. Such decoration should preserve the walls of the house for many years, while remaining safe.

Front glazing is made of aluminum profile and durable glass. The aluminum profile is very durable, environmentally friendly and fireproof, in addition, aluminum will never rust. These qualities make the aluminum profile durable, and in combination with glass, it is able to be used for a long time without losing its qualities and changing appearance. Today, glass facades are mounted using the following technologies:

• cold - the outer layer is glass, and thermal insulation is provided by free space between it and the building;
• exhaust - with this technology, glass is installed at a distance of 15-20 cm from the double-glazed windows, the air coming from the street and discharged from the room is heated in the air gap;
• structural glazing of facades - with this technology, glass, metal and ceramics are used in the structure, creating a single surface.

Advantages and disadvantages of facade glazing

The glass facade has several advantages:

• a sufficient amount of light and air penetrates inside the house. At the same time, the glass version transmits heat from the sun, blocking ultraviolet rays. Natural light in the interior will save on electricity;
• no fire hazard, easy to maintain - it is enough to wash the glass facade once a year;
• strength, durability of the structure;
• stylish design that fits into the modern urban infrastructure;
• the presence of aluminum profiles allows you to install an additional insulation layer;
• glass facades of buildings allow you to visually make the area of ​​the premises larger;
• have good noise absorption, trap dust from the street, glass facades are not afraid of temperature changes, as well as increased humidity;
• Today, in addition to transparent, there is a frosted and mirror facade. The frosted glass facade protects the building from overheating and temperature changes.

Along with the advantages, the glass facade has several disadvantages:

• the impossibility of self-installation. Facade glass should only be installed by qualified specialists;
• when installing a glazed facade, it is necessary to consider not only design preferences homeowners, but also the conditions of the climate zone, especially the heating, ventilation and air conditioning of the building;
• the high cost of glazing at home, which consists of the cost of materials, installation and work of the designer;
• not everyone will like the transparent facade, because it implies excellent visibility from the street when the light is turned on in the house.

Types of glass for facade decoration

For glazing the facade of the house, several types of glass are used:

• triplex;
• monoglass;
• double-glazed windows;
• laminated glass.

Triplex is two or three glasses interconnected using a special polymer composition. It has increased strength due to multilayer. Monoglass - glass of large thickness, tempered at high temperature for strength.

Double-glazed windows are familiar to most of the inhabitants - these are two or three glasses, interconnected and having a gap between the glasses, filled with inert gas. Double-glazed windows are connected using metal or plastic frames.

Laminated glass is glass whose surface is coated with a polymer film. It gives it extra strength and color, darkening the transparent facades, which can be chosen at the request of the designer.

In accordance with safety requirements, all types of glass used for glazing the facade of the building, when broken, break up into small pieces, without fragments.

Main nodes

Glass facades of houses are special enclosing structures made of glass panels or double-glazed windows mounted on a frame. The facade is usually glazed with an aluminum profile, but today there are technologies that allow fastening of glass on facades with or without a masked profile.

When glazing the exterior walls of the building all the way to the ground, opening elements are provided in the facade. As a rule, these are fanlight double-glazed windows and glass doors. Their installation is carried out in such a way that their attachment points to the window and door blocks are masked to the maximum. The result is a continuous glass web with joints that are invisible.

The main nodes are the interface between the structure and the wall, the bases, which are reliably hydro and thermally insulated with special elements.

Types of facade glazing

There are a lot of types of facade glazing of the building, they are divided into several types depending on the design. Among them, two main groups can be distinguished - frame glazing and frameless. To the first type, otherwise it is called stained-glass glazing of facades, such glazing systems as structural, rack-mount, crossbar, modular belong. The frameless, or panoramic, type of glazing of a building includes spider and cable-stayed systems.

Classic

The manufacture of facades according to the classical system is also called rack-mount and crossbar. This is the most reliable system, the installation of which is possible in any form of buildings. The manufacture of curved glass facades is also carried out according to this system. The double-glazed window is firmly fixed in the frame, and the load-bearing vertical columns stand to the fasteners, to which the crossbars are attached in a horizontal position, the bulk of the load is distributed to them. The metal frame is invisible from the outside, because it is located on the inside.

The big advantages of this system are that it is durable, energy efficient, and safe. It is characterized by ease of use, ease of care. Thus, stained glass glazing of facades consists of an internal profile, an external profile (clips and a decorative cover), as well as glazing from double-glazed windows, monoglass. The use of conventional double-glazed windows can reduce the cost of construction, which is also a plus of this type of facade. When installing door structures, glass, laminated chipboard of the facade of a private house can be used as a frame structure. Facades of chipboard glass are very popular.

Frameless

This is a more complex, compared with the classical, glazing system, otherwise called structural. The system is a continuous facade glazing, in which any fastenings are invisible on the outside, which gives the appearance of the building spectacular. This system does not use frames; instead, tempered glass is attached to the profile using a special adhesive sealant on the outside. A double-glazed unit with an aluminum frame is called a cassette. From the inside, they are connected to the frame profile through the holes mechanically.

The spectacular appearance of frameless glazing compensates for the high costs of glass plates and their installation. Firstly, the structural glazing project itself is not cheap. Secondly, when glazing is used expensive tempered glass of large thickness, which has increased strength. In addition to the stack itself, the rest of the materials used, namely glue, sealant, frame profiles, are also expensive.

By quality characteristics, frameless glazing is not inferior to classical, since the sealant in the gaps between the glasses is resistant to adverse external influences, ultraviolet. In addition, such a system allows you to create complex forms of building facades.

Spider

Spider glazing of facades is called so because of the use of strong metal fasteners, spiders. They interconnect double-glazed windows and fasten them to the frame, their service life is very long. Spiders can be made in the form of crosses with four or two branches. The color scheme of the fasteners may be different, depending on the facade. The connection of glass plates is made thanks to the clamping mechanism. For the convenience of repair work or dismantling, spiders can be easily removed and reassembled.

Cable-stayed glazing system is a separate type of spider. Its difference from the spider is fasteners not to the steel frame, but to a special system of tension cables. Such a system is more difficult to design, since the cable-stayed frame must hold a heavy double-glazed window and at the same time resist various loads.

In frameless and spider glazing, the use of ordinary glass sheets is not allowed, but only triplex or tempered glass.

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