One of the greatest achievements of mankind was the invention of glass. Thanks to its characteristics, it is currently used not only in everyday life, but also many other production sectors. If it was originally produced only to fill in light openings, however, at present, the scope of glass has increased significantly.
So, for example, the use of glass as a material for the manufacture of the facade is becoming increasingly popular. This can be explained by the fact that the glass facade significantly reduces the cost of its maintenance, passes good lighting into the room and visually increases its internal space.
It should be noted that a change in the use of glass greatly increased the requirements that are presented to it. So, for example, when choosing glass, in addition to its ordinary technical characteristics, they pay attention to the choice of color, texture of surface and mirroring. In addition, the method of fastening the glass is given great importance. Currently rapidly developing a continuous glazing of facades is developing. In reality, the point and frame fasteners of the glass are used. The second method of fastening is carried out by fixing on the bearing metal profiles of translucent elements, invisible and visible on the facade. At the first time, special steel connectors are used, with which glass elements hang on a steel frame.
Another additional feature of the use of glass as a material for walls is the issue of choosing color. Tinted sunscreens take various and absolutely unexpected shades under different lighting conditions. So, for example, a warm brown tint gives neutral glass from the interior side, and the glass with gold spraying is greenish. Therefore, it is not so simple to determine the color of the glass, and accordingly, it requires not a small ability to choose the color that the architect was planned when proposal of this project.
Very often, due to the complexity of the glass facades, you can encounter production defects. One of these defects is the effect of concavity, which, as a result of such deformation, creates active distortion. Its reason lies in the difference between atmospheric pressure in places of operation and in producing places. To solve this problem, where you need to get a mirror screen, use not double -glazed windows, but simple single, but rather thick sheet glass, using a point mount. In addition, the source of distortion may be poor glass hardening, unprofessional installation of the glass of glass, or incorrectly selected glass thickness.
But the main problem at the moment remains a competent choice of materials framing the glass, since glass without framing is like a picture without a frame. If dust accumulates in the corners of the double -glazed windows, then we can say about the poor quality of the materials used that should have ensured its tightness. Unfortunately, the quality of the framing leaves much to be desired today, since everything that is proposed these days, except for traditional materials, under tough Russian conditions begins to collapse for twenty -five or thirty years.
One of the main restrictions in the development of glazing facades in Russia is a harsh climate. To use glazed structures with sufficient heat -saving property, you have to spend huge means. Of course, there are double-glazed windows that save up to fifty percent of heat, but when they are used on large areas, the cost of construction and installation works can reach astronomical sizes.
And another, no less important problem that you encounter when constructing a glass facade, is a low level of qualification of installation workers. This leads to the unsatisfactory quality of the work they performed. This can be explained by the fact that at the moment in Russia there is absolutely no regulatory framework for both design, installation, manufacture, and the exploration of light -spray facade buildings. Without having the appropriate documentation, it is impossible to demand a truly high-quality work from the manufacturer. It remains only to hope that very soon the regulatory framework will still be created, and the glazing of the facades will compete with other types of facades cladding.
