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Setting of glass: 1. Traditional setting 2008. Technical Advisory Service. Setting of glass. Traditional setting Particular setting Floors Portholes … Structural glazing Bolted glazing. Traditional setting. Frames and requirements Setting blocks Drainage and watertighness
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Setting of glass:1. Traditional setting 2008 Technical Advisory Service
Setting of glass • Traditional setting • Particular setting • Floors • Portholes • … • Structural glazing • Bolted glazing
Traditional setting • Frames and requirements • Setting blocks • Drainage and watertighness • Clearance • Particularities • Roof
Traditional setting - Frames Fixed light Tilt and turn Side hung – Open out Side hung – Open in
Vertically pivoted (off center) Vertically pivoted (centrally) Vertically sliding Horizontal slidinq Top hung Sliding projecting Horizontally pivoted Bottom hung
Traditional setting - Frames 1. Rebate platform 2. Rebate upstand 3. Glazing bead 4. Drainage channel 5. Drainage hole
Traditional setting • Frames and requirements • Setting blocks • Drainage and watertighness • Clearance • Particularities • Roof
Traditional setting – Setting blocks C1: Setting blocks C2: Location blocks C3: Distance pieces (or profile)
Traditional setting – Setting blocks Setting blocks C1: • Transmit the weight of the glass to the frame • Shore A hardness 70 to 95 • Synthetic materials (not EPDM or Neopren) or sealed hardwood (not for laminated or coated glass) • Length (min. 50 mm) to calculate in function of the glass area • Position in function of the frame
Traditional setting – Setting blocks • Calculation of the length of setting blocks - l : length of the setting block (mm) - 25 : weigth of the glass (N by m² and mm of glass) - S : area of the glazing unit (m²) - n: number of setting blocks under the bottom edge of the glazing unit (n = 1 or 2 following the frame) - a: slope of the glazing from the horizontal - : design resistance of the block (N/mm²), limited to 1,5 N/mm²
Traditional setting • Frames and requirements • Setting blocks • Drainage and watertighness • Clearance • Particularities • Roof
Min 3 mm Min 4 mm
Traditional setting • Frames and requirements • Setting blocks • Drainage and watertighness • Clearance • Particularities • Roof
Width of rebate Face clearance Mechanical edge cover Heigth of rebate
Width of rebate Face clearance Mechanical edge cover Heigth of rebate
Traditional setting - Clearance Minimale heigth of rebate Minimal edge clearance
Traditional setting • Frames and requirements • Setting blocks • Drainage and watertighness • Clearance • Particularities • Roof
Traditional setting - Particularities • Renovation and replacement of glazing • Acoustical glazing • Security glazing • Double glazing for swimming pools • Concrete façades • Setting in masonry
Traditional setting • Frames and requirements • Setting blocks • Drainage and watertighness • Clearance • Particularities • Roof
Traditional setting - Roof Inside temperature Outside temperature