GLASS AND

GLAZING

GLASS
A hard, brittle, usually
transparent or translucent
substance, produced by
fussing silica with a flux and
a stabilizer into a mass that
cools to a rigid condition
without crystalizat .

TYPES OF GLASS
CROWN

GLASS
An old form of window
glass formed by blowing and
whirling a hollow sphere of
glass into a flat, circular disk
with a center lump left by the
worker's rod.

SHEET

GLASS

A flat, soda-lime-silica glass

fabricated by drawing the molten glass
from a furnace (drawn glass), or by
forming a cylinder dividing into
lengthwise, and flattening it (cylinder
glass). The fire-polished surface are not
perfectly parallel resulting in some
distortion of vision.

Single-strength

glass
Sheet glass having a
thickness of 3/32in.(2.4mm).
Double-strength glass
Sheet glass having a thickness
of 1/8in.(3.2mm)

Double-strength glass

Single-strength glass

PLATE GLASS.
A flat, soda-lime-silica
glass formed by rolling molten
glass into a plate (rolled glass)
that is subsequently ground
and polished after cooling.

FLOAT GLASS

A flat, soda-lime-silica
glass that is extemly smooth
and nearly distortionfree,manufactured by pouring
molten glass onto a surface of
moltentin and allowing it to
cool slowly. Float glass is the
successor to plate glass and
accounts for the majority of
flat glass production.

INSOLATING

GLASS
A glass unit consisting two
or more sheets of glass
separated by hermetically sealed
airspaces.
HERMETIC. made airtight by
fussing or sealing.

Hermetic

Insulating
glass

TINTED

GLASS
Glass having a chemical
admixture to absorb a portion
of radiant heat and visible light
that strike it. Iron oxide gives
the glass a pale blue-green
tint;cobalt oxide and nickel
imparts a grayish tint;selenium
infuses a bronze tint. Also
called heat-absorbing glass.

REFLECTED

GLASS
Glass havingthin,
translucent metalic coating
bounded to exterior and
interior surface to reflect a
portion of the light and radiant
heat that strike it.

LOW-EMISSIVITY

GLASS
Glass that transmits visible
light while selectively reflecting
the longer wavelengths of
radiant heat, produced by
depositing a low-emissivity
coating either on the glass itself
or over a transparent plastic
film suspended in the sealed
airspaces of insulting glass.
Also called low-e glass.

COLD
COLD WEATHER
WEATHER

WARM
WARM WEATHER
WEATHER

 EMISSIVITY

The reflected ability of a

surface to emit radiant heat,
measured against a black body at
the same temperature
SHADING COEFFICIENT
The ratio of solar heat
transmission through a particular
glass to the solar heat
transmission through doublestrength clear glass.

ANNEALED

GLASS
Glass that is called slowly to
relieve internal stresses.
HEAT STRENGTHENED GLASS
Annealed glass that is partially
tempered by a process of
reheating and sudden cooling.
Heat strengthen glass has about
twice the stregnth of annealed
glass of the same thickness .

TEMPERED

GLASS
Annealed glass that is
reheated to just below the
softening point and then rapidly
cooled to induce comprehensive
stresses in the surfaces and
edges of the glass and tensile
stresses in interior. It has three
to five times the resistance of
annealed glass to impact and
thermal stresses but cannot be
altered after fabrication.

LAMINATED

GLASS
Two or more plies of flat
glass bonded under heat and
pressure to interlayers of
polyvinyl butyral resin that
retains the fragments if the
glass is broken. Also called
safety glass.

 SECURITY

GLASS
Laminated glass having
exceptional tensile and impact
strength, consisting of multiple
plies of glass bonded under heat
and pressure to inter layers of
polyvinyl butyral resin.
ACCOUSTICAL GLASS
Laminated or insulting glass
used for sound control.

WIRE

GLASS
Flat or patterned glass
having a square or diamond wire
mesh embedded within it to
prevent shattering in the event of
breakage or excessive heat. It is
considered a safety glazing
material.

PATTERNER

GLASS
Glass having a irregular
surface pattern formed in the
rolling process to obscure vision
or to diffuse light. Also called
figured glass.

OBSCURE

GLASS
Glass having one or
both sides acid -etched or
sandblasted to obscure .

SPANDREL

GLASS
An opaque glass for
concealing the structural
elements in curtain wall
construction, produced by fusing
a ceramic frit to the interior
surface of tempered of heatstrengthened glass.

GLASS

BLOCK
A translucent, hollow
block of glass with clear,
textured, or patterned faces,
made by fusing two halves
together with a partisl
vacuum inside.and used for
glazing openings.

GLASS

BRICK
A solid, impact-resistant
glass block unit, sometimes
having an insert or coated to
reduce solar heat transmission.

FACE

GLAZING
The settings of glass pane is a
rabbeted frame, holding it in place
with glazier's points, and sealing it
with a beveled bead of putty or glazing
compound.
FACE PUTTY
the putty or glazing compound fromed
on the exterior side of glass pane.

BEDDING

A thin layer of putty or glazing

compound laid in thr rabbet of a
window sash to given pane of glass an
event backing.
GLAZIER'S POINT
A small , pointed piece of sheet
metal for holding a glass pane in wood
sash until the face putty has hardened.
Also called glazing brad,sprig.

FACE PUTTY
BEDDING

GLAZIER'S
POINT

PUTTY

A compound of whiting and

linseed of doughlike
consistency when fresh,used in
securing window panes or
patching woodwork defects.
GLAZING COMPOUND
An adhesive compound
used as putty formulated so as
not become brittle with edge.

GLASS

SIZE
The size of a glass pane
required for glazing an
opening, allowing for adequate
edge clearances. Also called
glazing size.
UNITED INCHES
the sum of the length and
one width of a rectangular
glass pane, measured in
inches.

EDGE BLOCK
One of the small blocks of
synthetic rubber placed between
the side edges of glass pane and
a frame to center it,maintain a
uniform width of sealant,and
limit lateral movement caused by
building vibrations or thermal
expansion or contraction. Also
called shim spacer.

SETTING BLOCK
One of the small blocks
of lead or synthetic rubber
placed under the lower edge
of a glass pane to support it
with a frame.

GLASS
SIZE

EDGE BLOCK

SETTING
BLOCK

FACE CLEARANCE
The distance between the face of a
glass pane and the nearest face of its
frame or stop, measured normal to a
plane of the glass.
BITE
The amout of overlap between the
edge of glass pane and window frame,
stop, or locks trip gasket.
EDGE CLEARANCE
The distance between the edge of a
glass pane and window frame,
measured in the plane of glass.

FACE
CLEARANCE
BITE

EDGE
CLEARANCE

GLASS

MULLION SYSTEM
A glazing system in
which sheets of tempered
glass are suspended from
special clamps, stabilize by
perpendicular stiffeners of
tempered glass, and joined
by a structural silicone
sealant and sometimes by
metal patch plates.

GLAZING
The panes or sheet of glass
or other transparent
material made to be set in
frames, as in windows,
doors and mirrors.

DOUBLE

GLAZING
The installation of two
parallel panes of glass with a
sealed air space between to
reduce the transmission of heat
and sound.
WET GLAZING
The setting of glass in a
window frame with glazing tape
or a liquid sealant.

WET

GLAZING
A preformed ribbon synthetic
rubber having adhesive properties
and used in glazing to form a
watertight seal between glass and
frame.
CAP SEALANT
An adhesive liquid of synthetic
rubber ejected into the joint
between a glass pane and window
frame, curing to form a watertight
seal. Also called cap bead.

GLAZING

BEAD
A wood molding or metal
section secured against the
edge of a glass pane to hold it in
place . Also called glazing stop.
HEEL BEAD
An adhesive liquid of
synthetic rubber injected
between glass pane and a
glazing bead, curing to form a
airtight seal.

GLAZING TAPE

CAP SEALANT

HEEL BEAD

GLAZING BEAD

DRY

GLAZING
The setting of glass in
window frame with a
compression gasket instead of
glazing tape or a liquid sealant.
COMPRESSION
A preformed strip of synthetic
rubber or plastic compressed
between a glass pane and a
window frame to form a
watertight seal and cushion for
the glass

LOCKSTRIP GASKET
A preformed gasket of
synthetic rubber for
securing glass pane in
window frame or opening,
held in compression by
forcing keyed locking strip
into a groove in the gasket.

FLUSH

GLAZING
A glazing system in which the
framing members are set
entirely behind the glass
panes or units to form a flush
exterior surface , the glass
adhering to the framing with a
structural silicone sealant.

STRUCTURAL
SEALANT
A high straight
silicone sealant
capable of adhering
glass to a supporting
frame.

BUTT-JOINT
GLAZING
A glazing system in
which the glass pane
or units are
supported at the
head and sill in a
conventional manner,
with a structural
silicone sealant
without mullions.