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Circle Redmont Glass Block Floor Panel System

Mary Lou Pace from Circle Redmont joins Bob to watch the installation of the monolithic glass block floor panel system custom manufactured for this project. The panel, which is completely structural, is constructed using an extruded aluminum framework to support the hollow annealed glass blocks. Annealed glass is a very strong double-sided, double-faced form of glass. The glass has a sandblasted finish on the walking surface to make it slip resistant. The flooring is rated 60 pounds per square foot or higher � significantly more than traditional residential flooring. The cost runs approximately $100 per square foot. The panels each weight about 250 pounds. To install them Charlie has put 3/16 shims behind the 3/16 by 1-1/2 inch L-shaped angle iron in the opening and drilled out for the 5/16 by 3-inch bolts. This will give him the necessary inch of bearing on all four sides. Charlie and Matt carry the glass block panel up the stairs and slide it into position on three 2x4's placed over the opening. While Charlie raises the panel from below, Matt slides out the 2x4's and drops the panel into place. When finished the wood floor will come right up to the edge of the panel. Circle Redmont also makes window panels and skylights.
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Circle Redmont Glass Block Floor Panel System

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" Mary Lou pace is here from circle Redmont which is the company that manufactures. The glass block floors that we're putting in here now. This is not a product I've ever used before in a kind of a New England residential. Remodeling project. And I think is really neat because architecturally it really brings that feeling of bringing the new into the old problem but. I'd be afraid of breaking this."

" You know we don't have to be afraid of breaking this actually is a extruded aluminum framework and it's completely structural. And what this product is incorporating is actually hollow glass blocks that if you drop something on the glass blocks like a little -- dollars in recognition accurate. Now in residential applications this. Product is perfect on. Typically flooring is to maybe forty pounds per square where twenty pounds per square but in the house this is counts of something much higher sixty pounds -- that are is that right it's a tempered glass block as well. No actually -- hollow glass blocks are purchase glass units and they are actually a new class and yields and -- is very strong tail to double sided double faced former."

" So your company buys the glass block from. A major me Vannatter and then creates these a monolithic panel ends and it it's always custom right depending on what the architect specified. Up pretty much okay. We've got three of them here and another war. Well two of them are going in this area then one right here. In the landing on the second floor and then another one in the landing on the third floor and -- it -- at work with a skylight that we have a there's so that we should theoretically get daylight all the way down to here right now let's they had a Charley was over here getting -- The the other opening prepped hi Charlie I -- now. What have you done to receive this that I know Mary Lou didn't want to say how heavy they are but you probably had them into unloading them right it -- we'll take them that awaits them went to he's up he's. -- So how we installing them up here we're doing is that we put into. Three sixteenths shims behind our three sixteenths. By inch and a half. And -- lines so essentially you'll have angle on all four sides how much bearing do you need about they require about an inch of bearing politics color. All right let's see now. 250 pounds. We're going to -- up from here."

" Accidentally."

" And I'm married -- this side is frosted not yet what we do is we actually do a sandblasted finish and the reason why we do that because for the persistence."

" OK so this is the the water that walking certainly isn't that the other side fluff add up in the ceiling right -- well Bob we'll go ahead guys thanks at that. Actually room when -- And sent -- cents a from."

" Like everything else and remodeling isn't it you got to invent as you go along and here Charlie has set up three planks into the force where that. Thing is setting and now what's the plan Charlie that we've just lift up on this of them and Matt upstairs -- led to -- drug overtime and of course there. That you don't really need me here if you -- I. And watched."

" Go."

" Oh beautiful let's see it from. The second floor. Boy that really looks. Beautiful out here. Internet and is quickly surrounded with a wood floor right up to the light comes in from the little French door that leads out to. The unusual balcony well I can step on it. Do you -- tune has pretty good now is this all a circle Redmont makes these these floor systems know me up off our window panels and skylights direct. Thanks nailer OK thank."

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