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Privacy Glass Installation for the Rooftop Apartment

Bob meets with window installer Alan Chi, from Finest Windows, for the installation of the glass walls on the head house. The head house is the structure surrounding the stairs that come from the penthouse apartment and lead to the rooftop deck. Frosted thermal glass panels are being used for privacy as the taller buildings in the location can look down on the deck. The custom glass snaps into place, and a rubber gasket, in combination with silicone caulk in the corners, prevents moisture from entering the enclosure. With the glass in place, a door rated for industrial use is installed.
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" Now that the hen houses. The staircase that leads from the top floor apartment from the penthouse apartment you can go straight out get access your private that -- frosting gives you some privacy as well from the from entering buildings yeah. This is. Greater New York and you do have lots of tall buildings surrounding you -- somehow or another you want to maintain a little bit of privacy. Exactly. Now let us interrupt you prevent it this is a manufactured piece of a glass that's specifically custom made for these political consultant right end. Once you've inserted it into the aluminum frame how do you secure it there have that's not the idea here and also got a couple couple of his soul. The gasket that is over there so you put in a rubber gasket against it was a wonderful thing and the aluminum also got another facility at the end. Some additional what did you think and exactly where you -- me from China Hongkong China. And we'll be around as is going to be our favorites of -- not just there's a stainless flashing that goes there yet because of looking at it. -- there again we're trying to bring all these trades to do all the support for us bases as anomalous situation right well we'll watch it again. And in the -- for us. So these are just shims so that -- Glass doesn't float directly on top of the of the aluminum. Any idea what the cost of this little construction like around 10000 dollars. -- That fits into place tightly. -- find it most scientists inside and -- to IC so there's no actual caulking out of a tube used in no way to run. And then you just put a little. Half cut in the corner. Now to make the 45 and eighty degree turn down. That's a nice tight it will also want to look at how the door gets installed. So even though this door looks like it's that you know practically from a jewelry store you still have to do some prep work. And here you're drilling and counter sinking. Yes so we're gonna have the screws be flush with the pasta with a friend with the frame good are you ready to put an end rebellion. And it never has any idea what kind of tortoises and yet the stories actually -- UHC sixty. It's heavy construction added as though you're gonna find these on that I'm tired as industrial buildings around the city. This -- tested sort -- taken significant. Wind pressures -- you know. And it's not about the weather -- wow look at that. It is beautiful look I don't fault -- this it."

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