Home > Video Channel > Greenhouse Glass Installation

Greenhouse Glass Installation

Bob and Ryley install sloped glazing on a solar greenhouse with the help of Mark Santos. They use a commercially available mounting system to attach the glazing, which consists of an extruded aluminum railing with a neoprene gasket. The gasket forms a weathertight seal. The railing also has a small trough to catch condensation. The glazing itself is a 1-inch sealed glazing unit. The outer sheet is tempered glass, but the inner sheet is laminated glass, similar to at the corner with another sheet of glass. This is called "butt glazing" because there is no additional support. automobile windshields, which improves safety.
Get Adobe Flash Player to see this content.

Chapters from this episode

Clip Transcript For:

Greenhouse Glass Installation

  computer-generated transcript - may not be 100% accurate

" You've got most of the glass in place. And creating a sloped delays system like this is really challenging -- get a lot of ice build up spending get a lot of condensation inside. -- Now -- we're done is that put silicone caulking between that the basic frame in the glazing system itself -- then -- reattach it with these two inch stainless steel. Tech's gross it was what's -- yeah and they go about every sixteen inches. And from the marry you can see there's an awful lot going on in this in this channel why do you need all these grooves in here well the one thing is we've got this rubber gasket. And that cushions that lattice bars or glass the glass that's right on that right then we have a good little gutter system inside here. Which will collect any condensation built up inside the greenhouse and run right straight through. -- come out these weep holes on the bottom that's clever that'll make a big difference when you've got so you don't have. Water dripping off the glass inside -- good. What about the glass itself while -- glass itself and that would got Mike Hsu 'cause I got in about a wife and she got that yeah. Tell me about the glass that about almost the four by six foot. Piece of glass right incidents at some one inch insulating glass that's good tempered glass on the outside laminated glass on the inside this is similar to the windshield of your cut laminated glass laminated is too -- last with plastic in between residents -- let windshield. What's he doing over here. Who's putting on the glass cops. Which cost suckers off so yes sucker cups. And once they handle it creates a vacuum and holds that fasten the glass exactly and the glass is probably pretty heavy so do you need another helper and -- we've got mark over here these are getting hands. There you go. Let's get it in place figures when we stand it up first. They left. It's a 100 pounds made. It's about a 175. And that is both -- right on the neoprene rubber gasket in which cushions that of course it helps to -- Throughout the weather out Ryley Hollywood batten it down. Wolf that we have another detail of this excursion here another aluminum piece right this is that the cap. Yeah and it has that goes right over there sure guys we drill holes every twelve inches and receives. -- or hex head screw that screw it down and in this cap that when the whole thing is complete we deceive beautiful dark green. Are lying in between all the panes of glass and across the bottom right right then that's going to take a day. Right now and -- but the butt glazing at the entrance."

" This new vestibule that we're building is very simple and yet very complicated in terms of how it's been designed. That door will be a flush solid door you can't see through it and of course the jamb is. Galvanized. Tubular steel that's gone down a couple of feet in between the jamb. And the stone column we're gonna have what's known as tempered glass in a -- blades application you can see the corner right here has already been completed he simply have a happens glass. Butted up against another piece of glass and sealed -- with silicon it doesn't carry any structure but it doesn't really need any structure to to hold it."

" I tempered. This class goes through a glass stubborn it's tempered repeat. You know when it comes out the other side instrument and to the point where it it's almost shatter proof is -- shattered moral set up. Not have heard that -- can warp or bend a little bit loaded it tends to grow in size or shrink in size and plus it also tends to warp well. It goes with the efforts so will the silicon. Keep it straight through the so called Cuba's rigid him in silicon does not just a cock it's also an adhesive yes that is."

" And then on the other side of the door the exact same mirror image is done and it's complicated because you have to have on architectural plan that calls for the you know the grew in the masonry where the glass is going and there's enough space -- it. We can build up -- these neoprene. Patents and the weight of the glass will be on the pads and in between you can build it -- this backer rod which is. Kind of a styrofoam product and that'll keep the weather from going in there incidents and then of course more silicon is this he's ready to go. This -- already got this punitive and of course they're having people."

" It's good to talk interest we want them. Okay. Tonight. Can we don't. And that's all you need is those two pieces of that goes to -- down there. Yes -- you have to reform -- just kind of welfare if you put more than one on either -- rock of the via the video openings -- a lot of out of level so that's why you want this to peace is moving into place. Okay and now all you do is come in with a silicon. And all basically in there over an hour operation itself with some smaller those blocks to keep the -- word here."

 [-]


More Videos »Related Videos

Mahogany Deck and Railings
Mahogany Deck and Railings

The Mahogany railings for the elevated rear deck are being constructed, and Bob meets with Kevin Parquette who is doing the final assembly work. The deck features ample room for entertaining and is surrounded by a a simple, easy-to-construct railing. The railing is assembled from readily-available materials, and features decorative rail caps for a finished look. Parquette is using 8-penny stainless steel nails to assemble the railings. The nails are pre-coated with glue. When driven into the wood, the heat generated by the friction of the nail passing through the wood activates the glue, creating a strong and secure fastening system. Layout for the railing is done on the surface of the deck. The vertical balusters are sandwiched between two horizontal rails along the bottom, with a store-bought top rail securing the assembly. Once assembled, the railing sections are simply secured between the four-by-four-inch posts.

Installing Cedar Deck Railings
Installing Cedar Deck Railings

Tim Berky is building the cedar deck railings, first by notching the edge board to receive the posts. Each post sits flush with the trim once it is fitted into the notch. Berky attaches the post to the facing board by driving deck screws into predrilled holes in the post to avoid splitting the wood. He then builds the railing sections using cedar rails and stiles. Once assembled, he attaches the entire section to the deck posts by driving screws through the top and bottom rails.

Composite Deck Railing Installation
Composite Deck Railing Installation

In this segment Bob watches the crew install the railing on the deck. The composite railing product comes pre-milled to accept all the railing components. As with wood decks, building codes calls for a post every six feet between the railings. The posts are pre-hollowed for wiring if the homeowner decides to light the deck with post-mounted lamps. The balustrades and railings are cut to length on site. Stainless steel screws are used to assemble the pieces. The use of stainless fasteners is an added cost, but longevity of the deck material means that uncoated fasteners would rust long before the deck might need replacing.

Safety Railing Installation
Safety Railing Installation

Ironworker Jimmy Canka secures the rooftop deck's safety railing to its footings. The individual sections of the simple picket-style iron railing are put in place on site, and then welded together. Canka uses an arc welder to fuse the sections together. Bob points out how the fence is secured to the roof employing three separate building trades, the roofers, ironworkers and masons. Behind the railing is a parapet wall, which is topped with bluestone to prevent moisture from seeping into the masonry work.

Related Products & Services Showrooms

Do It Yourself Spray Foam Insulation
Do It Yourself Spray Foam Insulation

…rim joists, basements, pipe insulation and much more with Foam it Green. The spray foam creates a barrier that blocks outside air, moisture, pests and rodents from coming in. Foam It Green 602 The Foam it Green 602 kit pictured here provides 602…

Caulks and Sealants Protect, Beautify and Save Energy
Caulks and Sealants Protect, Beautify and Save Energy

…water and weather conditions. • Outside: it helps protect areas around windows…
…temperature extremes so they perform well outside. Check out White Lightning's comprehensive…
…caulk windows & doors on the inside AND outside. • Check around your home's foundation…

More Content »More Content

Laminated Veneer Lumber
Laminated Veneer Lumber

…alternative was using steel. However, the laminated veneer lumber (LVL) manufacturing process…
…can reliably support large areas. Laminated veneer lumber is an engineered wood product…
…as plywood. The resulting parallel-laminated lumber out-performs conventional lumber…

Laminated Kitchen Countertops
Laminated Kitchen Countertops

These papers are treated with resin and fused together using high heat and pressure. To make a fully prefabricated countertop, the laminate is bonded as one piece with the backsplash and edge. Laminate comes in different thicknesses depending on their intended use.

Laminated Veneer Lumber
Laminated Veneer Lumber

Laminated Veneer Lumber: also known as LVL is the most widely used of the structural composite lumber products. It is produced by bonding…

Glued Laminated Timber
Glued Laminated Timber

Glued Laminated Timber or Glulam is an engineered stress-rated product created by bonding together individual pieces of lumber having a thickness…

Browse Topics

Click on a letter to browse content by topic alphabetically.



About  | FAQ  | Contact  | Sitemap  | Privacy Policy  | Terms of Use  | Help

© BobVila.com 2009