London Builders: Bathroom, Apartment Glass Ideas. Part One
Glass partitions? If this bit monotonous and Office-like thinking, we still know very little about the ability of glass to create the warmth and comfort! Today you will hardly be surprised by the panoramic windows – residents of the metropolis are used, the flat or even slightly in a transparent exterior walls. Architects used successfully for glass inside the municipal housing and shocking results. Glass partitions are often used: in stores and offices, health clubs, the private interior. And no wonder! In fact, the glass is ideal for partitioning a home. They share housing space according to your wishes. The result is a comfortable and functional. Free daylight comes and makes clear rooms. Stainless steel furniture also highlights the modern conception of the apartment. A key feature glass walls of security. Their composition consists of 10 mm toughened glass disc. Tempering allows increasing resistance of glass by 5-7 times, making it hard after the break – Glass scatters into small pieces. The use of films with significant impact is the “Triplex” effect – fragments of glass remain on the film. Strictly speaking, glass stones, used actively as a building material has long been complete. modern glass blocks do not lose their excellent technical properties (strength, moisture resistance and fire, unique thermal and acoustic insulation), but was so beautiful. And today, just a bit of interior designers at least some glass “bricks”. transparent walls are appropriate housing with open spaces and a small apartment. Today, glass blocks are to decorate ceilings, floors and stairs (even stages), in cases of winter, for the construction of columns, walls. For example, if part of the narrow corridor glaze, it becomes lighter and does not resemble a long, dark room, but under the system of communicating vessels. The same result can be achieved by the construction of the transparent partition between hall and room single dish: If necessary, the apartments can visually roman shades or screen will be made in isolation. Unlike ordinary glass, glass blocks are less transparent and involves a slight distortion of the image so it is less obvious and mysterious to reveal. Therefore, even if you do not decorate the brick wall transparent to all, you do not feel like an aquarium. blocks of modern glass mat, color and feathers. Today, designer salons also offer glass blocks, is formed on the surface of the image of the smallest bubble of colored glass. These glass pieces can be all image elements of landscapes, abstract paintings, photos of animals or birds and even portraits. A special type of glass blocks are blocks that mimic the structure of natural stone (eg marble, malachite, granite, agate), linen or denim, mica, sun sparkles on the water. The newest market, glass blocks of the “bakery” colored glass. In fact, each block is a stained glass Windows, based on time of day and lighting to reflect changes. Although the production process of glass blocks is very complicated and expensive. It is possible to build single-colored walls and mosaics of colored glass stones. Meanwhile, manufacturers offer “blocks” of different dyes – beige and pale green to bright orange, cornflower blue, dark blue and purple. Of course, these colors almost completely hide everything, accept what is on the other side of the glass, but at the same time as the walls, natural light and dark eyes, as the magic lantern light. © Copyright 2006-2007 www. . Builderstown co. UK
