price of...glass?
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- qruise
lets say i want to put up some glass walls / dividers in a room. let s hyopthesize its 10 feet high and 6 feet wide. just plain old glass.
how expensive would that be?
- harlequino0
how big is the room?
I would guess 5-10k
- mrdobolina0
do glass block
- e-pill0
instead of asking on nt, why not call a glass cutter or use the yellow pages and ask directly.
- k0na_an0k0
LIke this?
http://www.avantisystemsusa.com/…Expensive.
Like this?
http://images.google.com/imgres?…It's a glass block divider wall. I saw something like this on an episode of "Flip This House" and it was badass.
- e-pill0
also usually glas in an office environemt is tempered just in case it breaks it will shatter instead of breaking in large cutting flesh kind of pieces...also plexiglass may work in your favour over "just plain old glass"
- harlequino0
Yeah you gotta make sure it's tempered whatever you get. A building inspector or fire chief would shut your building down in a heartbeat if its not.
- qruise0
so er...is there a cheaper alternative to transparent or semi-transparent "divider walls"
- k0na_an0k0
a white sheet?
:)
- e-pill0
ahh kOna...i thought you would be the smart one and post this link:
Cube Doors:
http://www.cubedoor.com/i had to find the thread [smallville] and find your post hoping 3 months didnt pass yet to find that link.
- TResudek0
You can't use regular old glass for that. Regular glass is "single strength" which is 1/8th inch thick. You need some thick-ass glass and to be legit about it you'd want to have it be reinforced or at least shatterproof. A piece that size would be an arm and a leg. I'd guess you are easily getting into the thousand$.
TR
- radar0
get a large roll of plastic sheeting and stretch it over a metal or wooden frame & hang from the ceiling.
- nearestexit0
Plain 'ol glass isn't what you want.
If it's intended as a divider of space, you'd need something pretty thick.
A piece of glass that large will cost ya too. You're better of getting smaller sheets and dividing the overall dimension with metal/wood to frame the glass, which you'd probably need anyway.
Also, you might want to consider plastic as an alternative. There are variants of plexiglass that have pretty nice patterns/textures/tints and are also scratch resistant.
For pricing, you might want to post something on archinect.com and ask those cats.
- joyride0
get a large roll of plastic sheeting and stretch it over a metal or wooden frame & hang from the ceiling.
radar
(Mar 26 07, 09:51)I was thinking the same thing, but as a plus you could just run through it like a superhero everyonce and a while... thad be sweet.
- madirish0
how expensive would that be?
qruise
(Mar 26 07, 09:07)with all honesty, and from experience i can tell you this will be in the multi-thouands of dollars. no question. this is considered 'structural-integrated' magterial and begins @ 3/8 thickness and is construction of multiples of this pressure-laminated to form the final element. the hardware and pre-drilling to secure it is more of the process.
i think you may want to consider something like rice paper on stringers or frosted 3mil Visquine for what you are describing. unless you have a pretty heathy bankroll....
- ********0
that softwall looks great
- epigraph0
I've seen people use corrugated plastic or polycarbonate. You canget the poly clear and the softer plastic in translucent. you can get large sheets and it looks awesome. Thickness is mm from like 4 to 12.
http://www.greenhouses-etc.net/g…
http://www.greenhouses-etc.net/g…
- qruise0
so the average schmaltzy agency office with big glass panelling all over the place with vinyl grapihics and/or frosted designs on them probably spent upwards of 30 grand for those?
- madirish0
yes.