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Since 1989, Eurobrik have specialised in construction using glass
blocks in New Zealand. Eurobrik can offer a full service from
planning to installation. We supply glassblocks, construction
materials, frame and "Do It Yourself" systems. Check out
the Gallery of
Uses here.
Why use Glass Blocks?
The designer can use glass blocks to provide a source of natural
light into a home or commercial building with the added advantages
of being able to maintain privacy and insulate against heat loss and
noise.
Natural Light -
Glass Blocks provide the designer with a means of allowing natural
light into buildings through walls that may not normally contain a
window plus they can be used as internal walls to further promote
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Insulation - by using glass blocks as an external window,
instead of normal glass, you can reduce the heat loss through the
window by 52%.
Privacy - Glass
Blocks are available in a range of
patterns. The privacy offered by
the blocks varies from completely
clear to
completely obscure and includes a
coloured range.
Noise - Excellent acoustic insulation properties are offered
by glass blocks making them ideal as office partitions or for use as
windows in homes that are built close to each other or close to the
road. Durability -
There is very little maintenance required for glass block walls
other than to give them a clean every so often. But because there
are two skins of patterned glass, the glass blocks do not often show
signs of needing to be cleaned. Glass Blocks have been in constant
use since early 1900 - they are a timeless product that can be used
in any type of architecture.
Strength - The skins of glass blocks are very thick when
compared to normal glass and glass block walls are constructed with
metal reinforcing between them. Often glass blocks are used as
security windows.
Technical
Specifications are available here. |
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