We are often asked whether a glass fence will withstand hurricane force winds so I am pleased to provide some additional information about wind load calculation with regard to the specific loading effect on a fence panel. Forgive my basic physics but I understand the...
This post is intended to provide some background information with regard to the grounding and bonding of metal fence and railing parts that are within five feet of the waters edge in a pool situation. There is an incorrect general practice that any metal item that is...
We are often asked if we can fence a curved patio or a section with a radius. The answer is that we can using straight sections of glass. Curved or radius glass is available but it is very expensive. By balancing the size of the glass panel with the radius of the...
We often come across short sections of stairs and can be be very challenging to deal with form a design and safety perspective. According to the building code a guardrails are required when there is a difference of 30 inches or greater between two upper and lower...
The classic raised ranch style house will consist of a mid level entry with a staircase up to the living area and down to the basement.In order to be code compliant a balustrade and handrail is required. For this project we used Q-Railing brushed stainless steel posts...
