When designing and building a home or office building, safety is a major concern for both the architects and the builders. Without a focus on safety, the building wouldn’t pass inspection and the project would be a failure. One of the most important design aspects of any building, whether it is a residential home or an office building, is stairs, railings and open upper levels. These can add significant space and beauty to a building, but they can also add even more safety concerns for the builders. One way to make stairways and overlooks safer and still retain their beauty and design aesthetics is to add glass balustrades.
Glass balustrades not only give you something to hold onto when walking up and down stairs, but they also add beauty and a sense of openness to a building that is undeniable. Balustrades also offer a barrier between the open upper levels and the ground below keeping people from falling and risking injury or death.
Shatterproof Glass
While adding that additional safety aspect to stairways and open upper levels, glass balustrades also offer strength and durability as they are built to withstand sudden impact and material degradation. The glass used in modern balustrades is typically a high strength safety glass which is also tempered making it shatter resistant. This is important in case the glass is struck and cracks as broken shards of glass won’t fall on people below.
Sturdy Framework
Many modern glass balustrades are designed to be either fully-framed, frameless, or semi-framed and the material used in the frame is extremely strong and resistant to degradation and oxidation. Using stainless steel as a glass balustrade framework will ensure that it doesn’t break or collapse bringing the glass panels and people down with it.
There are many safety features that are built into glass balustrades that the typical home or business owner don’t often realise. From the design itself, to the type of glass panels used, the material used to manufacture the balustrade framework, even the way the glass balustrade is installed, modern glass balustrades are designed to provide beauty and safety that users can depend on.
To learn more about the safety of glass balustrades, contact the UK leader in glass balustrade technology, Area Cubed today!
