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A leadlight church window, Czech Republic, combines traditional diamond panes with the pale translucent and textured quality of modern so-called "cathedral glass". This domestic leadlighting above the residential entrance of a 19th-century Australian hotel shows a use of opaque glass which allows the name to be visible both by day and night.
A window treatment is a cover or modification of a window, often with the aim of enhancing the aesthetics of the window and the room. Types. Window modifications
Frank Lloyd Wright, Hollyhock House, Los Angeles, CA Theo van Doesburg, Leaded Glass Composition I. Came glasswork is the process of joining cut pieces of art glass through the use of came strips or foil into picturesque designs in a framework of soldered metal. Final products include a wide range of glasswork, including stained glass and lead ...
Overhead cross-section of a double-paned window. The strategy to reduce conduction is the use of Insulated glazing, where two or more panes of glass are used in series, each separated from each other by a space. Double-paned windows are the norm in new residential installations, as they offer substantial energy savings in comparison to single ...
Strips of lead used for flashing an edge were sometimes called an apron, [5] and the term is still used for the piece of flashing below a chimney. The up-hill side of a chimney may have a small gable-like assembly called a cricket with cricket flashing or on narrow chimneys with no cricket a back flashing or back pan flashing.
A window is an opening in a wall, door, roof, or vehicle that allows the exchange of light and may also allow the passage of sound and sometimes air.Modern windows are usually glazed or covered in some other transparent or translucent material, a sash set in a frame [1] in the opening; the sash and frame are also referred to as a window. [2]
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On the assembly line, spacers of specific thicknesses are cut and assembled into the required overall width and height dimensions and filled with desiccant. On a parallel line, glass panes are cut to size and washed to be optically clear. Examples of modern plastic and wooden window profiles with insulated glazing