Imagine the house in every corner of which, even remote from the window, enters the light of day. You enter the hallway in an apartment or cottage is a spacious hall, and see how the glitter around the living spark of light. It's simple: the walls are decorated home is not in strict standard eurorepair and unusual glass "tiles." This glass blocks, or transparent "bricks" made of glass. During Soviet times, was known for only one, absolutely the same type, the type of glass blocks, which was a rather rude "brick" from the muddy, dirty-gray jagged glass. Of course, use it as a finishing material to anyone not occurred. Now, when a primitive glass blocks have found a large number of shapes and colors, it is increasingly diverse and used in interior decoration. Today we will tell you about this "old but new" building material, reborn. The shape of the glass block does look like a brick, but inside it is hollow. It is the air trapped in it, gives this material excellent heat-saving and sound insulation properties. Surface of such a "brick" can be smooth, ribbed, transparent, opaque, and even color. On sale are the most common glass blocks with a thickness of 7.5 to 10 cm, his weight from 2,5 to 4,3. In form they are square or rectangular. Standard dimensions of contemporary glass blocks - 19 x 19 x 8 cm or 24 x 24 x 8 cm. In addition, they are more triangular, and even round the corner (such are mainly used for finishing the corners, columns, etc.). Glass took all the very best from their "brothers" of clay. Therefore, one can build elegant interior partitions and even the facades of buildings. Such walls have high durability, can withstand significant temperature changes and even mild earthquake. The apparent fragility of a glass can be broken only heavy sledgehammer. Airspace within a glass block provides good thermal and sound insulation. Street noise, for example, they are quenched with the same efficiency as the bricks of the same thickness. One of the most remarkable properties of glass block - that's what they do not burn. In case of fire, such a wall does not crack and does not melt in one hour. No coincidence that this material is widely used in fire areas, in enterprises. In accordance with lighting properties are translucent glass blocks (with a smooth surface face of the walls), light-scattering and svetonapravlyayuschimi (grooved). Therefore, select the color, texture and pattern glass block, taking into account the purpose for which they were intended. Glass blocks are mainly used for building curtain walls. In view of these properties they are traditionally used in businesses and organizations, when you can not put a regular window frames. Quite often we have to see them in the openings in the staircase. Glass perfect "get along" with moisture, so it is especially good at sports facilities, locker rooms, pools, saunas. However, the move away from the practical properties of glass blocks and turn to its aesthetic possibilities. Recently, glass blocks have become a fashionable material, and in a residential area, allowing to find sometimes unexpected solutions in interior design. Glass blocks provide great opportunities for designers, architects and builders, because they allow "play" with light. Choosing between transparent, opaque, colored and colorless variants, we can achieve so much light that is needed. For example, glass blocks of transparent glass is passed up to 80 percent of the light and color - 50-75 percent. And make them all not only the walls in the toilets and bathrooms, but use just as a decorative element. There are a variety of solutions. The wall that separates the hallway from the living room can look very impressive, if it has made out of solid wood interspersed with glass blocks. In recent years, the renovation of apartments are increasingly combined kitchen and living room. Often they are separated by a wide counter, which are set ready meals. Now this post is mostly made of wood or brick. Glass with elaborate lighting can make a kitchen counter remarkable element of the interior. Even greater opportunities transparent "brick" opens in cottage construction. They even trim ceilings and roofs in private homes. Very decorative look wall adjacent to the flights of stairs. A significant part of the walls of the winter garden or conservatory can also be made of glass blocks, even the roof. It will be much stronger than traditionally used materials, although from an engineering point of view of the device it is more complicated. This material can be wonderfully combined with any other: for example, the lower portion of the wall - brick, concrete or wood, while the top - from glass blocks. Or naoborot.Steklobloki interest to architects and designers also because they can serve as stained glass. By combining colors, textures and sizes, alternating matte and smooth glass blocks can create an entire composition. There are pictures with the effect of water droplets or bubbles, which are ideal for finishing pools, water parks, saunas, bathrooms. In the Russian market are available for sale primarily glass blocks produced in Russia, Belarus, Czech Republic, Germany and Italy. Domestic cheaper (25 rubles a piece), but their quality is far from perfect. Imported favorably on them. First of all, a rich choice of colors (blue, blue, red, brown, pink), a variety of textures and patterns, different sizes and shapes. Czech Glass (Firm VitraBlok "), Italian (Vetroarredo", "Kogir Glass"), French (Saint-Gobain ") production can range from 7 to 20 dollars apiece, and sometimes as high as $ 50. Here the price is consistent with the type and quality. On the surface of glass bricks suffered drawing up of tiny colored glass beads. Of them can lay out the whole mural with images of landscapes, animals, flowers, abstract paintings. The most sturdy and high-quality professionals are among the glass blocks made in Germany ("Century", "Solaris"). Buying glass blocks, you can purchase and related products to them. For example, in case of need the device pane in the glass wall, fit a plastic pane the size of glass blocks. Or the same size ventilation grate. To the ornamental design as a finished product match what was intended, it is important to put glass blocks. When installing glass bricks on the cement used krestooobraznye spacers. If you use a gray cement, the joints need to caulk the grout for ceramic tile. Better yet, just take a colored cement. Protective film with them can only be removed after installation. There is also a way to install a glass wall, such as wooden lattice-module. Each box is inserted into a cell module, and then the lattice is fixed with screws to the floor, wall and ceiling. We have staff experienced in the interior there will always be an original solution for your home and a place for this particular material. Fill the house with light and sunshine will help you to professionals.
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