glass block installation

[White Room]

Just found out the glass blocks weigh about 65kg m2

 

[faithhealer]

For the record Brian, all shower trays want to be on 18mm ply. Just on tiling a couple of showers on chipboard and you can feel the 'give' in them.

 

[Alan.P]

Just found out the glass blocks weigh about 65kg m2

That sounds like trouble, speaking of which, with that amount of weight and a 'wooden' floor, I'm guesing you need to use some form of tie bar to tie the glass blocks to the existing wall ? just like you would an extension wall. I'm sure as Dave says, it's all possible given the correct prep ( pppppp ) but it is starting to sound like a project 😀

 

[graham31]

interested to see how this one goes Bri

 

[brian c]

interested to see how this one goes Bri

if i get it ,you can come through and give me a hand if you want Graham?

 

[graham31]

if i get it ,you can come through and give me a hand if you want Graham?

Great offer Bri let me know and i can check my diary.Would be great experience

 

[brian c]

Great offer Bri let me know and i can check my diary.Would be great experience

for both of us ..lol

 

[doit4u]

I will follow this one with interest as she who must be obeyed has just come up with the idea of redoing the bathroom and having a glass wall between the bath and shower instead of the existing stud wall.

 

[brian c]

I am just off the phone to the client and he has had a change of heart,he just wants a total refurb with a new bathroom suite.Incidentley he did say my dad is a joiner and he said the weight of the blocks should be no more than when you are in a bath full of water.I told him that the baths weight is spread over 1,2m2 approx depending on the size of the bath and that the glass brick wall was over a smaller area and therefore the weight would be a burden on his chipboard floor.(therefore the floor would need to be reinforced imo)..joiners/plumbers ...how come they always know best?NOT!

 

[DHTiling]

OLD saying bri..........It's Ok the tiler will get over that....:rant: