Design reference · Before/After
Deck Railing — After
Design reference — a frameless glass railing configuration shown as an illustrative after-state within the same footprint.
Design reference — representative imagery, not a photograph of a completed Gloria Glass installation.
About this system type
Design reference — a frameless glass railing configuration shown as an illustrative after-state within the same footprint.
Before-and-after references illustrate a change of configuration rather than a specific job. The useful question they raise is what a changeover actually involves once the existing assembly is removed.
What a project like this has to resolve
- What is found behind the existing assembly once it is removed
- Whether the existing structure can take the new attachment without reinforcement
- How the site is made safe and weathertight between removal and installation
- Whether the replacement changes anything that requires review
- Making the new dimensions from the exposed condition, not from the old assembly
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