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  By definition, curtain wall is regarded an independent frame assembly in the high-rise buildings, with self-sufficient components that does not brace the building structure. A curtain wall system is an outer covering of a building in which the outer walls are non-structural, but merely kee...Read more »

In practical applications, if you would like curtain glass window in your building, fenestrations on the south of the buildings are beneficial for a cooling and heating effect on your building during summers and winters respectively. The west and east-facing walls usually receive maximum warmth. ...Read more »

In recent years, more and more people prefer custom curtain walls used in their buildings. However, designing your preferable custom curtain walls can be a complex task in a building project. The level of complexity is typically driven by your goals, constraints, and performance objectives. In pr...Read more »

Skylights can generally provide an elegant appearance for the interiors of curtain wall buildings nowadays, for these window solutions are ideal for expansive overhead spaces and to allow natural light into office areas, retail spaces and other open areas. Do you know the reason why to use skylig...Read more »

Mostly, thermal efficiency and moisture condensation are the two of the essential criteria in the modern curtain wall design, considering energy saving and sustainability is one of the hottest topics that we cannot ignore. If you live in a cold climate, the air buffer serves as a barrier to preve...Read more »

In the current market, stick-built curtain wall and unitized curtain wall are the two main types of curtain wall construction in use. In practical applications, unitised curtain wall generally has about 30% of the work done on site, while 70% is carried out in the factory. There are a lot of adva...Read more »

In the process of installing the inclined structural glass curtain wall outside the terminal T1 in the Terminal area of Chengdu Tianfu International Airport, it is extremely difficult to install the glass curtain wall in view of the tight construction period, unique architectural shape and specia...Read more »

In general, a well-designed curtain wall system has five key elements to be taken into account: safety, quality, cost, aesthetics, and constructability. Furthermore, all of these elements are very much linked with each other to achieve the desired outcome. In addition, glazing and profiles are th...Read more »

Super high-rise curtain wall without indoor disassembly design Due to the inevitable self-exposure of tempered glass, it will make the phenomenon of glass replacement more common. However, for super high-rise curtain wall buildings or buildings that are difficult to be replaced, it is difficult t...Read more »

As a unique design in modern curtain wall building, glass curtain wall not only embodies the best combination of architecture and aesthetic structure design, but also perfectly embodies the various functions of glass. Such as the transparency of the glass curtain wall, through the glass line of s...Read more »

Expand the application of steel structure in curtain wall Aluminum has a melting point of about 700 degrees, and zinc has a melting point of about 400 degrees, both well below steel's capacity of 1,450 degrees. After the fire, we often see that all the titanium zinc plate and insulation layer are...Read more »

Whether the horizontal and vertical rubber strips need to be aligned A few years ago, the unitized curtain wall, their artistic and waterproof are not very good, later with the development of science and technology, the unit curtain wall appeared multi-cavity and double cavity. The difference bet...Read more »

There are three basic conditions leading to seepage and leakage of curtain wall: the existence of pores; The presence of water; There is a pressure difference with seepage cracks. The elimination of one or more of these basic conditions is the way to prevent water leakage: one is to minimize poro...Read more »

The curtain wall building should apply for safety appraisal of 4 kinds of circumstance now. According to the Measures, under any of the following circumstances, the person responsible for house safety shall apply to the house safety appraisal institution for house safety appraisal: 1. The house f...Read more »

Glass curtain wall is a widely used external wall system. The dominant position in the exterior wall of the curtain wall building is unshakable, and there have been many fine works. Fluorocarbon coating is directly bonded to structural adhesive Some structural sealant and fluorocarbon coating bo...Read more »

This potentially billion dollar market of the glass curtain wall cleaning has always depended on three ways of cleaning: the familiar centipede man, with a rope, a plate and a bucket; Through lifting platform, hanging basket and other tools to carry the cleaner cleaning; The roof sling rail syste...Read more »

The middle and side ribs do not root The stiffening ribs should be reliably connected to the panel, and the supporting side ribs in the metal plate should be reliably connected to the side ribs or the folding edge of the single-layer aluminum curtain wall. The connection between the middle ribs o...Read more »

Three sealing lines of unitized curtain wall (1) Dust tight line. A sealing line designed to prevent dust is generally realized by overlapping strips of adjacent units to prevent dust and water. This sealing line can be dispensed with in the south. (2 watertight lines. It is an important defense ...Read more »

Glass breakage caused by thermal stress Thermal stress is an important cause of glass curtain wall breakage. Glass curtain wall is heated for many reasons, but the main heat source is the sun, when the sun on the surface of the glass curtain wall, glass is heated, if heated evenly, glass and glas...Read more »

Curtain wall doors and windows project reduced, capital shortage has become the new normal. When development slows down and progress money is tight, there's always some curtain wall suppliers and builders like to find fault with the quality of materials. The imaging deformation of glass after ins...Read more »

1. When thermal reflection coated glass is used for glass curtain wall, online thermal spraying coated glass should be used. The appearance quality and technical index of float glass used for thermal reflection coating glass should be in accordance with the current national standard "float glass"...Read more »

The breathing curtain wall is the "double green coat" of the building. The double-layer curtain wall structure has significant sound insulation effect, and the characteristic of the structure also endows the building with "breathing effect". Residents can experience true warmth in winter and cool...Read more »

How can ability reproduce the simple sense beauty that glass place has by day through lamplight? This is a common concern of landscape lighting designers. For the lighting treatment of modern curtain walls with large colored glass surface, the use of "architectural lighting" to integrate the ligh...Read more »

Performance testing of materials, components and accessories 1. Before curtain wall installation, on-site sampling inspection shall be conducted on the tensile force of the rear embedded parts. 2 silicone building (weather resistance) sealant before use, should be tested for compatibility with it...Read more »