[Homestead] greenhouse progress
Gene GeRue
genegerue at ruralize.com
Wed Aug 6 23:14:57 EDT 2008
On Aug 6, 2008, at 9:57 PM, WF Smith wrote:
> Sliding glass doors are "out" but you may want to look into buying the
> insulated glass "refills" for a sliding glass door. When I built
> this house
> I got insulated low-e glass panels approx. 3' x 7' for 40 dollars.
> They were
> stock items for a glass company and I just framed to suit them. Call
> whatever company does the storefront glass in your area rather than
> home
> depot or lowes.
Bingo. For my little East Wing multi-use room I recycled sliding glass
that is discolored from when the seals failed. Bought those pieces
about thirty years ago for ten dollars each. My next project, a master
suite, will use new insulated replacement glass units. I find nothing
else that beats them for price per square foot. Nothing wrong with
looks that framing and muntins can't cure.
As for sliding glass doors being "out," I am hot for large pocket
doors that open up a wall, for instance from a living room to a porch.
With four such doors an entire wall can disappear. With muntins you
can call them French doors and perhaps make wives happy.
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