Window Manifestations

With slim framed glass windows and doors and large glass facades becoming very popular, it is very important to make sure that these are made with safety in mind.

Impressively clear glass façades can be created using low iron glass which can create ideal views of your surroundings when used on the exterior of your home, for example sliding glass doors that can show perfect views of your garden.

There are many laws and regulations in regards to window manifestation. It is a health and safety requirement to apply manifestations to full height clear glass windows, doors or building partitions.

These must be marked correctly with glass manifestation to make sure the solid glass is evident. Manifestations are often two rows of 50mm or 75mm white or frosted dots on the glass at heights of 1500mm and 800mm from the floor.

As long as the sizes and height positions of the manifestations are in line with these guidelines, any shapes including company logos will fulfil this health and safety requirement.

Using decorative glass techniques is the perfect way to apply manifestations to glass in production. Using this glass technique will create a perfect designed piece of glass which will also follow the laws and regulations in preventing injury.

IQ Glass can provide decorative glass and sandblasted glass to enhance a certain aesthetic in both residential and commercial projects, however, these can also be used to comply with the window manifestation laws and regulations.

Decorative glass can be made by either adding decoration to the surface or infusing the glass with colour.

Sandblasted glass can be used for a variety of projects in many different ways, it can be used to provide privacy, decoration or used as an anti-slip finish on walk on glass.

Full sections of glazing can be sandblasted or sandblasted dots can be applied to follow the manifestation rules.

These decorative glass solutions have to be applied to the glass in factory conditions, if your glass has been installed and you require manifestations to be applied retrospectively then you will need to consider a film manifestation.

The Window Film Company can provide a wide range of films that can provide a solution to any glass related issues such as providing safety.

They can provide a variety of films including safety and security films, privacy films and frosted window films that are all available in a range of finishes and grades.

The Window Film Company can provide a variety of decorative films that are applied post installation to provide glass manifestation. These films can include any design you desire including graphics of people, objects or company logos and so on.

UKWF Company have worked on many large commercial projects including the Shell offices in Canary Wharf. Window films were applied to glass partitions over 10 floors of brand images to help reflect the business and inspire the workforce.