Understanding fire-rated glass floors

Specifying fire-rated glass floors can offer numerous advantages in both form and function. The topic is part of a new e-book on specialty glazing. Photo courtesy Technical Glass Products
Specifying fire-rated glass floors can offer numerous advantages in both form and function.
Photo courtesy Technical Glass Products

Glass has been used as a flooring material for more than a century. Glazed floor systems that function as a code-approved fire barrier between building levels, however, are new by comparison.

Due to manufacturing advances, design professionals can specify fire-rated glass floor systems in a range of horizontal applications typically reserved for opaque fire- and heat-blocking materials.

To find out more, download our free e-book on specialty glazing materials, which collects five articles from The Construction Specifier on the topic. Click here.

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