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Ity, DeGusipe says. "Pittsburgh Corning introduced the new mortar-less ProVantage Installation System in recent years to simplify the installation process."
Clearly green
Glass block is also helping in green building design.
"Since glass block provides excellent light transmission, the product is very suitable for the green movement and helping architects meet LEED accreditation," DeGusipe says.
Glass block is inherently stronger than conventional glass because of the thickness of the faces and the mortar that binds the blocks together, he says. Since the block doesn't have load-bearing capabilities like other masonry block, structural support is needed above block openings.
Masonry contractors don't need specialty tools for installation, says Nicholas Loomis, Pittsburgh Corning senior engineer. Traditional masonry tools and Type S or Type N mortar, mixed stiff, will get the job done.
"The mortar has got to be on the stiffer side, like peanut butter," Loomis says. "You should be able to make a ball all of it. The blocks are not going to absorb the moisture concrete blocks do." IMAS
Some geographic regions favor certain types of block, says Kevin Cavanaugh, commercial masonry specialist for Atlanta-based Oldcastle Architectural Inc., the parent company of Trenwyth. In the Southwest, particularly Arizona, fence block is popular. In Florida, stucco-grade block is the norm.
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