Usually placed outside entrance doors a canopy protects people entering the building, keeps the weather away from the doors and allows natural light through to the entrance area. The feature can carry through providing a sight line passed an entrance into a lobby area. Clear glass is a popular choice but other glass options are not excluded.

It can be used to provide uninterrupted single or double glazed cladding for the whole building. Other applications include frameless shop fronts and entrances, internal partitions, furniture, canopies gymnasiums and sports arenas.

Pilkington Optifloat™ Clear is the name for our high quality float glass with an unrivalled environmental pedigree. It is totally recyclable and our manufacturing plants meet the stringent demands of international standard ISO 14001. Choosing Pilkington Optifloat™ Clear gives the assurance for exceptional quality.

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There are numerous structural glass systems offered by various suppliers that open up vast possibilities for architects, allowing them to create a complete glass envelope for buildings with frameless façades on any plane.

Pilkington Optiwhite™ is a low-iron extra clear float glass with very high light transmission. It is practically colourless, and the green cast inherent to other glasses is not present. It is therefore ideal for use where glass edges are visible or where a neutral colour is desired.

Pilkington Suncool™ Q Range – is a neutral, superior solar control glass with high colour-stability, low reflection and superb selectivity. The range includes Pilkington Suncool™ Q 50, Pilkington Suncool™ Q 60 and Pilkington Suncool™ Q 70 oferring various levels of light transmission and a solar heat gain.

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Glass barriers are used in buildings for a number of purposes and allow the maximum flow of light and view both inside and outside the structure. The four main areas that glass is used are: in guiding walkways to control the direction of pedestrian traffic. A British Standard BS6180:1999 is the code of practice for barriers in and about buildings.

We also need to know something about the method of glazing e.g. two or four edge supported or even bolt arrangement in the case of canopies. Barrier - How do I design a barrier? Refer to BS6180. This has some very useful guidance and information on fixing methods pertinent to glass. Barrier - Where do I get information on the loadings?