Glass Block Windows and Cold
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Old basement coal shoot replace with glass block window
Comments (7)All openings in a brick wall of this type need a steel L-shaped lintel above the opening to support the wall above. The lintel will extend 3-4" on either side and be supported by the surrounding brick/block. If the current lintel goes all the way across, including bridging the embedded concrete block, then the entire opening is still supported after you remove the block and it should be fine. However, if it only extends across the coal chute, then you would need to install a new lintel to bridge the entire opening if you remove the block. Also consider how difficult it will be to remove that block. You can rent a concrete saw to make the cuts through the mortar, but its a heavy saw with a lot of torque. Its especially hard to handle when trying to make level horizontal cuts. If your foundation wall is double thickness (likely), you have to make the cuts from both sides, since most smaller concrete saws won't cut more than about 5-6" deep. You should also wear a respirator mask with a good filter, since the concrete saw mostly pulverizes the mortar and creates fine dust, and you are going to be very close to it. Bruce...See Moredry walling over glass block windows
Comments (4)I recommend spray painting (the inside face) with black paint, so you won't see anything going on behind them. Also, you have to remove the bullnose corner bead, so since you are tearing up the drywall some, remove the drywall head, jambs and sill too, which will allow any vapor transmission that could possibly occur to be dissipated throughout the larger wall....See MorePurchasing a home with small glass block windows and no light!
Comments (6)"Just worried about how it will look leaving the two rows of block up high" Don't understand if you mean both upper windows (attic? open to cathedral ceiling? 2nd floor?) would remain glass block, or if you insert a smaller window into the openings which would leave 2 courses of glass block above the window in the same opening. If you are worried about aesthetics, real windows of course will look normal and fine from the outside. From the inside just depends on which room. But as said you might have to have operable windows anyway depending on the room function and other windows in each space....See MoreGlass Block Cube Window Transformation
Comments (4)Amanda, that window update looks great.. very elegant & nicely blends with chandelier. You should post this under Before and after - maybe delete home decorating since I think only 3 topics allowed Many look at before / afters after!...See Morechris8796
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