The Fits Anywhere Glass Brick Framing System. Whatever you need, it has you covered!
The Fits Anywhere Glass Brick/Glass Block Frame is a perfect DIY system, is our frame of choice when we install, is suitable for all mortar, fire rated, and silicone system installations. It has a convenient flashing fin to install easily into timber stud framing and also has a handy cover angle for filling in odd sized or existing openings. For a first class finish, you need this frame!
Standard Mortar or Silicone Applications
FITS ANYWHERE FRAME SECTION
with both Cover Angle & Flashing Fin
Through many years of installation experience, we developed our frame section specially designed to suit all installation applications, with purpose made external angles able to be snapped off if unnecessary. It suits solid brick or concrete walls, brick veneers, weatherboard, foam cladding and prefabricated panels.
FITS ANYWHERE FRAME
SECTION
with No Fins
With fins removed, this frame is suitable for fitting into solid openings such as precast concrete panels, solid brick walls or existing openings where there is no way to fix through the optional flashing fins. Not suitable for prefabricated panels.
FITS ANYWHERE FRAME
SECTION
with Flashing and Fixing Strip
This option is to suit brick veneer wall where the short rebate sits partially on the stud wall and spans the cavity to catch the back edge the brick skin. Flipped around, it works well as a stop for weatherboards or foam cladding. This is ideal for prefabricated panels where you can screw fix through the flashing fin.
FITS ANYWHERE FRAME
SECTION
with Cover Angle
With the cover angle option, you have the option of filling openings up to 40mm larger than the glass brick panel. Standard frame sizes are governed by the size of the glass bricks. You can also fit the frame flush with the outside face of the wall and not require any caulking skills to seal it.
Fire-Rated Applications
With regards to fire rated glass block panels, it is important to know that the aluminium frame itself is not considered to be fire resistant. Aluminium has a relatively low melt point so isn’t able to withstand fire for any great length of time. It is simply permanant formwork to hold the mortar in place until it sets as the panel is being built and becomes an attractive finishing border for the life of the structure.
What makes the panel able to withstand concentrated fire is the fact that once the aluminium framing melts on the fire side of the wall, the mortar, fire resistant expansion wool and specific positioning of steel reinforcement thoughout the mortar joints and in the frame cavity stays in place and keeps the fire at bay.
We recommend against Do It Yourself options for fire rated panels, whoever builds the panel will be required to certify that it complies with the CSIRO’s letter of opinion which has assessed the very specific criteria that they accept as suitable for the Fire Resistant Levels associated with the building industry.
We specialise in this type of construction and are happy to advise on your project requirements.
The frame sections below can be used in a similar fashion to the corresponding ones above provided that they have a solid backing behind the frame, please contact us for more information on this or other points.
FITS ANYWHERE FIRE FRAME SECTION
with both Cover Angle & Flashing Fin
FITS ANYWHERE FIRE FRAME
SECTION
with No Fins
FITS ANYWHERE FIRE FRAME
SECTION
with
Flashing and Fixing Strip
FITS ANYWHERE FIRE FRAME
SECTION
with Cover Angle
Opening Glass Brick Window Frame
FITS ANYWHERE FRAME SILL SECTION Inverted double framing creates an
Opening Glass Block Window Frame
The lower section forms the fixed sill section with the cover angle becoming the weather proof barrier preventing water from entering the building. The upper section forms the base of the awning window housing the glass bricks and opening out at the bottom (hinged at the top). Weather seal strips fit in the groove of the cover angle keeping out wind and water.