Along with 1980s neon manicures and vintage ’90s blazers, glass blocks are making a comeback thanks in part to a new fan base on social media. One Instagram reel showcasing several types of the ...

Also, while blocks of both materials can be used to build partitions, the weight of glass blocks in substantial quantities can require reinforcement of the floor. That’s much less likely with ...

Glass blocks used to be such a pain. Though they don’t absorb mortar like bricks, glass blocks used to be installed in much the same way, stacked with messy mortar. If you piled a wall too high ...

The material joins other eco-friendly glass bricks including those made from discarded glass and recycling waste ash, as well as a set of highly insulating glass blocks made from aerogels.

Post-war builders embraced many modern techniques, designs and materials, some first used for commercial purposes. Glass block walls, which were first used in factories, had the virtue of letting ...

Complete clear glass block joint kits use clear silicone instead of mortar between the blocks. ... Insert packing material in these gaps and finish with trim. More James Dulley.

A new window material, however, blocks incoming heat while staying mostly transparent. ... Glass NATURALLY blocks/reflects infrared wavelengths - it’s how greenhouses work.

There’s a new building block in town, and it generates its own clean energy. Researchers from Exeter University developed new glass blocks that are embedded with small solar cells. Not only do ...

Dear Jim: My house needs more efficient windows. I live alone, so I am considering some glass block windows for security. Are they very efficient, and how can I have some summertime ventilation wit… ...

Glass city. Pittsburgh boomed as a city of steel. But before there was steel, there was glass — Western Pennsylvania was the center of the U.S. glass industry for about 110 years, from the 1840s ...