Inside Window Question

[Ezzie]

I'm getting ready to frame the interior walls for my new shop and want to put some windows in between the wash bay area and the office/lounge. I am looking for ideas for framing in some non-operating windows (single pane, double pane thermal??). The building will have radiant floor heating but could see an air temperature differential of 25-30 degrees F. Are there certain standard sizes available such as 3' x 4' or something??

 

[timgr]

Yes, there are standard windows. The cheapest will be what they have in stock at the big box stores. I replaced the tiny fixed window in my garage with a Pella 3'x4' slider from Lowes for ca $125 IIRC. Not sure they'll have big fixed windows in stock, but you should be able to buy any standard window with a couple weeks lead time. Fixed windows should be the cheapest style.

 

[Ezzie]

Thanks timgr - I'll check at the local HD or Lowes for standard sizes. I don't need any frames or anything, I'm just after the glass. The wall framing will be the window frame - just planning on lining the outside (wet side) with some puckboard and caulking then using some quarter round molding on the inside to hold the glass in place.

 

[trovato]

If you are really looking for just glass, without any frame of any type, you're not really looking to buy a window. I think in that case you need to find a local glass supply house. For single pane, they'll just cut you a piece any size you want. If you want you can also use a piece of plastic, which you will find available at your local HD.

 

[kbs2244]

That same local glass shop may have some measureing mistake double panes lying in a back corner.
They have to buy them and bad specs happen a lot.

 

[Ezzie]

That same local glass shop may have some measureing mistake double panes lying in a back corner.
They have to buy them and bad specs happen a lot.

Excellent suggestion!!! I called a local glass shop and indeed, they do have double glazed sealed units that are leftovers from a major job they recently did - some sort of retail store chain job they had. They want to unload them for 1/2 price (about $150 ea. for 4' x 5' tinted units).

 

[boiler7904]

I'd get a frame for them, preferably not wood. The splashing water in a wash bay will rot a wood frame that isn't probably caulked, painted, and maintained. Using the wall framing is a bad idea for the same reason. I'd see if your glass shop has whole (frame and glazing) units that you can get cheap.

 

[Ezzie]

I'm thinking of lining the walls of the wash bay with 4' x 8' sheets of 1/4" puckboard and using cutoff strips to do the window sills and caulking to seal where it meets the glass. "Puckboard" is HDPE (high-density polyethelyne) sheeting commonly used in ice hockey arenas, pig barns, horse stalls, etc. - tough stuff but expensive - about $70/sheet.

http://www.systemfence.com/pages/catalogue/barn_solutions/FRP - Puckboard.pdf

 

[boiler7904]

I'm thinking of lining the walls of the wash bay with 4' x 8' sheets of 1/4" puckboard and using cutoff strips to do the window sills and caulking to seal where it meets the glass. "Puckboard" is HDPE (high-density polyethelyne) sheeting commonly used in ice hockey arenas, pig barns, horse stalls, etc. - tough stuff but expensive - about $70/sheet.

http://www.systemfence.com/pages/catalogue/barn_solutions/FRP - Puckboard.pdf

Looks interesting. Leave it to a Canadian to line their garage with the same stuff they use in ice hockey rinks.