Winter garden: glass cover
Glass covering is as important as construction systems and choice of materials. Glass covering of the winter garden is made from insulated glazing units: here architects and customers have wide enough choice of quality of the glass and decorative furnish. Some may be please with metal inserts or even stained-glass window.
Today two materials are used for glazing of roofs: glass and polycarbonate. In a case of glass roof, triplex is made in addition - two glasses are put together by means of a special tape that allows glass to be stronger, and at the moment of a strong blow not be broken into small splinters.
Polycarbonate doesn’t require such security measures, as its resilience allows it to push away subjects which can fall to a roof during a strong wind or hurricane. The incline of the glazed roofing part, as practice has shown, should make not less than 20 degrees - at a smaller incline removal of water and snow from a roof becomes complicated; besides greater steepness gives more free-of-charge solar energy received by light demanders and heat-loving plants during winter time when the sun is low above a skyline. The frame of a winter garden should be strong enough to maintain the weight of the glass. Besides it should have good heat-insulated properties and be simple in maintenance.