Silent admiration for the glass floor with LED backlight can be compared to the state of a savage who first saw a bright glass. The shock condition will gradually pass when you feel that under your feet a construction structure called "glass floor".
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Crystal dawn of a glass floor
A little time has passed since the first timid glass floors with illumination began to appear. Initially, glass floors were installed in respectable restaurants and clubs to surprise visitors to new-fangled nightlife.
Indeed, an expressive and attractive glass dance floor with illumination caused aroused admiration after a drunk glass of champagne. Therefore, returning long after midnight home from the entertainment institution, secret jealousy did not allow to fall asleep until morning. "The glass floor ??? !!! Is it impossible in everyday life, delicacies or a practical and stylish interior? "- it was such an annoying thought that tormented the inflamed imagination.
A normal phenomenon among people who seek to comfortably arrange an apartment, in the light of glass solutions. Therefore, it is necessary to arm yourself with the acquired knowledge when creating glass floors with LED backlighting and to equip this type of floor in your apartment.
What is the glass floor
Agree that the main purpose of the glass floor with illumination is, above all, a stylish image element, immediately attracting attention.
Therefore, it is no accident that a glass floor with illumination is installed in places that accentuate the status and appearance of the room. Restaurants and clubs, country cottages, reception area in the hotel and office of the company all these objects justify the installation of the floor with lighting. But will there be justified the appearance of a glass floor with a backlight, the price of which is high enough in your small apartment? The question is appropriate, because a large-scale glass canvas, illuminated from the inside, in the middle of a small room is puzzling.
What is the design of a glass floor?
Structurally, the glass floor consists of the following elements:
• supporting structure
• glass cloth.
The supporting structure of the floor is made of stainless steel, wood, concrete, metal supports, and also winning combinations of these materials.
On the erected foundation a power structure is attached, which has an impressive weight. Therefore, anchor bolts made of high-grade steel with an anticorrosive coating are used for fastening.
After the foundation - the foundation for it will be laid slabs of special glass. Therefore, glass plates or linen are an obligatory element. The space under glass can be filled with any attractive material or decor elements. The most widespread in the quality of registration of such space was the LED lighting (light drawing).
The perimeter of the glass floor to be created is framed by a steel frame, then the structure is removed by fixing holes for the side surfaces of the niches. The glass base or plates are laid on the frame, using cushioning gaskets, which are both insulating.
On the photo of a glass floor with a backlight it is almost impossible to find signs of fastening. Glass for the floor is selected for reasons of minimum preparation (cutting) and the possibility of installing the lighting from the inside.
Glass for floor
Fragile at first glance, the glass for the floor is actually reliable, because it is made of extremely durable glass - triplex and float. The average standard glass floor is able to withstand a load of 300 kg / m2.
The structure of this glass is multi-layered and can consist of a different number of layers. To impart special strength between the layers, a film is rolled up, the structure "fixed" in a high-temperature furnace. When installing a glass floor, it is advisable to take into account the degree of expected load. Polymer resin and a film between the layers of glass can make the glass for the floor resistant to shocks and other surprises. To create glass floors, glass inserts in the floor and floors, triplex is used up to 40 mm thick.
Dimensions of the glass floor
The floor dimensions of glass can be significant and modest. Therefore it is necessary to distinguish:
• Glass field
• glass path
• niche in the floor
• Interfloor overlap.
Glass field distinguish the scale dimensions (up to 3000x3000 mm). As well as it is necessary to a field, this site demands the grandiose approach, pudovogo the concrete basis and a considerable quantity of "seed material". The glass is installed above the concrete base at any height. The glass field is the envy of your neighbors!
Glass path looks more modest and represents a ribbon floor. Such glass niches, mounted in most cases around the perimeter of the room, look great with LED backlighting.
Glass niche in the floor is an opening of the desired height, along the perimeter of which is mounted a frame of stainless steel. The glass plate is laid on top, and the interior space is filled with decorative material.
Intermediate glass ceiling is a through hole in the floor, which separates the two floors. This overlapping serves both as a ceiling and as a floor. The spectacular appearance of the glass sheet creates an excellent illumination of the premises that have fallen into the zone of attention.
Types of glass floors
There are the following types of glass floors:
• "a drop"
• "floor ceiling"
• "dry aquarium".
Glass floor "drop", as a rule, has small dimensions and is created from a single element of triplex glass. This means that for your "drop" is perfectly suited LED lighting, as well as applying a decorative design that will make the bathroom, pool or hallway emotional "bomb".
Glass floor type "floor - ceiling" is able, with its skilful organization, to solve two or even three problems: the design of the floor, ceiling, and the creation of a common unique interior boring and dusty room. Looking at the floor, you can see the reflected ceiling or vice versa.
Glass floor "dry aquarium" is an unrealized childhood dream, finally embodied in reality. This, if you want, the aquarium, terrarium and seabed combined. The design of the "dry aquarium" has several transparent walls.
The bottom of the aquarium is carefully decorated with pebbles, shells, ornate crochets and other delights of the seabed and its inhabitants. A floor of this type is a godsend for a designer. The question remains for the following: "How to make a glass floor with LED illumination with your own hands."
Making a glass floor with your own hands
The size and shape of the glass floor is not limited to anything, except, of course, the cost of building and decorating the floor in the apartment. According to the grandiosity of plans, the following sizes of glass floor are distinguished: linens and niches.
The technology of the installation of a floor of a cloth of considerable sizes and a small niche is identical:
• the foundation is initially created and strengthened
• fasteners for glass linen are installed
• lighting is installed
• interior filling is decorated
• Install and fasten the glass base.
Analyzing the possibility of sex apartments, create a niche in the floor. Now such a niche requires filling. By the way, it is recommended to make the top layer easily removable (covering) for the possibility of replacing only a part of the structure as it wears out.
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