<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=windows-1252"><base href="x-msg://1179/"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div> Yes, those panels were scrounged. The more time elapses between seal failure and disassembly, the more surface fog on the inside glass surfaces. I took to scrubbing the oldest glass with steel wool and Bon Ami! My favorite size is 34" x 76" x 1/8". I can't imagine that acrylic would handle that span.</div> When the first version of my entry cover came down, it was 2 bushels of little glass cubes.<div>You can cut yourself with those, but you have to work at it.</div><div><br><div apple-content-edited="true">
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-webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Clarke Olsen<br><a href="http://clarkeolsendesign.com">clarkeolsendesign.com</a><br>373 route 203<br>Spencertown, NY 12165 <br>USA<br>518-392-4640<br>colsen@taconic.net<br><br><br><br></div></span></div></span></div></span></div></span></div></span></div></span></div></span></span>
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<br><div><div>On Jan 14, 2014, at 11:42 AM, "John Salmen" <<a href="mailto:terrain@shaw.ca">terrain@shaw.ca</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div lang="EN-CA" link="blue" vlink="purple" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div class="WordSection1" style="page: WordSection1; "><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">Plastic doesn’t last unless its acrylic panels which are very expensive and plastichy – I worry about non laminated glass as tempered can still cut<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "> </span></div><div style="border-style: solid none none; border-top-width: 1pt; border-top-color: rgb(181, 196, 223); padding: 3pt 0cm 0cm; position: static; z-index: auto; "><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; ">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; "><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Greenbuilding [mailto:greenbuilding-<a href="mailto:bounces@lists.bioenergylists.org">bounces@lists.bioenergylists.org</a>]<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b>On Behalf Of<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>Reuben Deumling<br><b>Sent:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>January-14-14 8:15 AM<br><b>To:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Green Building<br><b>Subject:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Re: [Greenbuilding] glass panels as porch roof?<o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><o:p> </o:p></div><div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; ">I got it and enjoyed it very much. Rob's point against using plas-tecccccch is giving me fits. I prefer non-plaste-ccccch materials too, but in this instance figured it would be a handy short cut (lighter, easier to fasten, consistent across the full length (5 equal patio doors... could probably work I haven't looked carefully yet). Clarke, did you scrounge those doors? Can we see more of the timber-frame joinery?<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br><br>Thanks to all who responded. I'm trying not to use plas-tecchhhhh.<o:p></o:p></div></div></div>_______________________________________________<br>Greenbuilding mailing list<br>to Send a Message to the list, use the email address<br><a href="mailto:Greenbuilding@bioenergylists.org">Greenbuilding@bioenergylists.org</a><br><br>to UNSUBSCRIBE or Change your List Settings use the web page<br>http://lists.bioenergylists.org/mailman/listinfo/greenbuilding_lists.bioenergylists.org</div></blockquote></div><br></div></body></html>