The different uses of glass in home design
Glass has become an essential element for home building. Most home designers are now designing homes to use glass in various areas of the home. Glass is a very versatile material and the extent of its use in your home will depend on your imagination. Indeed, you can use glass both for inside and outside designs. Outside your house, you can use glass balustrades to wall in balconies, for decking and pool fencing. Glass balustrades allow you to enjoy an uninterrupted view of your surroundings. Balustrades are also useful for wind protection. For privacy, you can choose balustrades that come in dark tints.
Glass is replacing bricks and tiles in the bathrooms. If you want a bathroom vanity with a contemporary look, glass is the right material to use. You can choose vanities from a wider range of designs and colours, including opaque glass. Glass is also used for making shower screens, which gives your shower a clean and modern look and a feeling of increased space. When you use the right cleaning material to clean your bathroom glass, your bathroom will always get a clean and almost sanitised look after every cleaning session.
Glass now features as part of most home furniture and can give a sleek look to rooms within your home. There’s a wide selection of glass products to choose for garden table tops, dining tables, benches and even mantelpieces. You can even choose different colours to add more style and variety to a room. You can also choose the right glass for decoration. Different patterns, textures, frosting and finishes allow glass to be used in different areas of the home as a decorative element. Glass with a mirror finish can serve to give the illusion of a bigger room.
Glass now plays an integral role for increasing energy efficiency in the home. Most homes gain and lose heat through the windows. A home with ordinary windows therefore consumes a lot of energy for heating and cooling. Energy-efficient glass windows will reduce heat gain or loss through windows, keeping your home cool on hot days and warm on cold days. Investing in energy efficient windows will therefore save you money.
An even more interesting area for glass use is in safety. If your home is in a high risk area, you can use glass to protect your house from bush fires. The glass used for this purpose has been thoroughly tested and will protect the interior of your home against heat and flaming embers. Glass that has been built to the right specifications is also strong enough to protect against storms. As it can withstand extremely high pressure, when used in homes in cyclone-prone areas, it will protect against flying debris. There are even more ways of using glass than those mentioned above. Be it plain glass or stained glass, you will always find great ways of bringing your home alive with glass.
