Knock on Glass

Last week I wrote about the new digital USGlass and the tremendous response it's received since it's launch. If you'd like to see for yourself what it's all about you can click here to see it: http://www.usglass-digital.com/usglass/200709/



And in other news this week ... laminated glass. We all now it's a hot product these days, and with the codes demanding in more and more areas, I'm sure we can expect to see more in the future.

I spoke with a few window manufacturers recently who talked about how not too long ago they chose to start making their own laminated glass. It's nothing out of the ordinary for a window manufacturer to make it's own IG; that's been happening for good, long while. But laminated glass? Could it be a new trend for the fenestration industry? We'll have to wait and see.

Whether it comes from a glass company or a window company, laminated glass is an interesting product, I think. We always think about being mainly for hurricanes ... and sure, we in the industry know that it has been other benefits, but hurricane-resistance often comes to mind first.

I told someone once that laminated glass could even be used in sound control applications. Astonished, he didn't quite get what I was saying. So I used the airport example ... jet engines ... loud noise ... lots of glass in the terminal. Yet you don't ever really hear the sounds of the planes ... amazed, he was.

Greg Carney with GANA once told me you could knock on the glass and tell whether it was laminated. That was almost 4 years ago and I'm still knocking on glass whenever I can.