| Do you have a weakness for the beauty of glass | | | | well worth the money! Put one of these plastic |
| block? | | | | spacers at the top joint where two blocks join. This is |
| Maybe you're like me - I like the old standbys (my | | | | how you make your undertaking look professional, |
| grandma's farmhouse had glass block windows), but I | | | | because you can regularly space your blocks. Mortar |
| really adore the hottest updates, the showers made | | | | on top of the plastic spacer pieces. |
| with glass block, the cool room dividers, and now the | | | | Pack in the mortar connecting your blocks. You want |
| furniture innovations. | | | | this to be filled in totally. (If you're making a window, the |
| In the old days, it would take a brick mason to put in | | | | mortar is what will keep any breeze from blowing in |
| the block. Installation blocks was completed like laying | | | | between the blocks.) Insert another row of block and |
| bricks, and no one had the nerve to try it on his own. | | | | spacer parts once you've positioned mortar on the top |
| Times have changed! If you like to "do-it-yourself", you | | | | of the last row. |
| can achieve this! | | | | When you've completed your block rows and the |
| Nowadays, glass manufacturers have made installation | | | | mortar has started to set up, moisten your sponge and |
| reasonable for many individuals. If you can read, have | | | | by means of a circular movement, wash the extra |
| the capability to do easy math, and can follow | | | | mortar off the blocks. Rinse the sponge quite a lot of |
| directions, you will be able to make the window, | | | | times. Make sure to pass on top of the mortar |
| shower, or other glass block innovation your friends will | | | | connecting your blocks, you'll see the mortar begin to |
| be envious of! | | | | flatten out. |
| Make sure to have your equipment at hand: pan or | | | | After an hour or so, take off the plastic spacer parts |
| bucket for your mortar, trowel, level, a fat sponge, and | | | | by spinning them on a circular movement until they |
| a few odds and ends including tape measure and tin | | | | break off. There will be some haze left on the blocks, |
| snips. You can get the starter strips from the | | | | take a dry cloth (old cloth infant diapers do agreeably) |
| manufacturer, it's a plastic panel the width of your | | | | and wipe off any left over film. The next day, if you |
| chosen block size. Cut to fit with your tin snips. fit the | | | | want, you can also add some silicone sealant around |
| glass block inside the starter panel, right up against the | | | | the outer edges of your block window to shut out the |
| inside edge. There is no requirement to insert mortar | | | | weather conditions. |
| beneath the block, the panel is designed to hold it firmly | | | | Glass block windows are by and large free of |
| without mortar. | | | | everyday upkeep, which is one of their appeals. Clean |
| You can also buy plastic pieces that are intended to | | | | them as needed, but otherwise regular repairs is |
| uniformly space your block. They are low-priced and | | | | typically needless. |