Having just read about "float glass" on wiki, it says "modern windows are made from float glass". With the exception of our corner window (waiting for the concrete floor to be completed), we replaced every door/window with double and insulated tempered glass. I don't recall seeing any "waves" so I am assuming (and hoping) that float glass was used without direct specification, or at least I'm crossing my fingers. I'll make sure I question the glass makers when the corner glass (will be tempered as well) is cut.
When we lived in our former apprentice house with french doors to the back deck, my son then aged 4 years old, attempted to let the dog out by pushing the glass instead of the frame and much to our horror the non tempered glass shattered into sharp shards. Luckily neither my son nor our dog was injured, but the fear of what might have transpired alerted us to the danger and immediately replaced the glass at the level of reach to tempered glass.
Goetsch-Winckler Homeowner happy to answer your questions
A few little waves in some glass for the Gunning residence wouldn't be so amiss, methinks. It could even lend an air of age to your special old house ?
I apologize to Audrey for sidetracking this thread into a discussion of modern high-rise reflective glass, etc etc. I guess the photos of Goetsch-Winckler's nice flat glass (and the permanent consistency of the supporting structure and sash) giving a gratifying mirror view of the surroundings -- to use Wright's term -- started us down that road.
For the record, this is the sorry effect I was focused on. No relationship to any residential glazing I'm aware of !
. . . though, come to think of it, I once observed a 200-year old Massachusetts house, from a considerable distance, with the setting sun at my back making reflections the color of those in the photo here, and I noticed after a minute that the reflected light revealed that all the panes were convex, as they appear in the above photo. I wondered if the glass had been flat when installed, and had crept (as glass is said to do) under a continuously higher atmospheric pressure inside the heated house. Or had the careful glazier long ago made sure that his imperfectly-made panes were all oriented the same way . . .
SDR
I apologize to Audrey for sidetracking this thread into a discussion of modern high-rise reflective glass, etc etc. I guess the photos of Goetsch-Winckler's nice flat glass (and the permanent consistency of the supporting structure and sash) giving a gratifying mirror view of the surroundings -- to use Wright's term -- started us down that road.
For the record, this is the sorry effect I was focused on. No relationship to any residential glazing I'm aware of !
. . . though, come to think of it, I once observed a 200-year old Massachusetts house, from a considerable distance, with the setting sun at my back making reflections the color of those in the photo here, and I noticed after a minute that the reflected light revealed that all the panes were convex, as they appear in the above photo. I wondered if the glass had been flat when installed, and had crept (as glass is said to do) under a continuously higher atmospheric pressure inside the heated house. Or had the careful glazier long ago made sure that his imperfectly-made panes were all oriented the same way . . .
SDR