What are the benefits of using glass bricks?

Glass bricks are alternatives totraditional bricksmade of clay. They have aesthetic appeal and many more benefits, and they can be manufactured in a range of colours, sizes and then installed in interesting patterns in a similar way to tiles.

What are the benefits of using glass bricks?

  • Energy saving - glass bricks are energy-saving building material because they are vacuum sealed individually, which gives glass bricks higher insulation value that double glazed glass.
  • Aesthetic benefits - Glass bricks use light in an interesting way, by allowing it through the brick while refracting and/or reflecting the light. You can also see out of the glass bricks but you still have your privacy.
  • Safety benefits - Some glass bricks are Fire Rates and all are structurally stable and resistant to weather. Glass bricks are also a good protection against crime.

Some houses have taken to using glass bricks to create a 'feature wall' or 'feature window', especially to increase the light in a dark but exposed room. Glass bricks are also used for internal walls and retaining walls in the garden.

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