Steel Framing
Posted: Thu Jun 27, 2019 3:22 pm
Hi Loach-y-Folk,
I don't see people using steel support/reinforcement framing around their tank seams/sides, only glass. Is there a reason?
I ask as we're putting an in-wall build into our farmhouse renno; I'm thinking to reduce my glass cost by doing the framing in 1.5" angle-iron on top (pinned back to wall) & on the bottom (rebar'ed into the concrete bottom), then setting the glass and finally finishing the frame with angle iron screwed & cemented into the side walls. Any thoughts?
I am thinking seal the steel-float cement walls/bottom and any wet-side steel with WestSystem 105 Epoxy, as I've got plenty at-hand (the wonders of owning a vintage Boston Whaler)- any thoughts on that? Should I just spring for PondArmour?
The wall gap we're filling is 7'10" x 17~18" to an 8' ceiling. Assuming perfect rigidity of the frame, how high can I go with 0.5" glass?
Half-inch is the thickets that is regularly imported; annoyingly this is only cheap green glass, so suggestions on colour-shift lighting would be helpful, also. If 1/2 won't get enough height and I have to do the shipping myself, I may opt for low-iron or acrylic. Money is certainly a consideration, but so is "I'll only do this once"
Yes, I've asked about this at MFK. Some very helpful inputs, but I'm still sniffing...
Droid.
I don't see people using steel support/reinforcement framing around their tank seams/sides, only glass. Is there a reason?
I ask as we're putting an in-wall build into our farmhouse renno; I'm thinking to reduce my glass cost by doing the framing in 1.5" angle-iron on top (pinned back to wall) & on the bottom (rebar'ed into the concrete bottom), then setting the glass and finally finishing the frame with angle iron screwed & cemented into the side walls. Any thoughts?
I am thinking seal the steel-float cement walls/bottom and any wet-side steel with WestSystem 105 Epoxy, as I've got plenty at-hand (the wonders of owning a vintage Boston Whaler)- any thoughts on that? Should I just spring for PondArmour?
The wall gap we're filling is 7'10" x 17~18" to an 8' ceiling. Assuming perfect rigidity of the frame, how high can I go with 0.5" glass?
Half-inch is the thickets that is regularly imported; annoyingly this is only cheap green glass, so suggestions on colour-shift lighting would be helpful, also. If 1/2 won't get enough height and I have to do the shipping myself, I may opt for low-iron or acrylic. Money is certainly a consideration, but so is "I'll only do this once"
Yes, I've asked about this at MFK. Some very helpful inputs, but I'm still sniffing...
Droid.