Thermosash Alpha Glazing System - capped, skylight & atrium glazing bar systems. This design style of overhead glazing employs an aluminium extrusion that encapsulates a minimum of two edges that are then connected back to the primary structure.
The Thermosash Alpha Glazing Suite can be used externally for canopies or internally for skylights as a sophisticated and high performance solution for all high-end sloped glazing applications. The system also offers an economical solution for factories, warehouses, hangers and grandstands.
Engineering
Due to potential exposure to high wind, seismic, snow, and live loads etc, it is necessary for these types of systems to be specifically designed and engineered. The sophistication required of products used in overhead glazing can often be overlooked; special design features are required to cope with and overcome considerably higher water loadings, heat gain or loss (which introduces condensation) and in particular the risk associated with accommodating costly higher specification products (e.g. high performance laminated and insulated glass units) without compromising their product warranties. Innovation and providing custom specific design solutions has always been the foundation on which Thermosash has developed its suites. Our growth has been influenced by constant research and development and being aware of overseas trends.
Overhead glazing configurations include:
Section Sizes: range of 55mm - 80mm
Low-Carbon Aluminium
Thermosash partners with a local NZ-owned extruder achieving a lower carbon footprint than the global average - offering reduced upfront carbon emissions. (find out more about our Sustainable Aluminium).
Thermosash manufacture all of our own façade components in New Zealand, and primarily source materials were available from the New Zealand market to reduce transport distances and emissions from freight. We recycle 100% of all our metal waste.
Wellington
Warren & Mahoney - In association with Studio Pacific Architecture
Mainzeal
2010