The GeWalt glass curtain is a safe glass curtain system for residential and commercial spaces. The panels come with UV protection, which is what makes them work on a balcony or a bedroom facade in Malaysian sun, and the view improves rather than being traded away.
What is a glass curtain wall
Glass curtain walls are lightweight, easy to install and quick to assemble. The main structure is aluminium framing carrying the glass panes, and it is more capable than it looks: light material handles strong winds without cracking under pressure or losing its shape. On taller buildings, steel is sometimes added to the framing so that high winds cannot carry loads down onto the floors below.
Curtain walling is everywhere once you start noticing it. It is usually one part of a whole envelope system, doing the job siding does in insulating the building against outside temperature changes. Plenty of modern homes now use glass curtains inside as well.
Why choose glass curtains
Glass panels can partition areas throughout a building. You do not need drywall, because glass insulates well on its own without any added insulation material, and you keep the view.
Easy maintenance
Glass windows and curtains are easy to clean. Rather than scrubbing, you wipe them down, and vinegar and water handles most of it. There is also no expensive weather-stripping to maintain, because the panels themselves provide the insulation that keeps heating and cooling costs down.
A modern, neat look
Glass reads sleeker than drywall. A glass curtain wall gives a home or office a contemporary edge that a regular drywall partition cannot, and it does it without adding visual bulk to the room.
Protection from weather
The panels insulate against extreme heat and cold alike, so the glass curtain wall keeps you and the property comfortable through the range of conditions. And because glass curtains weigh far less than heavy drywall, they are a better answer for the building as well as for the running costs.
Less outside noise
Soundproof glass curtains block outside noise well. Glass absorbs no sound energy, unlike drywall, so a glass curtain wall keeps city traffic and loud neighbours out of the room behind it.
Where it fits
On a balcony, a glass curtain is the full enclosure: floor to soffit, panels that slide and fold aside on a clear evening and close against the rain. If you only need a balustrade at handrail height, that is a glass balcony railing or a glass railing instead. If the opening is a wall between two rooms rather than an external face, look at folding glass doors.
