How To Aggressively Reinforce A Window-Mar 2007

We try to encourage designs that are not only beautiful, but practical as well. Occasionally a client wants something that challenges us and we need to add additional reinforcing to strengthen the window. You may find yourself in a similar situation with a need to provide extra heavy reinforcement in just a line or two because the design just doesn't allow you to add lots of multiple lines of reinforcement. You may wan to try the following method to provide adequate reinforcement.

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August-Reinforcing A Large Panel

We recommend that windows which exceed 3' by 4' in size be reinforced to prevent breakage. If a window is 3' by 3', it might not need to be reinforced, that's usually a judgment call based on where it is to be installed.

In the old days, when a panel was large and needed to be reinforced, artists actually installed big pieces of rebar, no kidding rebar, in window frames and wired the stained glass to the rebar. This was an effective method of reinforcement, but it was far from attractive.

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