London builders: bathroom, apartment glass ideas. Part one.

Glass partitions? If you consider this to be somethingbecomes lighter and looks not as a long dark room, but
featureless and office-like, you still know very littleas part of the system of connected vessels. The
about ability of glass to create warmth and comfort!same effect can be achieved by building the
Today you will hardly be surprised by the panoramictransparent partition between the tiny anteroom and
glazing - the megalopolis residents are accustomedsole dwelling room: if necessary, apartments can be
that the apartment can have one or even few fullyvisually insulated by Roman shades or screen. Unlike
transparent external walls. Architects successfully useordinary glass, glass blocks are less transparent and a
glass in the interior of municipal housing and achievelittle distort the image, making it less evident and
shocking results.mysteriously diffusing it. Therefore, even if you do not
Glass partitions are often used: in shopping and officedecorate the wall from transparent bricks at all, you do
centers, fitness clubs, private interior. And no wonder! Innot feel yourself as in an aquarium.
fact, glass is ideally suitable for partitioning ofModern glass blocks can be mat, coloured and
apartments.grooved. Nowadays designer salons also offer glass
You divide apartment space according to your desire.bricks, on the surface of which the picture from the
As a result, you obtain a functional and comfortablesmallest coloured glass bubbles is formed. Such glass
area. Daylight comes freely and makes rooms brighter.blocks can be elements for whole pictures with
Furniture from stainless steel well underlines modernlandscapes, abstract pictures, images of animals or
design of apartments. One of main features of glassbirds and even portraits. A particular type of glass
partitions is safety. Their composition includes 10 mmblocks is blocks that imitate the structure of the natural
hard-tempered glass. Tempering allows increasingstone (for example, marble, malachite, granite, agate),
durability of glass by 5-7 times and makes it safe afterlinen or jean fabric, mica, sun glints on water. The
breakage - glass scatters into small pieces. Usage ofrecent novelty of the market is glass blocks from the
the high-impact film forms the "triplex effect" - glass"baked" coloured glass. In fact, every block is a
fragments remain on the film.multicoloured stained glass, which changes depending
Strictly speaking, glass blocks are actively used as theon the time of day and illumination. Though the process
fully-featured construction material for a long time.of manufacturing of such glass blocks is very
Modern glass blocks did not loose their excellentcomplicated and costly.
technical properties (durability, fire and moistureIt is possible to build single-colour and mosaic walls
resistance, unique heat and sound insulation), but alsofrom coloured glass blocks. Meanwhile producers offer
became beautiful. And today only few interior"bricks" of various tinctures - from pale-beige and
designers do not include at least few glass "bricks".greenish to brightly-orange, cornflower blue, navy blue
Transparent walls are appropriate both to housing withand violet. Clearly, such bright tones practically fully hide
large area and to a small apartment. Nowadays glasseverything that takes place on the other side of the
blocks are used for decoration of ceilings, floors andglass wall, however, at the same time such partitions
stairs (sometimes even stages), for enclosure ofadmit natural light and in darkness look like the magic
winter gardens, for construction of columns, partitions. Iflantern due to illumination.
to glaze, for example, part of narrow corridor, it