hi,

need some advise here.... my new house has an air well which i would like to convert into an indoor garden on the ground floor... plan to put an foldable / zig-zag glass door there...

as for the 1st floor, i am still thinking of what to do, putting a whole glass of tempered glass to cover it looks nice but i wish to open it some time to have better air circulation. but then, to put window there feel like ugly... sigh.... anybody got any suggestion?

thank you in advance...


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What about this :-
http://gdhuarun.en.made-in-china.com/produ...e-HR2100A-.html

wow... i like this... any shop doing it?

I just found this out from the net. (googling)

I do not think anyone is doing this.

You can try your luck with companies that supply shower doors/screen.

Another option is that you discuss with the glass suppliers and buy the hinges directly online.

If you really go for this, I hope you can share the result.

Good Luck.

Those shops supplying the frame-less tempered glass shower enclosure should be able to do that. Their door are swing type. e.g
HERE,
HERE,
HERE

As for frame less folding doors, you may have to check with them.


Correction: If seems that

They have folding door

This post has been edited by kelvyn: Sep 10 2011, 02:14 PM

put the tempered glass on to a sliding autogate-style thing so u can open and close it easily?

seems like a good idea but the height is around 7 feet... it is very high and i am not sure if it will looks nice. not only that, the opening of the indoor garden + air well at the ground floor is around 10ft height.. huh... foldable door also might looks funny... sigh... still cracking my head on how to do it...

do a mixture....

bottom glass, top put aluminum "sun-shading" thinggy.. ?

nice feature u have there actually, is it opened to the sky? have something visual like timber louver screens if possible with high bamboo-type plants.

do you mean something like this?

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This post has been edited by finestq: Sep 13 2011, 01:43 PM


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Wow.. thats nice. CAn plant some creepers on the wall & it becomes a green feature thro the louvers.

your house is quite interesting...usually air well is covered with blocks coz to prevent water splash when raining....yours is open....what type of house is this?

ya... this house is a semi-d... besides air well, the person who built this house want it to be an indoor garden as well... the whole house is a bit different from the conventional design with different corners...

I suggest you put a polycarbonate roof.
1st floor just leave it as it is.
Ground floor you can either put a frameless laminated tempered glass with door or just leave it like this.

this is neat - i like it. i dont know about your budget what i would like to do with it is this:

1. close the top with a tempered glass plate rised maybe 1/2 foot stuck on stainless steel bolts; plate should ideally have slanted sides to prevent rain from pushing its way in though.

2. for the first floor i would close the side facing the door with a tinted or milky glass panel (frameless if possible) and closing the other side with a sliding door (50:50 space separation)

3. ground floor i would also opt for a sliding frameless glass solution (clear). folding looks like it provides too many trouble parts.

sliding doors i would use a hanging system with a seal so you can really close the area if you want to but you can still open it when required. shower screen ppl should be your friends. just make sure you get small door knobs and not the horrid rails.

reason: good light inflow like this, retain option to create ventilation where and when required, hot air can escape through top, oxygen gets in. you can enjoy the green from ground and first floor (i.e. grow some wall climbing plants).

thanks for your suggestions... but what do you mean by 'close the top with a tempered glass plate rised maybe 1/2 foot stuck on stainless steel bolts; plate should ideally have slanted sides to prevent rain from pushing its way in though.'? do you mean to cover the air well?