IQ Glass Solutions LTD, Sky House, Raans Road, Amersham, HP6 6FT
Specification
Structural Glass
Triple Glazed Structural Glass
Underwater Windows
To create beautiful, glass ends to your swimming pool that allow clear views and natural light to flow through the space, opt for structural glass panels.
These unique glass panels grant views from both inside and outside of your swimming pool, becoming a truly standout design feature. From the outside, the innovative design reveals clear underwater views. When swimming, uninterrupted views of the surrounding environment speak for themselves.
The glass edges and fixing details are hidden in the swimming pool structure, allowing for a frameless design or floating window effect.
The CAD Details for the Invisio System are available to download here.
Submerged Viewing Panels
IQ work closely with architects on the positioning of the glass edges, carefully positioning the glass to provide a view into the pool from the inside of a home.
Used to create or replace part of the pool side, natural light flows into the swimming pool as well as the property. This method of design gives a visual impression of no wall at all, simply revealing vertical edges to the water.
This method creates incredible views of swimmers, part submerged in the water, for fantastic photography opportunities.
Glass-Walled Swimming Pools
Structural Glass Pool Walls
Structural glass can be used to replace sections of a swimming pool wall, creating a transparent edge that forms part of the pool itself.
Each pool is individually designed, with the glazing specified around the required size, position and configuration. This allows the glass to be integrated into the pool design while achieving the desired views and architectural finish.
By introducing glass into the sides or ends of a swimming pool, large sections of the pool can become visually open. This creates clear views through the water and allows the pool to connect more closely with the surrounding spaces.
Underwater Glass Pool Walls
Structural glass can also be positioned within the side of a swimming pool to create views between the water and the surrounding spaces.
Rather than simply installing a conventional window beside a pool, the glass can form part of the pool's retaining edge. This creates a direct visual connection between the water and the architecture, allowing swimmers and occupants of adjoining spaces to see through the pool wall.
The position, size and orientation of the glazing can be carefully considered during the design stage to frame views of swimmers, surrounding landscapes or connected interior spaces. This can also introduce additional natural light into the pool and make the water itself a visual feature of the building.
Bespoke Structural Glass Pool Designs
Every glass-walled swimming pool presents different architectural requirements, so the glazing needs to be considered as part of the wider pool design from an early stage.
IQ Glass can develop bespoke glazing details for a range of swimming pool configurations, including:
- Glass pool ends
- Structural glass pool walls
- Glass pool sides
- Underwater structural glass
- Partially glazed retaining walls
- Large-format submerged viewing panels
- Infinity pool-style glazed edges
Planning a glass-walled swimming pool? Speak to our team about your project and discuss the structural glazing options available.
Specification
Structural Glass
Structural glass presents very few limitations on size or structure, that is what allows us to design ad install such innovative applications.
Due to the location of this specialist glazing, toughened laminated glass panes will always be used. This ensures that in the event of a breakage, the glass pane stays in place, keeping the water inside the pool. The glass manufacturing process’ also ensure any breakages shatter into rounded, harmless pieces to prevent damage to the occupants or surrounding structure.
Technical Glass Solutions
There are a range of technical glazing solutions that can be used to enhance swimming pool designs. Low iron glass can be specified for ultra-clear glass, granting the best views. Low iron glass also helps to eliminate the naturally green tint that can occur in exposed glass edges.
Coloured interlayers can be specified to achieve a bespoke design, with a wide range of colours and patterns available upon request. Low maintenance glass may also help in keeping the glass streak free, where it could be affected by the chemicals used in swimming pools.
Get in touch with the team at IQ Glass here.
Triple Glazed Structural Glass
Glass walled swimming pools can be constructed with triple glazing for enhanced thermal and acoustic performance. IQ Glass uses the Invisio+ structural glazing system, whose deeper profiles allow for high-performance triple glazed units while maintaining a minimal, frameless appearance.