[Greenbuilding] Sloping glass

[Norbert Senf]

At 07:08 AM 2/11/2008 -0500, Speireag Alden wrote:
>(snip)
>  Sloping glass can work, but it also introduces a host of
>problems which must be addressed.  All the people I have talked to
>who actually built and lived behind both types have recommended
>vertical glass.(snip)

We added a sloped glazing sunspace to our house. It has since been
rebuilt with vertical glazing. Turns out (who knew?), that in my
particular location and climate, you get a dusting of snow almost
every single night. It covers up the sloped glazing, but not the vertical.
I got tired of having to brush it off every day, and chopping ice off when
I didn't...........N


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