[Greenbuilding] Vertical glass vs. sloped glass

[gromette at frontier.net]

If I may throw my 2 cents in...

We built our "envelope" house 22 years ago (it's great) in the  
south-central Colorado mountains.  The south wall was built with  
vertical glazing, and it has worked well.  Plenty of heat enters the  
sunspace/solarium in the winter; no problem with leaks; we don't have  
to brush snow or ice off of it, etc.  Cost-benefit = no brainer.  Go  
with vertical.

Cate
Gunnison, Colorado


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