Frameless balustrade

Frameless balustrades rely on thick laminated toughened glass in a channel or shoe fixing to resist line loads without intermediate posts. The engineering is driven by declared occupancy, height above ground and the substrate you can fix into, so glass thickness, interlayer type and embed depth are all project-specific.

They are common on roof terraces and feature stairs where the brief is uninterrupted views across London rooflines. Movement joints, handrail continuity and impact class are agreed with Building Control before the glass order is released, because changing post-breakage behaviour later usually means remaking the panels.