FLOORS AND CEILINGS

IBP's engineered grid system assures easy installation of glass paver floors and ceilings. The lightweight structural aluminum grid, which is assembled on site, can span up to 7'6" without additional reinforcement. In the pedestrian bridge application pictured below, the floor also serves as a large skylight. Durability and beauty make IBP grids and glass pavers a logical choice for floors and ceilings.

The IBP grid system for floors was developed to provide an alternative method for installing glass paver units. This system eliminates the problems associated with conventional glass paver installations. Before the IBP system was available, glass paver units were set in grout within heavy and cumbersome prefabricated floor panels. The inflexibility of the typical concrete paver system can result in cracked or broken pavers. To prevent this problem, the IBP aluminum grid system utilizes a neoprene boot which encases the sides and bottom edges of each glass paver unit. The boot creates a cushion between the glass and the aluminum. A silicone sealant is applied to a narrow channel around each paver unit. The completed IBP floor system is beautiful and cost effective. Additionally, the IBP system circumvents the limitations of prefabricated concrete floor panes.

Wm. Graves, Inc. Architects

J. Wise Smith Associates, Inc.

Wm. Graves, Inc. Architects

Install perimeter members into containment opening	Install one spanning member at each end
Insert glass block paver units into rubber boots. Alternatively install one glass block paver unit. Then one spacer member simultaneously workingin from each corner toward mid-span, leaving out the centermost paver unit.	Repeat steps 2 and 3 simultaneously working from each end towards the center leaving out the centermost spanning member corresponding  spacer members and glass block paver units.
Install last spanning member and corresponding spacer members.	Install remaining glass block paver units and seal