Sloped Glazing and Skylights combine two challenges: of a curtain wall and a roof. We found sloped glazing and skylights to be universally misunderstood by designers, engineers, manufacturers, and installers. Not surprisingly, in our experience they are also the #1 problem assembly in buildings, ranging from water condensation and leakage to structural collapses. Kaz investigated such prominent cases as the collapse of a monumental skylight above a courtyard of an upscale hotel in Maryland, which made headlines several years ago.
Sloped glazing and skylights are a good example of assemblies where the source of leak may be obvious; however, you still need an expert to identify the REASON of the leak and come up with a working remedial design. This is why we devoted a separate line of our business exclusively to sloped glazing. We teach designers how to design and specify them, we help design them, and we investigate them in the field. We refer the interested reader to our seminar titled “Sloped Glazing.”