Rods & Mortar Installation System

Reasons to Use Rods & Mortar

• Internal and external panels
• Straight or curved walls

Golden Rules of Installation Using Rods & Mortar

• Glass block walls are self supporting, but not load bearing
• For best integral strength, glass blocks should be installed into a four sided pre-prepared opening. This opening can be timber, brick, steel, concrete or blockwork
• Glass blocks expand and contract with temperature change.
• Glass blocks should not be installed when the surrounding temperature is 5°C and falling or 30°C and rising
• Expansion material must be incorporated to the perimeter opening.
• Openings must be square and perpendicular and made to suit glass block modules. Glass blocks cannot be cut like masonry bricks or tiles.
• Maximum panel size without intermediate slip joint is 25m² with no single dimension exceeding 6m in any direction

Calculating Opening Size

190mm glass block:	190
10mm joint:	+ 10
	200
Number of blocks:	x 5
	1000
Add sixth joint of 10mm:	10
Minimum opening size:	1010mm*

*The expansion material is incorporated into this measurement.

Tools Required

Trowel, spirit level, rubber mallet, wooden spatula, hack saw, pointing tool, silicon and caulking gun, drill & mixing bucket.

Accessories Required

(a) Blocks, (b) bitumen and (c) foam expansion joints, (d) colmef mortar, (e) stainless steel rods, (f) plastic spacer pegs (g) silicon

For assistance with initial clean and after care maintenance, see the Easifix Installation System

Datasheets

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Category	Document Title (click to download PDF)	Description
Rods & Mortar	Datasheet 0001	Guide to installing Glass Blocks using Rods & Mortar
Rods & Mortar	Datasheet 0002	Guide to installing Glass Blocks using Rods & Mortar
Rods & Mortar	Datasheet 0003	Glass Block to metal U section
Rods & Mortar	Datasheet 0004	Glass Block to metal box section
Rods & Mortar	Datasheet 0005	Glass Block to corner post
Rods & Mortar	Datasheet 0006	Glass Block to masonry work jamb detail
Rods & Mortar	Datasheet 0007	Glass Block masonry rebate
Rods & Mortar	Datasheet 0008	Glass Block cill detail
Rods & Mortar	Datasheet 0009	Glass Block intermediate slip vertical joint
Rods & Mortar	Datasheet 0010	Glass Block intermediate horizontal slip joint
Rods & Mortar	Datasheet 0016	Fitting Safewall end post and boss section
General	Datasheet 0017	Guide to constructing curved walls
Rods & Mortar	Datasheet 0022	Single block construction
Rods & Mortar	Datasheet 0023	Corner Glass Block detail
Rods & Mortar	Datasheet 0028	Panel Anchor detail