I lived in a flat in London where the only window was filled with these glass bricks. I think I would have preferred a window.
I want these walls back
Submitted 10 months ago by subarctictundra@lemmy.world to [deleted]
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CurlyWurlies4All@slrpnk.net 10 months ago
buzz86us@lemmy.world 9 months ago
I’m likely replacing one of my picture windows with these for thermal reasons.
Etterra@discuss.online 10 months ago
Can somebody help me? I’m trying to come up with a Tetris joke but I keep filling the screen with trash.
HatchetHaro@pawb.social 9 months ago
if i might Plonk in, i have a solution 4-WIdening up your perspective. if your Garbage is a Cheese Race you might want to take it in Stride, but if it’s neat you might want to T-spin your mindset and build on top. take it slow, Back-to-Back, and you can Perfectly Clear out your board.
CurlyWurlies4All@slrpnk.net 10 months ago
Trying pivoting, you might see a solution.
rob_t_firefly@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Ah, your having a creative block.
Treczoks@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Yes, but only with a way to get some air in and out.
In my daughters student dormitory, the large corridor linking all the apartments on a level has such a glass wall. 100% closed, no way to air this out.
Maalus@lemmy.world 10 months ago
100% because it is a fire wall or regulations ask for it.
surewhynotlem@lemmy.world 10 months ago
100% because it is a fire wall
I don’t know what you’re talking about, it would be hell to run cat6 through that. I’d definitely route around it and put the firewall in an adjacent room.
The wall material is so hard you’d think it was meant to stop an actual fire.
Sorrow3527@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Hm I kinda always hated them.50-70s Austrian buildings used them a lot.
Hikermick@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Huh I’ve never seen a wall of these and I’m old enough to remember the 70’s. Glass block was something you replaced your old basement with
SoleInvictus@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 months ago
It must be a regional thing as we’re probably about the same age. Growing up in CA, I frequently saw portions of walls made of these, especially in businesses and universities. One house by me had a cool turret staircase with alternating wall sections made of these glass bricks. There wasn’t much privacy at night, although you could only make out vague shapes.
subarctictundra@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Eastern Europe used them tons
Rooty@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Also, teraco as floor material. It cleans easily and it stupidly resistant to damage.
Cort@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Do you mean terrazzo?
Rooty@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Yes, same thing.
Steamymoomilk@sh.itjust.works 10 months ago
When i look at this image all i hear is the Tetris theme
OldChicoAle@lemmy.world 10 months ago
There’s a Tetris theme?
DmMacniel@feddit.org 10 months ago
Yes Korobeniki
Sorrow3527@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Huh? Tetris has 1 song and one song only
Bishma@discuss.tchncs.de 10 months ago
My 50s house still has a glass brick window facing the driveway. It’s a great silhouette backdrop, if I leave workbench light on.
subarctictundra@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Very pretty.
ThePantser@sh.itjust.works 10 months ago
Those are my basement windows. Previous owners fucked me over if I want to let some air in my basement though.
Landless2029@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Landless2029@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Why is this a shitpost? It’s !nostalgia@lemmy.world
TheMinions@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 months ago
Shitposts on Lemmy are basically just post whatever you want.
Sometimes it’s beans, sometimes it’s moth, sometimes it’s highly specific nostalgia. Also a lot of trans rights stuff (happy pride, btw).
Landless2029@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Kolanaki@pawb.social 10 months ago
I always wanted to smash one of these walls with a sledge hammer. I bet it would be satisfying as fuck.
subarctictundra@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Haha. I think I have seen these with a couple of windows smashed. Although something tells me they’d be quite hard to smash — like a CRT.
otacon239@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Someone watching jam2go???
recklessengagement@lemmy.world 10 months ago
jam2go appreciator spotted
Walop@sopuli.xyz 10 months ago
This was also my first thought when I saw this. His other effects are also really cool.
idegenszavak@sh.itjust.works 10 months ago
They’re called glass brick or glass block, and you can still buy them, I just checked some local home improvement stores’ websites, and they all had some in stock
db2@lemmy.world 10 months ago
It’s not set up to be a giant Scrabble board. Disappointing.
Sir_Gkar@lemmy.world 10 months ago
When I looked at it I just had the uncontrollable urge to play Tetris.
subarctictundra@lemmy.world 10 months ago
You could defo play scrabble on it with one of those liquid chalk pens
subarctictundra@lemmy.world 10 months ago
atlien51@lemm.ee 10 months ago
This looks horrible
gofsckyourself@lemmy.world 10 months ago
I’m pretty sure the yellow and brown was just from all the indoor chain smoking
InFerNo@lemmy.ml 10 months ago
Yeah, they were probably completely transparent colorless glass 😂😩
WoodScientist@sh.itjust.works 10 months ago
I like this look. It has this aura of beautiful golden light about it. It has that aura without going the full gaudy gilded look like you would find in something the president built.
NarrativeBear@lemmy.world 10 months ago
That golden light would look great on my water bed and lava lamp collection.
helvetpuli@sopuli.xyz 10 months ago
www.sevesglassblock.com
subarctictundra@lemmy.world 9 months ago
I especially like this one
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What a clever way to bring natural light indoors.