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How to Install a Storefront Glass Panel

Careful setting prevents breakage.

Updated By the Career Education Institute Curriculum Team
Quick answer

Careful setting prevents breakage. In short: check; place; lift, then complete the remaining steps below.

Step by step

  1. Check the opening.

  2. Place setting blocks.

  3. Lift with suction cups.

  4. Set glass.

  5. Install stops.

  6. Seal.

Safety reminders for glaziers

  • Wear cut-resistant gloves
  • Use fall protection
  • Lift glass with help
  • Use suction cups

Storefront · Curtain wall · IGU · Tempered glass · Laminated glass · Setting block: see the full glazier glossary.

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