Safety with a View: How Transparent Guardrails and Windscreens Let You See It All?

    Essentially, a guardrail system is a carefully designed assembly of components, each playing a vital role in ensuring safety and aesthetics. Beyond the desired visual impact, these systems must be highly reliable and safe to fulfill their primary function. At the core of the system is the guardrail components, providing support and guidance, with infill options, including, glass panels, bar/tube or cables balancing safety and style. Base shoes, a type of guardrail system, anchors glass infill panels to the structure, ensuring durability and precision. Optional handrails, can either be post mounted or mounted directly to the glass, while top rails provide an aesthetic touch while protecting the top edge of the glass and helping with glass alignment.  

    Solutions stand out for their minimalist designs, harmoniously blending into various architectural contexts. Beyond the basic structural elements, features like integrated lighting systems, exemplified by Q-light , and decorative finishes enhance both functionality and aesthetics into diverse architectural projects . For instance, in the Waterline Square project, striking geometric shapes combine, wood, steel and glass to achieve a balance of safety , modernity, and transparency. Similarly, the South Marine Private Residence project showcases how systems can seamlessly integrate architecture and landscape, offering an immersive experience with panoramic coastal views while withstanding adverse weather conditions. The following solutions exemplify Q-railing's commitment to innovation, functionality, and high-standard design.  

Sleek Solutions for Curved Designs: 

    Easy Glass Prime is ideal for commercial & larger scale projects, such as corporate buildings, hotels, multi-residential properties, high rise buildings requiring greater robustness and durability. Supporting laminated glass up to 17.52 mm (11/16") thick, the system can withstand design pressures up to 62psf for a 42" high exterior guardrail systems. Thus is ideal for residential or light commercial environments like indoor stairs and architecturally curved balconies. The system also uses a dry set wedge system, which allows for easy access to glass at any time for adjustment during installation and replacement of glass as part of long term maintenance.

 
     Easy Glass Prime is ideal for medium-scale commercial projects, such as corporate buildings, hotels, multi-residential properties, high rise buildings requiring greater robustness and durability. This system supports glass panels up to 25.52 mm (1") thick, withstanding design pressures up to 200psf. making it especially suitable for outdoor areas exposed to harsh environmental conditions. Easy Glass Prime is certified to withstand wind and weather, complying with international performance and safety standards.