Making Space

摘要

Like sealants, adhesives, and grout, shims are common accessories throughout construction projects. Under many conditions, they are important to the success of a system and the project. Shims in glazing'systems must both accommodate and resist the movement of those systems, preventing glass-to-glass or glass-to-metal contact, but yielding to pressure, thus reducing glass breakage. Though their footprints are small, shims can make big differences In the outcomes of construction projects.