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- Glaziers install glass. They work with sheet glass, plate glass, mirrors, and special products, such as leaded glass panels.
- They install sheet glass windows in private homes; plate glass in store windows, office buildings, and factories; and structural glass in building fronts, ceilings, and walls.
- Other glaziers work in factories installing glass in mirror frames, doors, and partitions. Glaziers also install shower and tub enclosures and automatic glass doors.
- To install glass in a window, the glazier must first measure the window frame and either cut a sheet of glass to the proper size or use a piece of precut glass. The glazier then applies putty to the edges of the frame and places the glass in the frame, where it is secured with triangular points or metal clips. Finally, the glazier flattens the putty with a putty knife to seal out moisture.
- Structural glass is handled differently. The glazier installs it by pressing it against cement that has been applied to the backing that supports the glass. A glazier's tools include suction cups for holding glass plates, glass cutters, putty knives, power cutters, and grinders.
- They may need to interpret drawings and plans or measure the space to work out the amount of glass needed
- They then will lay sheets of glass onto glass cutting tables and score (mark) the surface of the glass using a variety of glasscutters
- With experience and sometimes further training, glass and glazing tradespeople can progress to positions of leading hand, supervisor, sales representative, estimator or management.
