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SilveradoMasonry Contractor

Specialty Masonry

Glass block, structural glazed tile and glazed block work for institutional environments with hard-use requirements.

Typical scope

  • Glass block panels and openings
  • Structural glazed tile installation
  • Glazed block walls and wainscots
  • Patch and match in existing specialty assemblies

How the work runs

  1. 01Confirm the unitSize, finish and colour confirmed against existing work.
  2. 02Prepare the openingSubstrate and supports checked before installation.
  3. 03InstallUnits set with the coursing and joints the assembly requires.
  4. 04ProtectFinished faces protected until turnover.

Work involving specialty masonry

Representative photograph of a brick school exterior with large glass block window panels
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East Detroit High School

Eastpointe, Michigan

Education facility masonry work shown in Silverado's public project material.

  • Brick
  • Glass Block
  • Structural Glazed Tile
Detail photograph of glazed tile wall meeting a glass block panel in a corridor
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Institutional Corridor Specialty Masonry

Metro Detroit, Michigan

Illustrative case-study template showing how a glazed tile and glass block scope would be documented.

  • Structural Glazed Tile
  • Glazed Block
  • Glass Block