Window Converts to a Balcony

[Mayhem]

Would you trust this?

[Squid]

[minimarshs]

I am not a heights fan, but maybe I could by convinced with a two story house. :)  It's an interesting concept.  I wonder if the engineering of the whole building would have to be rejigged if everyone got one.  Kind of like installing a ragtop roof on a Volkswagen beetle.

[Mayhem]

I wonder how many people it could safely hold ...

[Squid]

I wonder how many people it could safely hold ...

It looks like that glass on the cantilevered outlook (Skywalk) over the Grand Canyon.  It's probably strong as anything but makes me a little nervous.



The deck of the Skywalk has been made with four layers of SentryGlas interlayer. Deck width is 10 feet 2 inches (3.10 m). The Skywalk glass sidings were made with the same glass as the deck, but fewer layers (two) bent to follow the walkway's curvature. The glass sidings are 5 feet 2 inches (1.57 m) tall and have been designed for high wind pressures. The Skywalk deck was designed for a 100-pound-per-square-foot (490 kg/m) live load along with code-required seismic and wind forces. The foundation can withstand an 8.0  earthquake within 50 miles (80 km). Fine-tuning of the project occurred after a wind loading and pedestrian induced vibration analysis. Two tuned mass dampers were installed inside the outer box beam as well as one inside the inner box beam at the furthest extension of the Skywalk to reduce pedestrian footfall vibration. The walkway could carry 822 people that weigh 200 pounds (91 kg) each without overstress, but maximum occupancy at one time is 120 people.

[minimarshs]

That is the last thing I would ever do ever, and there would have to be humongous sums of money involved.  If the picture was wider on the left side, you would see me a mile away with my back turned.

I have the same reaction at Niagara Falls.  I have visited the actual falls a bazillion times, and worked right beside it for a few years.  But I couldn't look.  It's the most bizarre feeling.

[smokyrain]

I know I wouldn't trust it. I am not fond of heights , and I wonder the safety of all the above mentioned.

[Mayhem]

It looks like that glass on the cantilevered outlook (Skywalk) over the Grand Canyon.  It's probably strong as anything but makes me a little nervous.

Yeah, I would never walk on that. In my mind, I would be telling myself "This was built by the lowest bidder ..."