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We have a glass balustrade that runs down the side of our patio by the drive and in the recent storms there was damage an partial collapse so the wall was rebuilt and the panels replaced.

This has left us with 8 big, very strong glass panels going spare.

Each panel was over £100 and it seems a shame to just bin them given how little damage there is.

I could just sell them to a reclamation yard, or you if you want to collect them, but it annoys me that I have something so obviously useful but I cannot find a use for them. They are very heavy and strong. The photo shows all the damage they sustained when they fell from the patio onto the drive under a pile of rubble.

Any bright ideas what to do with them?
Any of you lot able to make use of them - happy to let you have them extremely cheap if you collect them?


 
Posted : 23/05/2022 8:51 am
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Whereabouts are you?

They could be used to make a cold frame for gardening


 
Posted : 23/05/2022 8:54 am
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How about an adrenaline-raising high level transparent walkway bridge over the garden?


 
Posted : 23/05/2022 8:56 am
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Where in the country are you?

We have a light well in to our cellar. It is currently glazed, but I'm on the look out for some stronger glass as we have a loose toddler. The larger pane looks ideal.


 
Posted : 23/05/2022 9:02 am
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Big Ol' fish tank?

Let's make patio baths a thing?


 
Posted : 23/05/2022 9:02 am
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eBay - someone will buy them and take them away.

Shame you're not closer. I lost a panel from a first floor balustrade in the storms before xmas.
To show how strong they can be, this panel fell vertically about 8' onto the edge of some stone steps, made a hole in the steps, rolled down two steps and only smashed when it stopped rolling and fell flat onto a stone path!

How about an adrenaline-raising high level transparent bridge over the garden?

So this might be a bad idea as I doubt they last long!

How about a new - transparent - sex pond!!


 
Posted : 23/05/2022 9:04 am
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Big Ol’ fish tank?

Or flip that around, and maybe a transparent shark tunnel through the garden pond, but with goldfish instead to make it more attainable.


 
Posted : 23/05/2022 9:09 am
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Simples, non?


 
Posted : 23/05/2022 9:12 am
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Based in Southampton if anyone does want them.

I did suggest a glass treehouse for the 2 & 4 year old grandkids but their mother refused.


 
Posted : 23/05/2022 9:12 am
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A garden pond with a viewing window


 
Posted : 23/05/2022 10:55 am
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I did suggest a wormery / composting container with viewing from all sides to the wife but apparently that is not an option.


 
Posted : 23/05/2022 10:57 am
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How about an adrenaline-raising high level transparent walkway bridge over the garden?

Gives kayak23 my vote 🙂

or

give them a really good clean,make a box and hang some nuts inside #squirrelfun
Boink!


 
Posted : 23/05/2022 11:06 am
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Loving the sign.


 
Posted : 23/05/2022 12:14 pm
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Sign - present from my daughter

Dimensions of the glass (ignore the pricing) and the other three are a little bigger than the group of 4 shown


 
Posted : 23/05/2022 1:08 pm
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Dejavu


 
Posted : 23/05/2022 1:20 pm
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Make a giant magnifying glass and use it to incinerate annoying dogs/cats instead of ants.


 
Posted : 23/05/2022 1:21 pm
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Join them together in a cube shape and use it as a cage for a mime


 
Posted : 23/05/2022 5:43 pm
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You can combine two of your favourite hobbies by splatting squirrels between them then selling them as art. Works for Damien Hirst


 
Posted : 23/05/2022 5:53 pm
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Convert a Dacia Duster into a Pope-mobile...


 
Posted : 23/05/2022 5:58 pm
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Nevermind all this glass jabber, you have a plaque up saying "WCA Headquarters"??!?

That is proper commitment to your interweb alias...


 
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Posted : 23/05/2022 7:45 pm
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Join them together in a cube shape and use it as a cage for a mime

😆😆😆

This deserves some appreciation


 
Posted : 24/05/2022 8:39 am
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[i]Nevermind all this glass jabber, you have a plaque up saying “WCA Headquarters”??!?

That is proper commitment to your interweb alias…[/i]

There were actually nicknames before the internet ever existed. That is why the sign is in black and white.


 
Posted : 24/05/2022 6:00 pm
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You know that urban legend where one person is taking a poo on a glass coffee table and another person is below said coffee table...

Sell it to someone who want to do that.


 
Posted : 24/05/2022 6:24 pm
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I will admit I am tempted as I am only ineast Dorset but struggling to think of a plan


 
Posted : 24/05/2022 6:24 pm
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[i]
I will admit I am tempted as I am only ineast Dorset but struggling to think of a plan[/i]

Same frustration I have. I am sure they are so damn useful for something, I just can't think of what!


 
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Would make an excellent reference flat surface, if someone needs one, toughened safety glass is very, very flat or you can glue wet and dry sandpaper to it to make a poor mans diamond stone sharpener, though they may be a bit big for that. 🙂


 
Posted : 24/05/2022 8:39 pm
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[i]Would make an excellent reference flat surface,[/i]

Right!!!

That is one taken to be embedded into my workbench surface as a flat surface for reference and glue up. I could even use it for the surface on a resin magazine table I have in progress.

7 left up for grabs


 
Posted : 24/05/2022 9:19 pm
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I can’t help with ideas but have a similar issue with what to do with a similar sized trapezoid (a stair balustrade) 10mm toughened pane. Undamaged just made to the wrong size so no use to me. A funky coffee table perhaps but ultimately Less potentially useful Than yours though given the unconventional shape.


 
Posted : 24/05/2022 9:39 pm