Glaziers

Install glass in windows, skylights, store fronts, and display cases, or on surfaces, such as building fronts, interior walls, ceilings, and tabletops.

Job Task

• Assembles, fits, and attaches metal-framed glass enclosures for showers or bathtubs to framing around bath enclosure.
• Measures mirror and dimensions of area to be covered and determines plumb of walls or ceilings, using plumb-line and level.
• Attaches mounting strips and moldings to surface and applies mastic cement, putty, or screws to secure mirrors into position.
• Covers mirrors with protective material to prevent damage.
• Drives truck to installation site and unloads mirrors, equipment, and tools.
• Moves furniture to clear work site and covers floors and furnishings with drop cloths.
• Loads and arranges mirrors on truck, following sequence of deliveries.
• Measures, cuts, fits, and presses anti-glare adhesive film to glass or sprays glass with tinting solution to prevent light glare.
• Fastens glass panes into wood sash and spreads and smoothes putty around edge of pane with knife to seal joints.
• Installs pre-assembled framework for windows or doors designed to be fitted with glass panels, including stained glass windows, using hand tools.
• Marks outline or pattern on glass, cuts glass, and breaks off excess glass by hand or with notched tool.
• Sets glass doors into frame and bolts metal hinges, handles, locks, and other hardware onto glass doors.
• Attaches backing and leveling devices to wall surface, using nails and screws, and cuts mounting strips and moldings to required lengths.

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