Large format glass on a custom home combines the heaviest panels with the tightest access constraints and the most weight-sensitive structures. Here's what makes it different, what equipment handles it, and what to coordinate before the glass arrives.

The Portland pool house project required fourteen heavy glass panels installed one floor below street level on a steep hillside. Every panel had to be lifted over the main house structure and lowered to the basement deck below, demanding coordination across all four glass lifting machines.