I'm going to order custom mirror glass with dimensions 160x100, and around the mirror glass, I'm planning to glue decorative moldings, a bit like the attached image. How thick do you think the mirror glass should be? 4 mm, 6 mm, or maybe even 8 mm? The "frame" around the mirror glass won't have anything to do with the mirror except for decoration purposes.
Do you think I should use adhesive or something else to hang the mirrors? And should the mirrors be raw-cut or have some type of edge grinding?
4 mm mirror glass I think is sufficient. As long as they don't have any supporting, safety, or protective function.
(Aren't they simply just mounted against a wall?)
And if the moldings, as they should, overlay the edge of the mirror, the edges of the mirrors don't need any special treatment. Like this:
If they don't have any load-bearing, safety, or protective function.
The question is if the 160 cm high mirrors should be placed with the bottom edge lower than 60 cm above the floor. Because if they are lower, it should be safety glass or laminated glass to reduce the risk of accidents.
If they are mounted with strips as KoW illustrated, then the glass probably doesn't need to be glued. Which will surely be appreciated the day they have to be removed.
The question is whether the 160 cm high mirrors should be placed with the bottom edge lower than 60 cm above the floor. For if they are lower, it should be safety glass or laminated glass to minimize the risk of accidents.
That's a thought!
How big is the risk that a little kid throws building blocks at or stumbles into the mirror glass?
Why would you want so many mirrors in a bedroom (which I assume it is)?
Narcissism/self-admiration
4 mm mirror glass I think is sufficient. As long as they don't have a load-bearing, safety, or protective function. (They are simply mounted against a wall, right?) And if the moldings, as they should, overlap the mirror edge, the edges of the mirrors do not require any special treatment. Like this: [image]
Yes, if I understand you correctly, that's how I plan to do it. See the attached image for the decorative molding that I will probably have around the mirror glass.
The question is whether the 160 cm high mirrors should be placed with the lower edge less than 60 cm above the floor. If they are lower, they should be safety glass or laminated glass to minimize the risk of accidents.
If they are mounted with moldings as KoW drew, the glass probably doesn't need to be glued. Which would surely be appreciated the day they have to be removed.
Hmm, right now I'm thinking of having the bottom edge of the mirror glass "end" 55 cm from the floor, with a decorative molding that is 15.5 cm wide. I was planning to glue the decorative moldings tightly around the mirrors, but this is purely decorative.
Johannes Carlsson said:
Thinner weighs less so 4mm.
Gluing them up will probably do, but I would mount it with brackets on the top and bottom and then cover the brackets with a frame/molding
Do you have any tips on which brackets are good for this purpose?
KnockOnWood said:
That's a thought!
How big is the risk that a child throws building blocks at or stumbles into the mirror glass?
Why would you even want so many mirrors in a bedroom (which I assume it is)?
Narcissism/self-reflection
There's a pretty small chance since children rarely are here. Regarding your spoiler, the mirrors are going to be on a 5-meter hallway wall. The wall needs to be filled out and the options were either three large paintings or three large mirror glasses with decorative moldings around, and it ended up being large mirrors simply due to cost considerations.
KnockOnWood said:
BirgitS said:
