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Base plate
Each post stands on its own aluminium base plate, drilled and anchored into the concrete slab to the anchor manufacturer’s instructions.
- 106 × 150 mm at start and end posts
- 190 × 150 mm between elements
SlideGlass® 20
One push.That's all it takes.
A guardrail when lowered. A windbreak when raised.
- 1100mm
- Guardrail height
- 800mm
- Of extended height
- 1400mm*
- Max element width
- 0watts
- Of electricity required
* Optimum element width 1200–1400 mm, with the standard post and standard spring pressure.
Anatomy of SlideGlass.
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Aluminium post
Carries the glass on both sides and hides the lifting mechanism inside. Set out to within ±2 mm on height and spacing.
- 1100 mm high
- 50 mm end posts, 78 mm between elements
- Satin anodised or powder coated to RAL or NCS
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Supports & gaskets
The glass is lowered from above onto its glass supports and held by a fixing gasket, compressed into place, never stretched.
- Glass supports under every pane
- Fixing gasket along each edge
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Guardrail glass
Laminated safety glass, continuously supported at the vertical edges. It stays fixed at 1100 mm and is certified as fall protection.
- 16 mm laminated safety glass
- DIN 18008-4, category A
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Windbreak glass
A second pane behind the guardrail. It rises 800 mm, taking the top edge from 1100 to 1900 mm, and lowers back behind the guardrail.
- 10 mm laminated safety glass
- Rises 800 mm, to 1900 mm
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Gas spring
Lives inside the post. Pressing the pane down charges it; releasing it lets the spring do the lifting.
- No motor, no wiring
- 0 watts of electricity
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Sliding profile
Rises out of the post with the glass and guides it. Levelled to the post height on installation; its sliding surfaces need no lubrication in service.
- Rises with the glass
- No lubrication in service
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Post cover
Closes the top of the post, its pins seated in the profile channels. Posts without a windbreak take a blind cover.
- Blind cover where there is no windbreak
Schematic. Internal parts are not to scale.
Laminated safety glass.
- 16mm
- Guardrail
- 10mm
- Windbreak
Certified as fall protection to DIN 18008-4, category A. Glass sourced in India.
Aluminium post.
The gas spring lives inside the post. Nothing is added to the elevation and nothing is visible from the balcony.
- Anodised
- Satin aluminium
- RAL · NCS
- Powder coated to any colour
Corrosion resistant. For sea-facing elevations, the anodising grade and coating class are confirmed project by project.
Three posts. Any run.
Elements up to 1400 mm wide, 1200–1400 mm optimum. Drawn at 1200 mm.
Tested and certified.
To Swiss and German standards.
CategoryA
DIN 18008-4
Fall protection verified experimentally under dynamic impact load.
- Fall protectionDIN 18008-4, Category AVerified by test
- Guardrail standardSIA 358Declared
- Barrier loadCategory A, residential0.8 kN/m
- Wind, windbreak loweredLocal wind load± 1.0 kN/m²
- Wind, windbreak raisedWind class 5± 0.27 kN/m²
- Wind, windbreak raisedWind class 6, optional± 0.40 kN/m²
General appraisal certificate AbP VT 21-166P, issued by VERROTEC GmbH, Mainz. Valid to 12.04.2027. Applicant: Febatec GmbH, Thun.
Installation and care.
Post positions are set out and drilled to the anchor manufacturer’s instructions, then torqued and aligned to ±2 mm on both height and clearance. The guardrail glass is dropped in from above onto its supports, followed by the windbreak pane, each with its fixing gasket compressed rather than stretched. The transport lock is removed and the pane cycled several times to run in the sliding surfaces before the sliding rod is levelled.
The system carries no drive, no control equipment and no wearing electrical parts. Sliding surfaces are run in on installation and require no lubrication in service. Glass is cleaned as any other balcony glazing.
Baseplates and posts are aluminium and corrosion resistant, and are supplied satin anodised or powder coated to RAL or NCS. Anodising grade and coating class for sea-facing elevations are confirmed project by project.
Posts, gaskets, covers and fixings supplied from Switzerland. Glass sourced in India. Installed and commissioned by Indus Architectural Systems.
Plan your balcony.
Talk to Indus, or take the technical documents to your architect.