Building code on glass ceilings?

Hi all,

I'm looking to having a glass panel installed in the ceiling (over a hallway). This is a small glass panel; not the whole ceiling will be glass--most of it will be standard drywall, but there will be a hole in the drywall, the hole will be framed, and the piece of glass will be installed and secured there.

Is there building code that restricts the use of glass in ceilings? I haven't been able to find any.

Thanks for any advice.

 

OK, you gotta tell us what this glass is going to do? are you installing a skylight as well?? How big is the glass? Is it 1/8", 1/4"? It will have to be tempered, I am sure. Fill us in on all of it.

 

No, there's no skylight. It's just a piece of glass (translucent) which will let in LED lights that will be installed in the attic space above, to create a backlighting effect.

The glass is approx. 12" wide by 24" long. Probably 1/4" or 3/8" thick. (I didn't have the glass made yet.)

The ceiling will be framed for this glass, but the opening will be much smaller so the glass can just rest inside.

I haven't been able to find an example photo on the web, but I've noticed that others have done stained glass in ceilings. Some of them seem to be plastic though.

(I imagine if I do plastic/vinyl, it should be ok as well? -- I just hate the look of plastic/vinyl and try to avoid it as much as possible.)

 

One thing to think about, make sure that you can access the upper surface of the glass for occasional cleaning.

Other than that, tempered 1/4 frosted or rain glass or something similar should work fine.

 

Or why not frosted lexan? Just thinking about breaking that sucker.