72"x24"x1/2" starfire glass price?

[Shawn85]

So after finding a junk 180 to replace my chipped panel with I have decided I would like starfire glass for the front panel. What is a good price to pay for that type of glass? I have also decided I wanted to try the euro brace, so do I just add a strip of glass to the top perimeter? No worries it is going in the basement where the floor is just epoxy.

 

[Cory]

I' not sure in usa but in Canada it's about double the cost as regular glass.

For that size in Canada for regular is about 300$. For strphire is 600$. I' guess in us Its probably in the 400-500$ range.

 

[Reef Monkie]

You can add bracing all around the top, all around the top with overlapping corners, all around the bottom, and possibly add a centre brace too (overlapping or not), it mainly depends on glass thickness and water depth. The centre brace is to prevent bowing/breakage, along the top to prevent separation at the seams, and at the bottom for deeper tanks because from what I understand that is where the most pressure is actually at. Overlapping the braces adds additional strength but is ugly if you do not have a canopy or in-wall tank. If you have a more open tank and need a cover over the tank it can be useful to lower the top bracing slightly so that your cover rests inside the tank instead of on top of the tank.

 

[Shawn85]

Glasscages quote 465 for the new panel and eurobrace. Not bad compared to what the glass shops in michigan want just for plate glass lowest I was qouted for the large panel was 250

72x24x1/2 low iron
2-72x5x1/2
2-7x5x1/2
1-24x1/2

 

[Velcro]

does glasscages use actual starphire? I know some manufacturers (like deep blue) use optipure or something like that, which isn't as "low iron" as real starfire.

 

[Kyl]

Both PPG & AGE have been raising the price of Starphire the last 6 months or so since the fire at one of the PPG facilities happened. In Canada at least, I was told there have been multiple increases totalling above 30% so far this year.

 

[Shawn85]

It just says low iron, not sure what the difference is

does glasscages use actual starphire? I know some manufacturers (like deep blue) use optipure or something like that, which isn't as "low iron" as real starfire.