CONSTRUCTION SYSTEM AND FRAMES THEREFOR FOR GLASS BLOCK WALLS

摘要

A construction system for block walls comprising a rectangular frame including corresponding head, sill and jamb frame sections (11) that may be interconnected to form the frame within which the blocks may be laid in a rectangular matrix spaced by interstitial connectors or spacers and interconnected by a binder, the frame sections (11) having a block engaging portion (13) comprising a channel section having a pair of flanges (17) provided on opposed sides of the block engaging portion thereof and an interconnecting transverse web portion (19), the pair of flanges (17) being spaced apart a distance sufficient to accommodate the transverse extent of a block seated therebetween in an endwise position.