Help needed with glass rack

[Imrahn]

Am making arrangements to wall clad TV wall with natural stone(Not entirely, 12 x 8 ft portion) and below the TV, am proposing an open glass rack.Its just a pair of glass sheets(12mm toughened/tinted or frosted) projecting from the stones,whereby their clampings will be hidden.The spacing between the 2 layers would be 1.5-2ft and each sheet would be around 6ft wide and having a depth of 20inches.

Will this idea work?? Any suggestions to make this a tad better would be highly appreciated.

Thanx and regards

Imrahn

 

[Hiten]

If equipments are heavy, keeping a glass sheet in continuous stress will not be good idea. Reinforcing it's sides with brackets or increasing thickness is ok I guess.

But must say will look good.

 

[Imrahn]

^^Thanx a lot bro....nothing too heavy, maybe the AVR and a gaming console in one, and an HTPC and set top box on the other, thats all.

Or

All these in one and a center speaker on the top layer.

Hope the layers can accommodate this 30-35kg.Will be providing 3-4 reinforcements without interfering with the looks.

Regards

 

[Hiten]

Personally I believe as beauty of the glass design is transparency, so reinforcement should done with minimal opaque materials. For ex. small C or L type bracket like this..

 

[Imrahn]

^^yup exactly, have already told him about my intention to have it appear like the stands are projecting from the tiles,completely hiding the holding materials/railings. The glass would be either tinted or frosted.

 

[Hiten]

Do post pics when ready