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How to Choose Custom Fly Screens for Your Home
Opening windows and doors is one of the simplest ways to bring fresh air into a home—but flies, mosquitoes and other insects often arrive with it. A custom fly screen creates a practical barrier while preserving ventilation and much of the view. The key word is...
Understanding Safety Glass Regulations in South Africa
Glass is used throughout modern buildings to bring in daylight, create views and divide spaces. In areas where people may collide with glazing or fall against it, ordinary glass can present a serious injury risk. South Africa’s building framework therefore requires...
Commercial Shopfront Design Trends in Johannesburg
A commercial shopfront has only a few seconds to communicate what a business represents. It must invite customers in, display products effectively and perform reliably under frequent daily use. Across Johannesburg, successful shopfront design is balancing visual...
How to Clean and Maintain Aluminium Sliding-Folding Doors
Aluminium sliding-folding doors create wide openings, connect indoor and outdoor areas and bring natural light into a room. Although aluminium is durable and low maintenance, the moving parts of a folding system still benefit from regular care. The following routine...
Benefits of Aluminium for Windows, Doors and Buildings
Aluminium has become one of the most widely used materials in modern windows, doors, shopfronts and architectural systems. Its popularity is not simply about appearance. Aluminium combines useful structural properties with design flexibility and relatively low...
Frameless vs Framed Shower Enclosures: A Practical Guide
A shower enclosure does far more than keep water contained. It affects how open the bathroom feels, how easily the space can be cleaned and how the room’s finishes work together. Two of the most popular options are frameless and framed glass enclosures—but the right...
Team Update – The Ghost of racing past, present and future
It's been a while since Team V2 has given yo an update... What an interesting year 2023 has been! And 2024 has started out with a BANG (literally)! 2024 Would you believe it? We’re only in May of the 2024 season, and we’ve already had a whirlwind of captivating...
Let’s Look Back At The 2022 Racing Season
Let’s Look Back At The 2022 Racing Season!Can you believe that we are in February of 2023 already?! The first race of 2023 has been raced - and we kicked the season off with a bang thanks to Marlene getting 4th place overall for the day. Sadly, Ruan had to sit this...
3 Years and counting!
1 July 2022 marks 3 completed years in business for Glass & Aluminium Installations (GAI). What a special day! The early days were marked with darkness (unrelated to Eskom) and uncertainty, but as we celebrate our 3rd anniversary, we feel grateful, content,...
We are Team V² Racing!
Glass & Aluminum installations Pty (Ltd) are the proud sponsors of Team V² Racing! We are a new race team, established in November 2021. Our team is made up of a trio of 2 brothers and the significant other (and the support of our parents), hence where we got our...