Chapter 21 — MASONRY

Section 2110 — GLASS UNIT MASONRY

2025 California Building Code (Title 24, Part 2) · 2025 edition · ingested 2026-07-07 · California

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2110.1 General.

2110.1 General. [OSHPD 1R, 2 & 5] Masonry glass block walls or panels shall be designed for seismic forces. Stresses in glass block shall not be utilized. Glass unit masonry construction shall comply with Chapter 14 of TMS 402 and this section. 2110.1.1 Limitations. Solid or hollow approved glass block shall not be used in fire walls, party walls, fire barriers, fire partitions or smoke barriers, or for load-bearing construction. Such blocks shall be erected with mortar and reinforcement in metal channeltype frames, structural frames, masonry or concrete recesses, embedded panel anchors as…