Greetings, All -
I've just taken a commission on a stained glass transom, about 12' by 2', and I'm wondering if any of you have any thoughts on its "installability" if I build it all in one piece. Transportation is no big deal - I can build a custom "carrier" for the glass rack on my truck. The client's home is only about a mile and a half from my studio.
The piece will be mounted inside a piece of tempered glass that's permanently installed over their 6'-8" sliding glass doors. I'll be adding new trim strips to hold it in place.
With a few helpers and a few ladders, how do you all like my odds of being able to lift the piece into place without breaking it? I hate to ruin a good flowing design with the lines that would be required to divide the panel into two or three separate pieces...but I'd also hate to have to haul a broken panel back to the studio. It'll be copper foil in 1/2" zinc. I'll bring it into the house on the truck rack carrier.
Am I crazy? Is this something that's just not do-able? Or is it an idea that's workable with eough care?
TIA-
~s