SHOE Railing System

The SHOE Railing System is VIVA Railings’ cantilevered structural-glass baluster platform: laminated tempered glass carried by a continuous 3.25" × 4" aluminum base shoe, top- or fascia-mounted to a steel stringer or balcony slab edge. With no posts and no visible infill hardware, SHOE delivers the most transparent, minimal guard in the VIVA line. It is ICC-ES certified and Intertek/ETL listed, and can be detailed for hurricane-prone, windborne-debris conditions. Glass is 1/2" to 1" laminated tempered with a PVB or SGP interlayer (SGP recommended for exterior), available clear, low-iron, tinted, frosted, ceramic-frit, digitally printed, colored-interlayer or cast. The aluminum base shoe finishes in mill, anodized, PVDF or powder coat, with an optional 4.5" × 1" cladding and a stainless, wood or illuminated cap rail, or no cap at all for a fully frameless edge. Structural glass is supported so the railing remains in place if any single panel fails, and a Sika polymer grout provides a watertight joint at the base.