Safety Glass Shower Doors

Tempered glass also known as toughened glass is made by heating annealed glass uniformly.

Safety glass shower doors.

Custom shower walls and passage 60 in. In a previous article we discussed the dangers of sliding doors particularly those made of standard plate glass rather than tempered or safety glass. At glass doctor you ll get safe and stunning glass shower doors. Fortunately federal codes require that glass shower doors be made of tempered safety glass.

Another name for this type of glass is toughened glass. Features frameless shower with barn door type sliding operation coordinates with passage 60 in. Consumer product safety commission cpsc reports more than 60 complaints from across the u s. This means that when shattering happens the glass breaks into many small pieces rather than large jagged pieces.

Kohler revel 70 in h x 56 625 in to 59 625 in w frameless bypass sliding anodized brushed nickel shower door clear glass item 648011. Before the 1980s many sliding doors were constructed using dangerous plate glass instead of the safer tempered glass or in rarer cases laminated. Although it s an unlikely and rare occurrence for the glass in a shower door to break the prospect of broken glass in a bathroom is not a pleasant one. Most home showers have glass to upgrade your bathroom look and add value to your home.

Thick tempered glass for safety easy to clean glass helps prevent streaking by sheeting the water to carry away dirt reversible door opening installs with sliding door on left or right. What is tempered glass. If you ve ever bumped into a shower door you ve probably wondered what would happen if it shattered. Tempered glass also known as tempered safety glass is defined as glass that is heat treated to be stronger and more durable than standard annealed glass up to four times stronger.

All building codes require safety glazing for shower doors commercial doors and storefronts for safety purposes. Showering behind safety glass. Safety glass and shower doors. Because heat strengthened glass fractures into large jagged pieces it does not qualify as a safety glazing material.

Over the last eight years of shower doors shattering for seemingly no reason. A similar danger lurks in many bathrooms in the form of shower doors. At glass doctor not only can we offer multiple shower design options but we make sure your.