Tempered Safety Glass Door

In the event that your shower door breaks tempered glass will cause the glass to break into dull cubes while regular glass will break into jagged shards.
Tempered safety glass door. The areas considered to be hazardous safety glazing areas requiring tempered glass are. Any glass within 24 inches of a door along the same wall as the door or perpendicular to it that is less than 60 inches above the floor must be safety tempered glass. Saturday october 5 2019. There are also four exception allowed as noted below in the citation from the residential edition of the florida building code fbc and the international residential code irc is similar.
The higher strength of tempered glass is advantageous in point supported and other specialty applications. For this reason tempered glass is most often used where standard glass could pose a danger. What is tempered glass because of the way tempered glass is heat treated it breaks into small safe pieces rather than large shards. Glass in any door.
Call us today at 855 603 1919 for a free in home consultation. The strong choice fully tempered glass is four to five times stronger than annealed glass and breaks into dull edged particles that are less likely to cause serious injury such that tempered glass can satisfy safety glazing requirements. The glass shatters into small blocks that are much less likely to cause injurey. Showering behind safety glass.
Glass in any kind of shower bathtub area hot tub steam room sauna or whirlpool area where the bottom edge of the glass is less than 60 inches above a standing surface and drain outlet. The pros and cons of laminated and tempered safety glass. That is why tempered glass is also called safety glass. At glass doctor you ll get safe and stunning glass shower doors.
When is safety tempered glass required by code for glass near a door.