Safety Glass Shower Doors

At glass doctor you ll get safe and stunning glass shower doors.

Safety glass shower doors.

Features frameless shower with barn door type sliding operation coordinates with passage 60 in. Call us today at 855 603 1919 for a free in home consultation. Tempered glass also known as toughened glass is made by heating annealed glass uniformly. Before the 1980s many sliding doors were constructed using dangerous plate glass instead of the safer tempered glass or in rarer cases laminated.

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. 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. Most home showers have glass to upgrade your bathroom look and add value to your home.

Shower base clear 3 8 in. Fortunately federal codes require that glass shower doors be made of tempered safety glass. All building codes require safety glazing for shower doors commercial doors and storefronts for safety purposes. At glass doctor not only can we offer multiple shower design options but we make sure your.

Custom shower walls and passage 60 in. Because heat strengthened glass fractures into large jagged pieces it does not qualify as a safety glazing material. While these smaller pieces are definitely less dangerous than non tempered glass lacerations can still occur. Showering behind safety glass.

Consumer product safety commission cpsc reports more than 60 complaints from across the u s. Safety glass and shower doors. 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. In a previous article we discussed the dangers of sliding doors particularly those made of standard plate glass rather than tempered or safety glass.

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. If you ve ever bumped into a shower door you ve probably wondered what would happen if it shattered. A similar danger lurks in many bathrooms in the form of shower doors.