Shatterproof Glass Shower Doors

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Shatterproof glass shower doors.

Meaning if you were to drop the glass on its side it would instantly shatter. It takes a serious impact to break and when it does it shatters into small granular chunks instead of large shards. This glass is designed to shatter to avoid having large jagged shards of dangerous broken glass. 6 2012 larry kucharik 64 of oak park ill.

The glass is designed with safety in mind. They went upstairs to investigate and in their empty bathroom they found their glass shower door inexplicably shattered and lying in perilous shards all over the bathroom. It is conceivable that some of the exploding shower doors occur because one of the top rollers loosens causing the door to fall an inch or two shattering on impact. During the heating process the glass becomes more resistant to a direct impact but much more susceptible to a side impact.

Delta shower doors are made with tempered glass much like the glass used in automobiles and airplanes. A glass shower door can break even if no one s in the bathroom. 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. Custom shower walls and passage 60 in.

It s called a spontaneous blow and it can happen because the glass is tempered. A hanging glass shower door that falls from its track for example may shatter quite easily. Was having his morning coffee when his wife alerted him to a strange noise. There is an incredibly detailed manufacturing process to achieve this.

Due to this serious injuries from shower doors shattering are very rare. Most glass shower doors are put through a process called tempering where its tensile strength is altered during a heating process. Call us today at 855 603 1919 for a free in home consultation. The glass door can also crack if it s mishandled like if it s roughly opened or closed.

Showering behind safety glass. Shower base clear 3 8 in. 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. All glass in the bathroom or around a hot tub or sauna must consist of safety glass if the bottom edge is less than 60 inches above a standing or walking surface such as the shower floor.

Safety glass also known as tempered glass is often used for shower screens. This makes the glass much stronger against direct impact but weakens it against side impact.