Shatterproof Glass Shower Doors

It s called a spontaneous blow and it can happen because the glass is tempered.

Shatterproof glass shower doors.

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. Showering behind safety glass. During the heating process the glass becomes more resistant to a direct impact but much more susceptible to a side impact.

Custom shower walls and passage 60 in. Due to this serious injuries from shower doors shattering are very rare. A hanging glass shower door that falls from its track for example may shatter quite easily. 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.

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. 6 2012 larry kucharik 64 of oak park ill. Was having his morning coffee when his wife alerted him to a strange noise.

The glass door can also crack if it s mishandled like if it s roughly opened or closed. 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. Call us today at 855 603 1919 for a free in home consultation. It takes a serious impact to break and when it does it shatters into small granular chunks instead of large shards.

Meaning if you were to drop the glass on its side it would instantly shatter. This glass is designed to shatter to avoid having large jagged shards of dangerous broken glass. A small side edge fracture say from slamming the door can make the whole door crack to pieces hours or days later. Features frameless shower with barn door type sliding operation coordinates with passage 60 in.

Shower base clear 3 8 in. This makes the glass much stronger against direct impact but weakens it against side impact. 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. Get free shipping on qualified shatter resistant glass plastic sheets or buy online pick up in store today in the building materials department.

Most glass shower doors are put through a process called tempering where its tensile strength is altered during a heating process. The glass is designed with safety in mind.