Shatterproof Glass Shower Doors

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Shatterproof glass shower doors.

The glass door can also crack if it s mishandled like if it s roughly opened or closed. This glass is designed to shatter to avoid having large jagged shards of dangerous broken glass. The glass is designed with safety in mind. 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.

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 takes a serious impact to break and when it does it shatters into small granular chunks instead of large shards. 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.

Due to this serious injuries from shower doors shattering are very rare. Delta shower doors are made with tempered glass much like the glass used in automobiles and airplanes. Call us today at 855 603 1919 for a free in home consultation. There is an incredibly detailed manufacturing process to achieve this.

This makes the glass much stronger against direct impact but weakens it against side impact. During the heating process the glass becomes more resistant to a direct impact but much more susceptible to a side impact. It s called a spontaneous blow and it can happen because the glass is tempered. 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.

Meaning if you were to drop the glass on its side it would instantly shatter. Showering behind safety glass. 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. Features frameless shower with barn door type sliding operation coordinates with passage 60 in.

Get free shipping on qualified shatter resistant glass plastic sheets or buy online pick up in store today in the building materials department. 6 2012 larry kucharik 64 of oak park ill. 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. A small side edge fracture say from slamming the door can make the whole door crack to pieces hours or days later.

Shower base clear 3 8 in. Custom shower walls and passage 60 in.