Shatterproof Glass Shower Doors

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

Shatterproof glass shower doors.

There is an incredibly detailed manufacturing process to achieve this. 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. A hanging glass shower door that falls from its track for example may shatter quite easily. 6 2012 larry kucharik 64 of oak park ill.

Get free shipping on qualified shatter resistant glass plastic sheets or buy online pick up in store today in the building materials department. A glass shower door can break even if no one s in the bathroom. Delta shower doors are made with tempered glass much like the glass used in automobiles and airplanes. A small side edge fracture say from slamming the door can make the whole door crack to pieces hours or days later.

Most glass shower doors are put through a process called tempering where its tensile strength is altered during a heating process. Custom shower walls and passage 60 in. Features frameless shower with barn door type sliding operation coordinates with passage 60 in. Was having his morning coffee when his wife alerted him to a strange noise.

Call us today at 855 603 1919 for a free in home consultation. This makes the glass much stronger against direct impact but weakens it against side impact. Showering behind safety glass. Shower base clear 3 8 in.

During the heating process the glass becomes more resistant to a direct impact but much more susceptible to a side impact. Due to this serious injuries from shower doors shattering are very rare. It s called a spontaneous blow and it can happen because the glass is tempered. Safety glass also known as tempered glass is often used for shower screens.

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

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.