Expanded section to include all cases where safety glazing is required.
Safety glass requirement sliding door year.
The most likely locations for accidents caused by glass breakage which could result in cutting and piercing injuries are in doors door side panels low.
Safety glass is required in areas where there is the potential for human impact with the glass.
We ve had a customer of our own who walked through a plate glass door in the 1970 s which removed the tip of his nose.
Glazing near stairways ramps and the.
As members of the national glass association our company subscribes fully to a professional code of bay area sliding door repair glass patio accordion shower pocket 408 866 0267.
When did the building code first require safety tempered glass for sliding glass doors glass shower doors and low windows in walking areas.
All safety glass including film being used in safety glass areas must be labelled.
Large lites of glass more than 9 square feet near walkways.
Per the international residential code all glass or panels in fixed operable swinging sliding and bifold doors must be constructed from safety glass regardless of size.
A or b the type of glass laminated or toughened and that is conforms to the appropriate building standards as2008 as1288.
The label will identify the grade of safety glass e g.
Our company installs safety glass whenever required by law.
How to identify safety glass.
The consumer product safety commission has documented 75 000 injuries involving sliding glass doors in the last 10 years.
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Glazing in and near swinging and sliding doors.
Lacerations and cuts were commonplace in doors without safety glass.
Any glass within 24 inches of a door along the same wall as the door or perpendicular to it that is less than 60 inches above the floor must be safety tempered glass.
Glazing around tubs showers pools and similar fixtures.
To comply with the building regulations glazing requirements or also known as critical locations there must be safety glass or safety guards in place to protect people from injury.
Section 2406 4 of the 2015 ibc establishes the locations where safety glazing is required.
Glass doors sliding and fixed panels storm doors unframed swinging glass doors shower and bath tub enclosures glazing within 12 inches of a swinging door fixed glass panels less than 18 inches above the finish floor and within 36 inches of a walking surface.