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What is Safety Glass?
Safety Glass is a phrase used to describe glass that, when broken, provides a level of safety for people in the vicinity. There are two types of safety glass.
Laminated Safety Glass is simply two pieces of glass laminated together. The most common form is the 6.38mm which is two pieces of 3mm glass with a sheet of plastic all laminated together. It is used in Shop Front Windows, doors and shower screens. Laminated Safety Glass, will break but the glass will stay attached to the plastic.
Translucent Laminated Glass is exactly the same as laminated glass only the plastic centre is translucent.
Toughened Glass, or 'Tempered Glass', has been baked at tremendous temperatures making the glass 4 to 5 times stronger than normal glass of the same thickness.
Toughened Glass conforms to the Australian Standard 2208 Safety Glazing Material for use in Buildings and is commonly found in Shower Screens, Balustrades, Oven Doors and Glass Table Tops. When Toughened Glass is broken the glass shatters into tiny, relatively harmless, pieces.
What is Starphire Glass?
Starphire Glass refers to glass that has had its iron removed. The green tinge that is in most glass is caused by the iron content. Low Iron glass is much clearer and makes it perfect for colour reproduction in Splash-Backs.
What is the best glass for my windows?
'Hack & Glaze' is the phrase used when Glaziers re-glazing a window. Different glass is used depending upon the size, the location and the appropriate Australian Standard . Glass used in some window is float glass and bathrooms is always A Grade Safety Glass, either Laminated or Toughened Glass.
What glass is best for my Door?
Glass used in doors must be an A grade Safety Glass. Either Laminated Safety Glass or Toughened Safety Glass. Your door frame may only take a glass thickness of 5mm. In that instant, then Toughened Glass would be used. While Toughened Glass offers more variety of patterns, Laminated Safety Glass can often be the best glass. In the event of a breakage Toughened Glass will shatter and even though they are relatively harmless you will have that hole until it is fixed. Laminated Safety Glass when broken will still stay together. |
