Internal doors - safety glass
Discussion
SAB888 said:
Just a thought but, if someone had a nasty accident with the glass, could there be any civil lawsuit because it wasn't safety glass. . . just a thought.
I had a nasty accident with an internal door in a rented house. There wasn't a civil lawsuit but when I got the glazier round he had to fit safety glass.Luckily there was a canoe on the far side of the door which broke my drunken falling down stairs before I damaged myself further. Unluckily the canoe fell into another window which also broke...
Ah, internal glazed doors. I have some, they look nice but in reality they are a bit horrid to live with.
The glass was not sandwiched tight against the wood so it rattled badly when you shut the door although less so now I've filled the cracks with silicon.
Still, 4/5mm EN 12600 IC3 glass, feels a bit fragile. I do have visions of drunken people falling straight through...
The glass was not sandwiched tight against the wood so it rattled badly when you shut the door although less so now I've filled the cracks with silicon.
Still, 4/5mm EN 12600 IC3 glass, feels a bit fragile. I do have visions of drunken people falling straight through...
Yup. The door I went through was half glazed. I tumbled down the stairs and stuck my arms out to stop myself. If the canoe hadn't been on the other side I would have broken the glass with my hands and then folded myself onto the broken shards stuck in the rest of the door. As it was I got away with badly cutting my hands. One knuckle still has a big scar on it17 years later.
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