Exploding shower door
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Anyone ever had a shower door explode on them before?
Came home this afternoon. Had been in the house 5 mins when the most almighty cracking, crashing noise came from upstairs. Ran up to find the shower door in one of the bathrooms had exploded... tempered/safety glass absolutely everywhere.
Just as bizarrely, for the next 40 mins the pieces of glass continued to crack and even jump about an inch into the air.
Weird.
Came home this afternoon. Had been in the house 5 mins when the most almighty cracking, crashing noise came from upstairs. Ran up to find the shower door in one of the bathrooms had exploded... tempered/safety glass absolutely everywhere.
Just as bizarrely, for the next 40 mins the pieces of glass continued to crack and even jump about an inch into the air.
Weird.
AREA said:
juan king said:
Worst I have more than one bathroom post ever!
The children's wing only has the two bathrooms. 
Seriously, a friend of mine had the same thing happen to his car windscreen, parked in the garage, sudden 'POP' was heard, screen was in a million bits. It was actually a Trabant, but no ordinary Trabby, this has a 5 litre motor and space frame chassis.
AREA said:
Came home this afternoon. Had been in the house 5 mins when the most almighty cracking, crashing noise came from upstairs. Ran up to find the shower door in one of the bathrooms had exploded... tempered/safety glass absolutely everywhere.
Laminated glass would stop this, by holding all the bits together. Do they make them in laminated glass?I use a shower curtain. It doesn't show limescale and doesn't explode (at least it hasn't yet)
There was an item about this on Watchdog a while back.
Not specifically shower panels, but things like glass tables and TV stands randomly exploding.
Like said above, heat differences etc etc.
I think its only tempered glass.
It saying that, why don't don't cars windows explode all the time?
Not specifically shower panels, but things like glass tables and TV stands randomly exploding.
Like said above, heat differences etc etc.
I think its only tempered glass.
It saying that, why don't don't cars windows explode all the time?
King Herald said:
Why? Are you poor?
Seriously, a friend of mine had the same thing happen to his car windscreen, parked in the garage, sudden 'POP' was heard, screen was in a million bits. It was actually a Trabant, but no ordinary Trabby, this has a 5 litre motor and space frame chassis.
O/T, but is there a build thread for that anywhere - looks brilliant!Seriously, a friend of mine had the same thing happen to his car windscreen, parked in the garage, sudden 'POP' was heard, screen was in a million bits. It was actually a Trabant, but no ordinary Trabby, this has a 5 litre motor and space frame chassis.
Happened to me too.
Just a word of advice if you are going to claim on your insurance tell them that you smashed it. I rang my insurer and they wouldn't pay out as item failures are not covered but accidental damage is.
I rang the bathroom supplier and they sent a new shower out next day.
Just a word of advice if you are going to claim on your insurance tell them that you smashed it. I rang my insurer and they wouldn't pay out as item failures are not covered but accidental damage is.
I rang the bathroom supplier and they sent a new shower out next day.
The Spruce goose said:
glass being a liquid is a funny substance and can still be unstable. Usually it is more to do with the surround that holds in the glass.
Glass is a solid, not a liquidtl;dr:
Conclusion of the linked article said:
Glasses are amorphous solids. There is a fundamental structural divide between amorphous solids (including glasses) and crystalline solids. Structurally, glasses are similar to liquids, but that doesn't mean they are liquid. It is possible that the "glass is a liquid" urban legend originated with a misreading of a German treatise on glass thermodynamics.
It gets complicated!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glass_transition_temp...
'An amorphous solid that exhibits a glass transition is called a glass. Supercooling a viscous liquid into the glass state is called vitrification, from the Latin vitreum, "glass" via French vitrifier.'
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glass_transition_temp...
'An amorphous solid that exhibits a glass transition is called a glass. Supercooling a viscous liquid into the glass state is called vitrification, from the Latin vitreum, "glass" via French vitrifier.'
BIANCO said:
I remember this happening to me at school with a glass door, went to open the door and as soon as I touched it, boom it just shattered. I remember just standing there thinking WTF with a teacher just stood there looking at me also thinking WTF.
That would have been a good time to turn slowly to her and say, in a scary voice, 'I am the son of Satan...'Fatboy said:
O/T, but is there a build thread for that anywhere - looks brilliant!
http://www.hotrodphotos.co.uk/wayne%27sTrabant.htmI've had it happen to me whilst installing one!
The builder transported it on a open trailer in -5 degrees outside temperature and I tried installing it half an hour later inside a 25 degree house!
Big mistake!!!
It was a 1200 x 800 sheet of 10mm toughened glass, I had it all in place, ready to make it secure when I noticed a little bit of chrome trim had moved, I placed a thick rubber handled screwdriver, wrapped in a cloth against the trim and ever so gently tapped it with a rubber mallet........KABOOM!!!!
It made the loudest bang I have ever heard, it cut my hand it several places and my apprentice's. Luckily I was looking towards the floor when it happened as was my apprentice.
It completely ruined the stone resin shower tray and took the enamel off a newly refurbished cast iron Victorian Style Bath, along with my blood all over the brand new (very expensive) tiled floor, it made quite an expensive mess!
Luckily the supplier accepted responsibility and paid for everything. I am now s
t scared of installing shower enclosures though!
The builder transported it on a open trailer in -5 degrees outside temperature and I tried installing it half an hour later inside a 25 degree house!
Big mistake!!!
It was a 1200 x 800 sheet of 10mm toughened glass, I had it all in place, ready to make it secure when I noticed a little bit of chrome trim had moved, I placed a thick rubber handled screwdriver, wrapped in a cloth against the trim and ever so gently tapped it with a rubber mallet........KABOOM!!!!
It made the loudest bang I have ever heard, it cut my hand it several places and my apprentice's. Luckily I was looking towards the floor when it happened as was my apprentice.
It completely ruined the stone resin shower tray and took the enamel off a newly refurbished cast iron Victorian Style Bath, along with my blood all over the brand new (very expensive) tiled floor, it made quite an expensive mess!
Luckily the supplier accepted responsibility and paid for everything. I am now s
t scared of installing shower enclosures though!Gassing Station | Homes, Gardens and DIY | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff