A federal law mandates safety glass for areas that have the possibility of impact by a person such as sliding glass doors and low windows in walking areas.
Glass door safety requirements.
The builders hardware manufacturer s association has developed many door hardware safety standards which have implications when choosing new glass door hardware for homes and businesses.
When there is occasional glass breakage the safe way to collect the glass is with pieces of cardboard heavy paper or dustpan and brush.
A glass panel so small that a 3 ball cannot go through it or if the glass is categorized as decorative.
Safety glass should be fitted in all doors and other windows or glazed areas that are lower than 800mm from the floor level.
The international codes i codes are the widely accepted comprehensive set of model codes used in the us and abroad to help ensure the engineering of safe sustainable affordable and resilient structures.
As a general guide you must use safety glass in.
All glass doors bathrooms for all areas up to 2 metres high door side panels if less than 300mm away from the door and positioned 1200mm or less above the floor around stairs for a distance of 1000mm from either side of the stairs and 2000mm from.
Glass panels less than 250mm wide can be fitted with 6mm glass or laminated glass instead of toughened glass.
Glazing adjacent to doors in panes which are within 300mm from the door edge and 1500mm from floor level.
Glazed doors in doors where the glass comes within 1500mm from floor level.
All primary windows and sliding glass doors shall comply with aama 1701 2 95 voluntary standard primary window and sliding glass door for utilization in manufactured housing except the exterior and interior pressure tests must be conducted at the design wind loads required for components and cladding specified in 3280 305 c 1.
Low level glazing glazing below 800mm from floor level.
Ansi bhma 156 1 is a standard that sets up the requirements for butts and hinges.
The international code council icc is a non profit organization dedicated to developing model codes and standards used in the design build and compliance process.
Critical locations are considered to be.
In addition any glass located adjacent to a door within a 24 inch arc of the door must be constructed from safety glass if the bottom edge of the glass is less than 60 inches above the walking.
The stained glass panel at foot level at a stair landing shown below is an example of a window that really should be safety glass but is acceptable by code because it is considered.