On Sun, 4 Jun 2017 12:06:21 -0400, John McGaw wrote:

On 6/4/2017 11:07 AM, wrote:
It might be
even cheaper to start with slider "replacement cartridges".

Yeah. The local glass guys I normally use have an assortment of thermal
glass panels for emergency repairs on glass doors. Ordering 'custom' for
every broken panel would take far too long and, as you note, there are only
a certain range of sized in common use. I guess the only serious question
would be one of safety and consideration should be given to tempered vs.
non-tempered in any use where the glass extends close to the floor. It
certainly can't hurt to ask what such panels would cost. Framing and
trimming stationary glass should be trivial.

Sliders are about as safe for this propose as you can get. There have
been boatloads of lawsuits over the years and the manufacturers are
pretty well tuned to the safety issues.