Replacing Broken Glass In a Sliding Door
 

Replacing Broken Glass In a Sliding Door

This Article will focus on replacing single pane broken glass in an
aluminum sliding glass door. If your sliding door was installed before
1980, there is a possibility that the glass is not safety glass. The
law requiring safety glass in all doors was passed in either the late
1960's or early 1970's. In any event, it really doesn't matter, what
does matter is that you must install safety glass when replacing the
broken glass. You can order the glass from a local glass shop. They
will need to know the width, the height, and the glass thickness. If
you live in a residential tract home, there are standard sizes used in
the sliding door industry. For example, if you have an opening of 6'
wide X 6' 8" Tall, the glass in each panel will be 34 X 76. You can
confirm this by measuring across where the glass disappears into the
frame rail. You should come up with somewhere around 33". That means
the glass goes approximately 1/2" into the frame on each side. The
height will measure approximately 75". If You have a small 5' wide
door, the glass will be 28 X 76, a 7' door will be 40 X 76, and an 8'
door will be 46 X 76 (to read more proceed to
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