How thick is glass for furniture usually? By this I mean for cabinet doors
etc. - doesn't have to support any weight.

ofn01 wrote:
How thick is glass for furniture usually? By this I mean for cabinet doors
etc. - doesn't have to support any weight.


3-4mm

Do get toughened if you can.

On 12 Aug, 09:46, "ofn01" wrote:
How thick is glass for furniture usually? By this I mean for cabinet doors
etc. - doesn't have to support any weight.

2mm, 3mm, 4mm

2mm is picture framing and not everyone carries it all the time.

There's a _lot_ of variation in service between "galss merchants".
It's worth hunting around to find a good one. Most of them these days
just re-sell DG sealed units from a factory and don't cut any glass on-
site.

"ofn01" wrote:

How thick is glass for furniture usually? By this I mean for cabinet doors
etc. - doesn't have to support any weight.


I had some glass doors made for a shelving unit, and also some glass
tops for pine bedroom furniture. I was advised to use 4mm. 15 years
on, it still does the job.

The cabinet doors are toughened glass - essential if you have
children, and still desirable if you don't.

Bruce wrote:
"ofn01" wrote:
How thick is glass for furniture usually? By this I mean for cabinet doors
etc. - doesn't have to support any weight.


I had some glass doors made for a shelving unit, and also some glass
tops for pine bedroom furniture. I was advised to use 4mm. 15 years
on, it still does the job.

The cabinet doors are toughened glass - essential if you have
children, and still desirable if you don't.

May also be essential for insurance purposes ..someone might sue you
successfully if they have an accident with it.

Having just reglazed a greenhouse with 3mm agricultural, it's absolutely
fragile and totally lethal.

I woud not have it in a house, period.

Amd I am not one noted for elfin safety promotion. I will gaily pour
boiling water on caustic soda in a blocked sink.

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Andy Dingley wrote:
There's a _lot_ of variation in service between "galss merchants".
It's worth hunting around to find a good one. Most of them these days
just re-sell DG sealed units from a factory and don't cut any glass on-
site.

I'm surprised at that - all the ones round here do. Much of their work
will come from commercial premises where double glazing isn't perhaps the
norm.

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