I was told that all new houses require toughned glass on glass panel doors up to 80 Cm from the floor. Is that so? And when did this come in? How would I know if the glass is toughened, as I can't see a mark on the glass? It is a French doors type of door with 10 panes per dooor.

TIA

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I was told that all new houses require toughned glass on glass panel
doors up to 80 Cm from the floor. Is that so? And when did this come
in? How would I know if the glass is toughened, as I can't see a mark
on the glass? It is a French doors type of door with 10 panes per
dooor.

TIA


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Look at it through polarising glasses?

Andy.

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"Hands On" wrote
| I was told that all new houses require toughned glass
| on glass panel doors up to 80 Cm from the floor.
| Is that so?

Applies to all new / replacement windows in old houses too.

| And when did this come in?

Several years ago.

| How would I know if the glass is toughened, as I can't
| see a mark on the glass? It is a French doors type of
| door with 10 panes per dooor.

There may be an exemption for small panes like that. I'm not sure.

Owain

Also not necessary if the doors glazed in small panes not exceeding 250mm or
more than 0.5m2. (6mm glass normally)

Russ


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Owain wrote:

"Hands On" wrote
| I was told that all new houses require toughned glass
| on glass panel doors up to 80 Cm from the floor.
| Is that so?

Applies to all new / replacement windows in old houses too.

| And when did this come in?

Several years ago.

| How would I know if the glass is toughened, as I can't
| see a mark on the glass? It is a French doors type of
| door with 10 panes per dooor.

There may be an exemption for small panes like that. I'm not sure.

Owain


Sadly not as my BCO pointed out.

3mm toughened even on leaded light french windows.

On Wed, 16 Feb 2005 11:05:17 +0000, Hands On
wrote:

I was told that all new houses require toughned glass on glass panel
doors up to 80 Cm from the floor.

Are there any similar rules for internal glasswork, such as cupboard
doors ?

On Thu, 17 Feb 2005 02:23:21 +0000, Andy Dingley wrote:

On Wed, 16 Feb 2005 11:05:17 +0000, Hands On
wrote:

I was told that all new houses require toughned glass on glass panel
doors up to 80 Cm from the floor.

Are there any similar rules for internal glasswork, such as cupboard doors
?

I do hope not. Any more of this regulatory cr*p and I'll ignore all regs
and go back to relying on common sense.

*I* would use a stronger glass or plastic in any situation where a toddler
(yours or a visiting one) could be reasonably expected to head butt or run
straight into it. If you have a "special" room, with fine furniture and a
lockable door and you never intend to let said toddlers in there, then you
are fine, don't bother.

It's worth considering something a bit better than the cheapest of the
cheap for the upper panes to avoid the possibility of slamming door breaks
glass, massive shard fall off and stabs you in the foot.

Tim

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Owain wrote:

"Hands On" wrote
| I was told that all new houses require toughned glass
| on glass panel doors up to 80 Cm from the floor.
| Is that so?

Applies to all new / replacement windows in old houses too.

| And when did this come in?

Several years ago.

| How would I know if the glass is toughened, as I can't
| see a mark on the glass? It is a French doors type of
| door with 10 panes per dooor.

There may be an exemption for small panes like that. I'm not sure.

Owain


Sadly not as my BCO pointed out.


Damn damn and triple damn !

Here I am, starting to plan my building notice application for a new
staircase and the two lovely new Pilkington K double glazed windows I will
be demonstrating to the man from the council as upstairs fire escapes are 4
foot wide and at knee height.

Would I have got away with it if I'd left in the original 3 or 4 mm panes I
wonder ....

Neither window installer who quoted for the job mentioned the need for
toughened glass .....

Jeremy