In the process of building a couple of large enclosures for BHP/Bredli. Can anyone recommend minimum glass thickness for the doors? (Doors will be approx. 2 feet/60cm tall by a little over 3 feet/90ish cm wide) Cheers.
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For me it's always a 5mm minimum. The bigger the area the stronger the glass needs to be. So you need to go thicker or go to laminated or toughened.
For the size you mentioned 5mm should be fine
all glass is weak at its edges :?, not to sure but i would think that toughened was the stronger out of the three particularly on its edges , i know when i was a glazier i was able to be a hell of alot rougher with toughened than i ever would of dared to try with float or lamToughened glass is weak on the edges (by comparison to the face)..
all glass is weak at its edges :?, not to sure but i would think that toughened was the stronger out of the three particularly on its edges , i know when i was a glazier i was able to be a hell of alot rougher with toughened than i ever would of dared to try with float or lam
I have some 6.8mm cracked laminated on my Olive and BHP enclosures. It has been that way for years. I dont know how 5mm float would last with a pair of snakes totaling say 15 kilos hitting it!
amen to that , i dont want to go into it again as i have done so in many threads but as a former glazier i cant believe people use float glass in enclosures using sliding glass tracksI have some 6.8mm cracked laminated on my Olive and BHP enclosures. It has been that way for years. I dont know how 5mm float would last with a pair of snakes totaling say 15 kilos hitting it!
JAX- im not totally sure but i think you will find that by australian standards ( or atleast NSW) any window that is at ground level must use either laminated glass or toughened
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