[stevetcg]

You know how a car window has safety glass that when it breaks, it shatters into hundred of little pieces so no piece is large enough to puncture too deeply?

Do sliding glass doors have this? Can they? How can I tell?

Issue: children and rough play. 2 sliding glass doors in main house area.
Concern: headfirst tackle through plate glass.

[ballengerb1]

Doors and windows near the ground have been required by law (1977) to have tempered glass for quite some time. Closely inspect all four corners of the pane. Most tempered glass has a label etched into the glass spelling out what you have, hard to see so look closely.

[tickle]

Issue: children and rough play. 2 sliding glass doors in main house area.
Concern: headfirst tackle through plate glass.

It isn't the same type of glass, stevert. It is double pained, vacuum inside and I guess you will have to tell whoever, not to roughhouse in the house, take it outside where it should be.

[ballengerb1]

Some sliders are thermopane while many are not. Most tempered glass will have that etched label.

[stevetcg]

Good Tip ballengerb1.

It says:

Tempered
16 CFR 1201-CII
ANSIZ07.1-1984

[ballengerb1]

Great, you have tempered glass but a good head butt can still break it. It will not break into shards of cutting glass, millions of small pieces and hopefully only a little skin abrasion. Oh those boys.



PS I love your closing line. I too have a great dad as a teacher and electrician. Most of us only know what we have seen, read and heard from others.

[ballengerb1]

Thanks Steve, I was editing my post when you gave me that greenie so go back and read my last line. Loved the old man.

[stevetcg]

Thanks Steve, I was editing my post when you gave me that greenie so go back and read my last line. Loved the old man.

I aspire to be a step ahead of my dad. If I come in 3 steps behind, I've still won.

[glassdoc]

You definitely have tempered glass, which is EXACTLY the same thing found in automobile door glass, just a different shape and possibly two instead of one.