All doors manufactured since 1974 have tempered glass.
Tempered glass above door.
Any windows in a door must have tempered glass no matter the height unless it is too small for a 3 inch ball to pass through the window.
Shower base clear 3 8 in.
Thick tempered glass for safety easy to clean glass helps prevent streaking by sheeting the water to carry away dirt reversible door opening installs with sliding door on left or right.
In addition any glass located adjacent to a door within a 24 inch arc of the door must be constructed from safety glass if the bottom edge of the glass is less than 60 inches above the walking.
Any glass within 24 inches of a door along the same wall as the door or perpendicular to it that is less than 60 inches above the floor must be safety tempered glass.
Also known as toughened glass tempered glass is stronger and safer than regular glass.
The tempering process changes the properties of the glass so that if it should be broken it crumbles into dull cubes to minimize any injury.
Glass in walls enclosing stairway landings or within 5 feet of the bottom and top of stairways where the bottom edge of the glass is less than 60 above a walking surface you can select tempered glass on any of the windows you order from discount door and window.
Also glass on a perpendicular wall to a door and opposite the swing must be safety tempered as illustrated below.
If you are installing windows within 2 feet of a door and lower than 5 feet from the ground you need tempered glass in the windows even though these might be higher than 18 inches from the ground.
There are exceptions allowed for decorative glass in windows also along with the addition of a sturdy rail in front of the glass and outboard panes of insulating glass in a high location.
According to the international building code which has been adopted by the state of texas any glass in a window that is within 2 feet of a door and within 53 of the finished floor surface.
Features frameless shower with barn door type sliding operation coordinates with passage 60 in.