What is safety glazing
- when is safety glass required
- when is safety glass required in windows
- when is safety glass required in windows nz
- when is safety glass required in doors
Safety glazing vs tempered glass!
Ibc 2018 tempered glass requirements
Where is Tempered Glass Required? | Your Ultimate Guide
The International Residential Code (IRC) requires glazing, in other terms glass, in hazardous locations around your home to be tempered.
But where are these hazardous locations around your home?
These locations are specified in Sections R308.4.1 through R308.4.7 within the 2018 International Residential Code.
For the purpose of determining if glazing is located in a hazardous location, we have to look at these sections of the code to determine where and when tempered glass is required.
In addition to these locations the code does provide several exceptions to each specific location that we will look at as well.
Tempered Glass in Doors
Per Section R308.4.1 the first hazardous location that we find is glass that is located in a fixed and operable door.
Glazing in fixed and operable panels of swinging, sliding and bifold doors shall be considered to be a hazardous location.
As you can see glass located in a door that swings, slides, or is bifolding, must be of tempered glass.
This section however has 2 exce
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