At 2 20 this morning i was awoken by the sound of my shower door shattering.
Shower door shattered uk.
A shower screen should easily withstand these sort of knocks.
This glass is designed to shatter to avoid having large jagged shards of dangerous broken glass.
6 2012 larry kucharik 64 of oak park ill.
However as i lay there and tried to go back to sleep i heard what sounded like water dripping in the bathroom.
Was having his morning coffee when his wife alerted him to a strange noise.
The door can slip out of the hinges or out of the track when you open it.
The glass door can also crack if it s mishandled like if it s roughly opened or closed.
I was sleeping pretty soundly so i didn t realize what woke me and i don t remember hearing the crash.
There is an incredibly detailed manufacturing process to achieve this.
Sure glass shower doors look classy right after you ve cleaned them but all that style comes with serious dangers.
Due to this serious injuries from shower doors shattering are very rare.
A hanging glass shower door that falls from its track for example may shatter quite easily.
So how can a shower door all of a sudden shatter.
The fact it shattered in the middle of the night indicates the glass was under stresses strains when manufactured and or installed.
It is conceivable that some of the exploding shower doors occur because one of the top rollers loosens causing the door to fall an inch or two shattering on impact.
Tempered glass shower doors are shattering for no reason 9 23 15 5 31 pm edt by laura northrup lnorthrup ill tempered glass scary tempered glass injuries showers bathrooms.
Safety glass also known as tempered glass is often used for shower screens.
Mis use causing it to smash would be an impact and it would smash there and then.
I got up to check it out and found that my shower door was shattered and the sound i was hearing was.