ᐅ Which type of glazing? Thickness, laminated safety glass (LSG), heat-reflective glass, toughened/tempered glass, and so on?

Created on: 9 Jan 2020 15:59

Dear homeowners,

We are currently working on the quotes for the windows. We are building a two-story house. Therefore, there are tilt-and-turn windows on the ground floor and first floor, as well as many floor-to-ceiling units on both levels. Additionally, we have planned a corner window on the first floor and a lift-and-slide door system on the ground floor.

All the quotes have come in with the following glass configuration:

8 mm (5/16 inch) laminated safety glass (LSG), 4 mm (5/32 inch) float glass, 8 mm (5/16 inch) laminated safety glass. For the corner window, the outer pane is specified as 8 mm (5/16 inch) toughened safety glass (TSG).

Now we are wondering if this might be overkill in some cases. 6 mm (1/4 inch) laminated safety glass should be sufficient at least for personal protection (falling through floor-to-ceiling units). Burglary resistance is a consideration on the ground floor, but for resistance class RC2, a special type of glass would be needed (at least for the outer pane).

How have you approached this topic? Do you use the same glass configuration throughout, or do you optimize it depending on the window’s position, size, etc.?

Thanks in advance for an interesting discussion!

annab37713 Feb 2020 12:11

#13

If a child falls against a patio door without laminated safety glass (VSG), it can cause serious injuries. If the door is fitted with laminated safety glass on the inside (roughly an additional cost of about 50 EUR, just a rough estimate), the injuries will be much less severe and less likely to cause deep cuts compared to a door without it. Why are you comparing something like this to homeopathic remedies? Do you have no children?

11ant13 Feb 2020 12:27

#14

I was also a child once, and the kindergarten teachers used to regularly call us a noisy bunch. In the gymnasiums of my schools, the only "protection" was wire embedded in the glass panels of the doors, which we left completely untouched. Back then, we were upset when we had to wear fur hats with ear flaps in winter – if we had known that today's helicopter kids could already scare their parents just by going down the slide without knee pads or swinging without a helmet, we would have been grateful to only have to make a fool of ourselves by wearing a hat.

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annab37713 Feb 2020 12:46

#15

Unfortunately, even after reading it twice, I still cannot see any connection to laminated safety glass (VSG)....?

11ant13 Feb 2020 13:21

#16

The point is that throughout my entire time in kindergarten and school (first in a typical small community kindergarten, and later in large school centers), there was never a single unintended confrontation between a child and a non-VSG door.

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annab37713 Feb 2020 13:52

#17

I know someone who never wears a seatbelt in the car. He has been accident-free for decades. Now he wants to convince his child that seatbelts are unnecessary because he has always done it that way and has never had an unintentional collision between the driver and the windshield.

I don’t agree with this logic or argumentative approach at all. Everyone should do as they please, but nowadays, with advancements like laminated safety glass (VSG) and previously embedded protective wire in glass, and if you have the financial means to prevent accidents, why not take advantage of that?

ᐅ Which type of glazing? Thickness, laminated safety glass (LSG), heat-reflective glass, toughened/tempered glass, and so on?

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