Skylights are typically available as laminated glass skylights or tempered glass skylights.
Tempered laminated glass roof.
Glass panels can be made to 8 long so roofs using this options are limited to 8 projection.
Laminated glass two panes fused by a sheet of plastic is designed to hold its form even when shattered and can reduce the risk of ejections.
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Tempered glass when broken forms many small bits rather than shards.
Roofing kansas citycompany vaught roofing recommends laminated glass skylights in all instances and they are even required per building code for certain out of reach applications.
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It is also more expensive than the tempered glass or the multiwall polycarbonate.
Referred to as safety glass both tempered and laminated glass are used in automotive windows and in many applications where shattered glass could ordinarily pose a threat of injuries such as in shower doors or skylights.
Generally two sheets of toughened glass provide the most economic solution for domestic projects where the roof light is no more than 5m above floor level.
Typical shuttered laminated glass.
The inner pane may be toughened or laminated depending upon location and height above ground.
Tempered glass the kind used in side and rear windows.
Laminated glass edge note the bonding interlayer in between the glass layers.
Tempered glass is classified as safety glass because of how it breaks but once it s used as part of a laminated glass sandwich the break pattern requirement no longer applies.
Laminated and tempered glass each have different functions but together they keep you inside the vehicle in an accident shield you from flying sharp glass retain the roof s rigidity in a rollover and allow the side air bag to protect you when it s deployed.
If the height exceeds this then laminated glass should be used for the inner pane.
And the exposed surface of the glass is less than 60.
Once tempered glass is laminated it s the laminated glass standard that matters.
Tempered glass must be used for all glass adjacent to stairs ramps and landings if the glass is located within 36 inches of a walking surface.
Tempered glass has an additional degree of hardness and shatters into small pebbles not in large shards.