HELP - Broken Safety Glass

[mo2]

OK simple as one hit of the glass and bang the whole pane shatters, but stays in its frame

 

[plugwash]

replace the pane with a new one to the same specs.

 

[mo2]

how? will it shatter if i break it out? etc etc

 

[Steve]

What has happened to it? What does it look like?

 

[mo2]

It's broken into little pices but is in the frame and is totally smooth to touch, the glass in the middle has shattered I'll post a pic when I can

 

[Steve]

sounds like laminated. It you're careful, take out the beads / putty holding the glass in place and the glass should come away. For exra safety, cover the pane in strong packing tape or similar.

 

[mo2]

ok will do, when it comes out, will it be like all the glass in the middle falls out or will the whole pane still be rigid?

 

[Glassman]

Toughened Safety glass will sometimes stay intact when broken. If it is Toughened glass it will collapse and fall out everywhere as soon as you try to remove it. make sure you put dust sheets down first because if this stuff gets into carpets you'll be picking tiny glass splinters up for months or even years afterwards.

If it is Laminated Safety glass then you should be able to remove the glass from the frame in one piece. The PVB plastic interlayer inside the glass will hold it together although you'll still get the odd glass splinter if you bend the glass too much when taking it out.

 

[mo2]

thanks for that