Any glazing in a door that is less than 1500mm from the floor or within 300mm either side of a door.
Safety glass internal doors regulations.
The shaded areas shown in the diagram below show critical locations where toughened safety glass will be required.
Safety glazing should be provided to any glass in a critical area.
Bathrooms for all areas up to 2 metres high door side panels if less than 300mm away from the door and positioned 1200mm or less above the floor around stairs for a distance of 1000mm from either side of the stairs and 2000mm from the bottom of the stairs.
As a general guide you must use safety glass in.
4 glazing in unframed side hinged swinging doors.
2 glazing in fixed and sliding panels of sliding glass doors.
In addition any glass located adjacent to a door within a 24 inch arc of the door must be constructed from safety glass if the bottom edge of the glass is less than 60 inches above the walking.
Internal doors with glass panel doors flush doors.
3 glazing in storm type doors.
As the drawing below shows any glass in doors that does not start over 1500mm from the floor must be safety glass.
There are lots of regulations pertaining to doors and frame fittings the requirements surrounding fire doors loft conversions fire exit doors and disability access are just a few regulations that require consideration.
Certain types of transparent plastic sheet can satisfy the impact requirements for safety glass.
Below is a list giving general view as to when safety glazing is required.
Any glazing that is less than 800mm from the floor.
Where this dimension is greater than 900mm glazing categorised as class a or b is required.
This means that the glass must be approved safety glass.
Glass in doors and side panels may only be glazed in class c materials where the smaller dimension is a maximum of 900mm.
Except as provided in paragraph d of this section the following locations and areas require the use of safety glazing conforming to the requirements of paragraph c of this section.
1 glazing in all entrance or exit doors.
Often this means that the glass will be toughened safety glass that s designed to prevent dangerous shards being produced if the glass is ever.
Within any glazed door up to 1500mm from floor level.
The glass units in windows will have to be toughened if the lowest part of the window is 800mm from the floor.
At least 0 33 square metres and at least 450mm high and 450mm wide.
If you are buying replacement glazing safety glass must be used in critical locations as follows.
Glazing adjacent to doors windows side panels wholly or partially within 300mm of the edge of a door and which is also wholly or partially within 1500mm from floor level must be safety glass.