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Frameless Shower Glass - to miter or not to miter Aaron Fude 05-15-2008
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Posted by charlie on May 19, 2008, 12:15 pm

> Aaron Fude wrote:
> > Hi,
>
> > I have two competing contractors to install shower glass. One suggest
> > mitering the corner where two panels of glass meet at the 90 degree
> > angle. The other says that it's not a good idea because it won't look
> > good.
>
> > What do you think?
>
> > Thanks!
>
> > Aaron
>
> I don't think it will look good. Does that guy have a sample of how it
> might
> look?
> --


Why do you think not? (I have not seen a sample, but I don't find butt
angles particularly nice.)

--

the miter will be a lot weaker. furthermore, these will have to be tempered.
chipping the edge of a tempered sheet of glass will produce a couple of
shopping bags of glass gravel. a miter will make this more likely to occur.



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Posted by Doug Brown on May 19, 2008, 12:26 pm
--
>
> the miter will be a lot weaker. furthermore, these will have to be
> tempered. chipping the edge of a tempered sheet of glass will produce a
> couple of shopping bags of glass gravel. a miter will make this more
> likely to occur.


Uhhhh...... They bevel them or mitre them and _then_ temper.



Posted by charlie on May 19, 2008, 12:29 pm

> --
>>
>> the miter will be a lot weaker. furthermore, these will have to be
>> tempered. chipping the edge of a tempered sheet of glass will produce a
>> couple of shopping bags of glass gravel. a miter will make this more
>> likely to occur.
>
>
> Uhhhh...... They bevel them or mitre them and _then_ temper.

duh. where did i specify the sequence of operations?

however, the thin mitered edge will make a chip much more likely, causing
the glass to explosively deconstruct more likely.



Posted by RicodJour on May 19, 2008, 1:47 pm
wrote:
>
> however, the thin mitered edge will make a chip much more likely, causing
> the glass to explosively deconstruct more likely.

If either of them chips they 'splodes. Don't bang it with anything
harder than a plastic shampoo bottle and it'll be fine.

R

Posted by Norminn on May 17, 2008, 8:42 am
Aaron Fude wrote:

>Hi,
>
>I have two competing contractors to install shower glass. One suggest
>mitering the corner where two panels of glass meet at the 90 degree
>angle. The other says that it's not a good idea because it won't look
>good.
>
>What do you think?
>
>Thanks!
>
>Aaron
>
>
I had no idea a corner for glass could be mitered. Seems it would chip
or break with ease if it
was bumped.

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