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Posted by tbasc@bellsouth.net on August 18, 2007, 7:31 am
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>
> >I want to know if a window can explode out due to normal Perth,
> > Western Australian weather, even if it was 35 to 37 degrees celsius?
> > The room is 5m by 3m. It has two windows and a sliding door and it was
> > the sliding door that supposedly blew out. I f any body knows the
> > answer, please reply.
>
> Windows are different than doors and so is the glass. A window did not
> break, but a light of glass did. There are many reasons a sliding door will
> blow out.
>
> In the US, at least, door glass must be tempered. Tempered glass does not
> break in shards like regular glass, but it fractures into tiny pieces when
> broken. This makes it safer if a person or animal should fall against the
> glass.
>
> Go here are read No. 6 http://www.alumaxbath.com/tech/tgb.htm
>
> It may have been damaged weeks ago and finally, excessive or extreme
> temperature of a good bang closing will cause the problem. It was not
> necessarily the kids having a party.
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> Edhttp://pages.cthome.net/edhome/
I agree with the 'tempered glass scenerio'.
There are stresses in tempered glass that can cause shattering.
My tempered glass shower door shattered without external cause.
The result was a pile of tiny cubes with slightly curved surfaces.
T
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