How Safe Are Your Bathroom Shower Screens?
Despite the inevitable fact that glass shower screens look amazing, many people are sick and tired of the fact that they can break. In fact, a man in the US recently lost his life in a freak glass shower screen accident, while a woman on the Gold Coast almost lost her leg when a large glass shard pierced her leg when her shower screen shattered. That said, in Australia there are now very strict laws regarding the types of glass that can and cannot be used in modern shower screens , essentially there are two ❤ Tempered safety glass ❤ Laminated safety glass Each type has unique properties that reflect the type of shower screen they are used in. So what's the difference? Tempered Safety Glass As the name implies, it is glass that has been tempered through a high temperature heating process. It is very durable and in the rare event that it does break, it is designed to never break completely. In fact, if it does break, it is specifically designed to shatter into thousands of small