Glass wardrobe doors

[threebikesmcginty]

when I said chatting to the new neighbours I meant introduce yourself with menaces

Kind of with the chainsaw already running and a 'Here's Johnny' look in your eye?

 

[magnatom]

You know a thing or two about this then dellzeqq?

These are the doors in question (actually this will be our room, but the doors are exactly the same in the kids room).

There are also doors with glass panels in the lounge. These are certainly getting replaced straight away as they are patterned glass which I am sure is totally unsafe.

 

[magnatom]

Ask that chap, with the big trees, who lives at the end of you new garden!

I can assure you, the chap in that property wouldn't have a clue about builders!

 

[dellzeqq]

There are also doors with glass panels in the lounge. These are certainly getting replaced straight away as they are patterned glass which I am sure is totally unsafe.

BS6206 glass can be patterned, but that's unusual. I'd guess your glass is annealed glass.

If the glass panel is set within a door, then it's a question of how thick the glass is, how wide the glass is and how secure the setting method is. Glass at the bottom of the door is obviously a greater risk than glass at the top of the door. Small pieces of BS6206 toughened glass are not expensive, although most small glaziers will have to cut it, send it to the tougheners and get it back again. It might take a week. I bought a 800x800 piece earlier this year for eighteen quid. It might be cheapest and most convenient to remove the beading around the glass and replace it with toughened glass. There would still be a risk of injury from glass shower, but that risk is very much smaller than that afforded by annealed glass. The other consideration is that the door is unlikely to be fire-rated, whatever the type of glass. I am definitely not offering you advice on this - the question of fire safety has to be considered in the context of the house.

Now, if you'll excuse me, I'm now going to read the 'Code for Sustainable Homes' for fun. I'm not just a glass nerd, you know. I'm really, really, really boring on sustainable drainage.

 

[MacB]

You know a thing or two about this then dellzeqq?

These are the doors in question (actually this will be our room, but the doors are exactly the same in the kids room).

There are also doors with glass panels in the lounge. These are certainly getting replaced straight away as they are patterned glass which I am sure is totally unsafe.

Barring the trim they look mighty similar to the ones we have. Try taking one of the panels out you'd be amazed at how heavy they are.

Nice position as well, at right angles to the window, should through good light across the room.

I'll defer to Dell on the specifics but ours have taken some hefty knocks over the last 9 years, including me pi**ed and falling into them, and not a blemish.

 

[MacB]

Kind of with the chainsaw already running and a 'Here's Johnny' look in your eye?

you've met Magnatom then?

 

[ufkacbln]

You now regret this as fifty hungry and thirsty cyclists descend upon your new abode to "help" with the decorating and building!

 

[magnatom]

Barring the trim they look mighty similar to the ones we have. Try taking one of the panels out you'd be amazed at how heavy they are.

Nice position as well, at right angles to the window, should through good light across the room.

I'll defer to Dell on the specifics but ours have taken some hefty knocks over the last 9 years, including me pi**ed and falling into them, and not a blemish.

Aye, I'd like to keep them. we are moving from a house with large windows to one with much smaller windows (oh aye, these need replaced as well!), so keeping the rooms light is important.

As for me being menacing, bah! I've never said boo to a goose in my life....ok maybe on the occasional video....

 

[magnatom]

You now regret this as fifty hungry and thirsty cyclists descend upon your new abode to "help" with the decorating and building!

Excellent! The house is also well positioned for rides into the Campsies and Trossachs, so we could go for rides in between knocking down walls.

The location of the house in relation to excellent cycling had no influence on my encouragement of Mrs Magnatom to consider buying it...

 

[Telemark]

Excellent! The house is also well positioned for rides into the Campsies and Trossachs, so we could go for rides in between knocking down walls.

The location of the house in relation to excellent cycling had no influence on my encouragement of Mrs Magnatom to consider buying it...

really?

How's the garden/garage set up for bike storage/workshop?

Careful, we might just have to arrange a CC Ecosse ride in the vicinity some time, if you let the address slip

Good luck with all the improvements - from your "lists of things to do" you'll be busy, even without a new wee cyclist's arrival soon

T

 

[Mr Celine]

Meanwhile, on GlassChat the glaziers are discussing finding a bicycle in their new house which they'll be throwing out because it might be dangerous.

We've got similar mirrored wardrobes and I did manage to break one - it had been temporarily removed during alterations and was being stored in the garage. Mrs Celine was looking for something in the garage and had to move the mirror and leaned it on the inside of the door. Five minutes later I opened the garage door from the outside.......

The mirror cracked of course and the glass was not toughened, but despite falling face down onto a concrete floor none of the glass actually came out. We had 2 young children at the time but TBH the chances of them breaking a mirrored wardrobe are remote - only likely to happen if they throw something at them and you'd be there to hear the crash.

 

[Lardyboy]

With that vintage of door I'd have a good look at the state of the runners/mechanism as well. If they've been "well used" there could be some wear and there could be "issues" concerning them too.

 

[rich p]

Throw them out, they're hideous

 

[MacB]

Throw them out, they're hideous

as it's the Glasgow region he can probably just pitch them out the window

 

[rich p]

as it's the Glasgow region he can probably just pitch them out the window

Whereas in the Farnborough region they hang the doors slightly concave to make the viewee appear tall, slim and handsome