Glass Repair Services

This can be known as spontaneous window glass breakage, as it is a heat treated toughened safety glass. The most common reason is the edges of the glass could have had some chips in it, form either being processed, packaged or from the installation process.

Toughened glass is 4 – 5 times stronger than ordinary annealed glass. It is given its extra strength quality’s by heating pre-cut panels of glass to about 650 C (1200 F), then cooling them rapidly through a process called ‘quenching, through a blower of high velocity cool air.

A glass door breaking by itself is not uncommon, called spontaneous glass breakage. Reasons that can cause this to occur are man, such as, fluctuations in the glass temperature as inside of a house temperature can be different to outside temperature can cause expansion within your door glass panel causing the breakage.

Other reasons can be from imperfections in the edgework of the door glass panel such as chips on the glass edges or from installation as it is a toughened safety glass which is 4 – 5 times stronger than normal glass. All edgework must be chip free or no signs of any damage.

Check out this video of how toughened glass looks like when it shatters

The benefits of laminated safety glass is the fact that it is 2 x layers of normal annealed glass sandwiched over a sheet of PVB plastic interlayer, when broken compared to just one normal window pane glass panel it will hold together with far less chances of injury to any persons, compared to a normal window glass panel when broken can cause injury.

Check this video of laminated safety glass breakage

Other benefits are, noise reduction cutting down on acoustic sounds like traffic or any outdoor noise, a lot depends on which thickness plastic interlayer may be chosen. Most domestic standard interlayer thickness is .38mm but if you want more sound reduction can choose a thicker more sound reduction interlayered laminated .76mm more info link.

It is advisable for you as a consumer to choose a licensed glazier for your home or business glass repair, for your broken windows or shattered glass door replacement. Glass Guru we are a QBCC licenced glazing business as all of our workmanship is guaranteed.

With over 150 5 star reviews and been in business since 2005, when you choose a licensed QBCC glazier you can be rest assured also if we may have performed any faulty workmanship, till this date has been none you are covered insurance wise.

In most cases yes, as in all glass entry doors it is required to have safety glass installed and most likely if a full panel entry or glass sliding door it will already be toughened or laminated safety glass in which case you can not cut out toughened safety glass. So we will measure and order a new toughened glass panel to fit your glass pet door with the appropriate glass cut out.