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Tempered glass door thickness.
There are typically two thickness options for frameless shower door glass.
3 8 shower doors table tops glass walls glass partitions hand rails door lights etc.
Normally a 3 2mm glass is ideal for a small cabinet door.
Residual surface compression must be over 10 000 psi for 6mm glass according to astm c 1048.
Tempered glass is approximately four times stronger than annealed glass of the same thickness and configuration.
1 8 thickness 3 2 mm small cabinet door panels insulated units picture frames and small table tops.
3 16 thickness 4 8 mm larger cabinet door panels single pane window small mirrors.
1 2 shower doors exterior doors.
Contrastingly larger cabinet doors use a 4 8 mm.
Often people underestimate the importance of weight.
1 4 insulated units single pane doors shower doors.
3 8 glass is the minimum thickness that will provide the necessary stability and soundness of the glass door.
1 8 storm doors insulated.
1 2 glass looks and feels more substantial than 3 8 glass.
Common glass thickness includes.