Shower screens
When it comes to shower screens, it is easy to concentrate on the aesthetics of the shower and to overlook the safety requirements but the safety should be the first consideration for the wellbeing of your family.
Shower screens can be fully framed or frameless with frameless providing a modern, clean aesthetic. In general, Grade A toughened or laminated toughened safety glass with a minimum thickness of 6 mm is needed for showers however the glass may need to be thicker depending on the size of the glass and the method of installation.
A professional glazier can advise on the thickness and allowable dimensions of your shower screen glass and will check to ensure the glass panels are not too big to be bought into the bathroom. They also provide a professional finish as increasingly many glass shower screens are bulk toughened, not cut to order and not installed by suitably qualified installers. Consumers often realise only after they are left with unsightly joins at the intersection of floor and wall tiles, broken water proof membranes in the wet area or, worse still, inadequate fixing of the panels or sub toughing of the glass.
Toughened Safety Glass (link)
Laminated Safety Glass (link)
Grade A Safety Glass (link)