Re: Conservatory planning

["rb_ziggy" <richard.boreham@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

The alternative is laminated glass.  Conservatories almost certainly
need a safety glass; building regs require safety glass whenever the
glass is less than 800mm from floor level.  Laminated glass cracks and
holds together but will not shatter; toughened is a bit harder to
break (tougher) initially but when it does it shatters into small,
safe, blocks and not into dangerous shards.

I'm not sure there is much between the two these days in terms of
cost.  Last time I looked it was pretty marginal.

--- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, David Yeend <david.yeend@g...> wrote:
>
> Pankaj,
>
> The units were toughened but I have seen installations without this
effect.
> Is it ALL toughened units which do this or just a particular type?
>
> Regards,
>
> David
>