{"id":1598,"date":"2017-12-07T20:32:26","date_gmt":"2017-12-07T20:32:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/info.glass.com\/?p=1598"},"modified":"2023-01-24T23:28:21","modified_gmt":"2023-01-25T04:28:21","slug":"case-glass-thickness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.glass.com\/info\/case-glass-thickness\/","title":{"rendered":"The Case of Glass Thicknesses"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Question:<\/h2>\n<p><em>Dear Glass Detective,<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>I am trying to understand at what m\/sq point to move from 6.4 mm laminate up to 8.8 mm and so on. The size of the opening for this job is 1,105 mm wide x 2,200 mm high. It&#8217;s in a 4 sided frame either side of a doorway. Floor to ceiling.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Thanks,<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Aidan from Galway<\/em><\/p>\n<h2>Answer:<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Aidan,<\/p>\n<p>Thank you for contacting the Glass Detective with your question regarding what <a href=\"https:\/\/info.glass.com\/glass-weight-scale\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">thickness<\/a> of glass would be suitable for an opening 1, 105 mm X 2,200 mm. Specifically, it appears as though your concern is whether or not you can use 6.4 mm glass vs something larger (8.8 mm or thicker) I am not knowledgeable regarding windload requirements in your area and while this is not an extremely large opening, there is a chance that a thicker (than 6.4 mm) glass is more desirable. The first step would be to get the local windload requirements then find out (by checking with the intended supplier or a windload calculating program) to see if the 6.4 mm laminate is usable. If it doesn\u2019t make the windload requirements you will automatically be driven to the thicker product. However, even if the thinner glass would work,\u00a0generally speaking, the thicker glass would be safer, more durable and less subject to failure. I hope this helps!<\/p>\n<p>-The Glass Detective<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Follow the Glass Detective as he takes on the Case of Glass Thicknesses. Is thicker glass always better? The Glass Detective tackles a tough question about what thickness of glass should be used for a particular project. Learn more.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":62189,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1395,1352],"tags":[290],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.glass.com\/info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1598"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.glass.com\/info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.glass.com\/info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.glass.com\/info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.glass.com\/info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1598"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.glass.com\/info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1598\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.glass.com\/info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/62189"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.glass.com\/info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1598"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.glass.com\/info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1598"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.glass.com\/info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1598"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}