Also glass on a perpendicular wall to a door and opposite the swing must be safety tempered as illustrated below.
Safety glass requirements in doors.
Glazing in fixed and sliding panels of sliding door assemblies and panels in sliding and bifold closet door assemblies.
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Bathrooms for all areas up to 2 metres high door side panels if less than 300mm away from the door and positioned 1200mm or less above the floor around stairs for a distance of 1000mm from either side of the stairs and 2000mm from the bottom of the stairs.
Glazing in unframed swinging doors.
As a general guide you must use safety glass in.
Critical locations are considered to be.
The stained glass panel at foot level at a stair landing shown below is an example of a window that really should be safety glass but is acceptable by code because it is considered decorative glazing.
Horizontally of door in closed position 60 in.
The following shall be considered specific hazardous locations requiring safety glazing materials.
Glass panels less than 250mm wide can be fitted with 6mm glass or laminated glass instead of toughened glass.
Glazing in storm doors.
None of this should be interpreted to exclude using safety tempered glass for in a location that you decide warrants it.
Safety glass should be fitted in all doors and other windows or glazed areas that are lower than 800mm from the floor level.
Glazing in swinging doors except jalousies see section 2406 3 1.
In addition any glass located adjacent to a door within a 24 inch arc of the door must be constructed from safety glass if the bottom edge of the glass is less than 60 inches above the walking.
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There are exceptions allowed for decorative glass in windows also along with the addition of a sturdy rail in front of the glass and outboard panes of insulating glass in a high location.
Commercial refrigerated cabinet glazed doors safety glazing 7 adjacent to doors safety glazing 8 within 24 in.