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First choice would be to have the shower door installer install a glass panel on top of the knee wall. They typically have a trim piece to mount the panel to the tile, and then caulk it in with silicone. Keep in mind that the panel would most likely be custom work and cost more. Anchoring the panel to the ceiling adds rigidity, and the metal edge will act as the door stop (unless double acting).
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We have an abundance of full length glass wall panels and doors in our offices, but we've had a few recently smash. Some as a direct result of an impact from a trolley or office chair, but some have smashed overnight - the result of the investigation was that the glass panel had received an impact days, maybe weeks previously, but it had "carried" that fault for a period of time and then smashed with no warning. My questions are - has anyone had experience of this phenomena? Our independent experts says it's a fairly common occurrence, but if so I just wanted to check how others are managing the risk in their offices?
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Spontaneous glass shattering suggests that "ordinary" glass has been used. It is NOT common for properly designed and specified toughened glass, used in structural walls , partitions or doors and correctly bedded in specialist rubber gaskets, to shatter, even when struck by a trolley or office chair. It sounds like poor specification on someone's part.
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Toughened glass can shatter "on its own accord" and without obvious damage through inclusions of nickel sulphide although this is fairly rare. But it can occur where the glass has not been Heat Soaked. Surface damage can also cause the glass to spontaneously break as can poor edge work during the Toughening process and poor glazing. Many years ago a colleague used to score the edge of Toughened glass, set it down next to a new starter and watch it explode at a later time without being touched. Can't do that now because of those meddling H&S people!
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We had an instance where nickel sulphide was suspected as being the cause of a large pane of glass shattering. I have also had a car sun roof shatter for no apparent reason. In terms of managing the risk in offices I don't think there is an easy way to tell which pane of glass is at any greater risk of shattering than any other, you just have to manage the replacement and clean up operation. See if you can get hold of a copy of 'A review of nickel sulphide inclusion in tempered glass' by Dr Leon Jacob for some background info. It may on the internet, I'm not sure.
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I have downloaded a glass door with metal frame into my model and want to apply it to my basic generic 6" wall. Althought the new door is showing up in my project browser (not a curtain wall door either) I cannot get it to place on my wall. What am I doing wrong? Does anyone know of any glass doors that can be placed onto basic masonry walls not storefront walls?
