Thickness ranges for glass is.
Tempered glass thickness for windows.
This glass thickness is the minimum available in pgt products.
Plate glass is a single pane of glass 3 16 thick.
3 32 thickness 2 4 mm used in picture frames small insulated glass units not temperable.
1 8 thickness 3 2 mm small cabinet door panels insulated units picture frames and small table tops.
Double strength glass dsb is a single pane of glass 1 8 thick.
As logic would suggest thinner glass is more fragile than thicker glass.
3 16 5mm used for small table tops insulated units small shelves etc.
Ssb 3 32 2mm normally used in picture frames.
The flexible glass is usually four or utmost five times stronger than the regular glass and it does not break into tiny sharp pieces when hit by a force.
1 8 3mm used in storm windows picture frames end tables insulated units etc.
Common glass thickness includes.
The vast majority of residential windows use single strength glass which is 3 32 thick.
Safety glass that is four to five times stronger than annealed glass and breaks into fragments that are less likely to cause serious injury.
This thicker glass is an available option for most pgt windows and is standard in the majority of pgt doors.
For extremely large residential window it may be necessary to use 5 32 or 3 16 thick glass to assure adequate wind load resistance.