…because the low windows in the kid’s room weren’t tempered and it was a long way down. Of course if the windows were open, the little tykes wouldn’t even touch the glass as they chased the dog out the opening.
They installed a lot of baseboard heaters with a lot of outlets over them, too. In fact there were so many baseboard heaters that there was practically no baseboard! In fact, there was no baseboard because they ran out of money before finishing the home and the bank foreclosed.
Kent …Looks like a good house to flip, once the blue paint was deleted…
I would recommend a metal window security apparatus (operable security bars) installed inside out-backwards (with 4in. or less) metal bars…
I think you’re right about the flipping. There was a lot of good-quality construction and it’s basically a sound home. Another case of trying to do it when you can’t really afford it and having it come out badly.
Client mentioned the metal window protection even before I did.
Glazing in operable panels such as those pictured need not be safety or tempered glass unless the panels meet **all **of the following conditions:
Obviously items 2 and 4 are met. I’m not sure from the picture if items 1 nad 3 are met. If any **one **of the four items is not met, safety glass is not required.
Reference: 2003 IRC Section R308.4 (7.1, 7.2, 7.3 and 7.4)
Not saying that some sort of protective device is a bad idea…just saying that safety glass may possibly not be required by code, depending on some measurements.
True Richard, and calling it out to comply with code wouldn’t be a good call just because one might have to back it up in court and show that it was required at the time of construction. Just called as a safety concern.
Which it is, no doubt. The code is not a perfect document, it’s only a minimum standard.
In Europe, you would not be able to break one of these without a hammer and all are tempered. In the US, the double glazed windows are inferior. Having broken and replaced one here they are simply as strong as two individual panes of glass. Very disappointing.
All I’ve ever understood is that dual-glazed windows are thermally and acoustically eficient, and it’s interesting to learn that European dual-glazed ones are supposedly also harder to break than the American ones. However, as to breaking, I thought that this was related solely to the “tempering” of the glass and not to the number of panes.
Doesn’t that make them considerably more expensive to manufacture… and buy?