Toughened Glass Roof Glazing
The inner pane may be toughened or laminated depending upon location and height above ground.
Toughened glass roof glazing. Laminated safety glass is often recommended for roof glazing although toughened glass is sufficient for some overhead glazing applications. For double glazing the lower pane should be one of either pilkington optilam or pilkington pyroshield 2 and the upper pane need not be a safety glass. If the glass roof forms part of an accessible area it must be treated as a glass floor. Toughened laminated glass is similar to annealed laminated glass but the sheets of glass that are laminated together have been toughened and heat soak tested.
Interested in this product. The regulations allow the use of toughened glass overhead however if toughened glass is used as the lower pane then a safety glass must be used in the upper pane. This glass has all the benefits of toughened glass but without the risk of pieces of glass falling from the roof light if one or both of the sheets of glass in the laminate break. Contact us about glass roofs.
Get latest price from the seller. More or less without exception the outer pane of a double glazed unit should be toughened glass. Laminated safety glass is often recommended for roof glazing although toughened glass is sufficient for some overhead glazing applications.