Is the large glass of high-rise windows safe?

Safe, but the glass to be selected must meet the specifications. Choosing ordinary glass may pose safety hazards. Since 2004, the Ministry of Housing and Urban Rural Development has stipulated that residential buildings with more than 12 floors must use tempered insulating glass. So when receiving the house, it is also necessary to check whether the glass quality is up to standard. If the glass is not qualified, it should be replaced immediately to avoid accidents.

What types of glass are there?

Plate Glass

Flat glass is a traditional glass product mainly used for doors and windows, playing a role in light transmission, wind shielding, and insulation. Require colorless, good transparency, smooth and even surface, and no defects.

Patterned Glass.  

Embossed glass, also known as patterned glass and rolled glass, is mainly used in doors, windows, indoor partitions, bathrooms, and other places. The surface of embossed glass has patterned patterns that allow light to pass through, but can also block the line of sight, thus possessing the characteristics of transparency and opacity, and having excellent decorative effects.

Hollow Glass.

Hollow glass is composed of two or more layers of ordinary flat glass. Use high-strength, high airtightness, and high-performance composite adhesives around to bond and seal two or more pieces of glass with sealing strips and glass strips. Fill the middle with dry gas and the frame with desiccant to ensure the dryness of the air between the glass pieces. Its characteristics should leave a certain cavity and have good insulation, heat insulation, sound insulation and other properties. Mainly used for outer glass decoration of heating, air conditioning, and soundproofing facilities. Its optical performance, thermal conductivity, and sound insulation coefficient should all comply with national standards.

Tempered Glass.

Tempered glass, also known as strengthened glass. It is a type of glass that is rapidly cooled after being heated to a certain temperature, or undergoes special treatment through chemical methods. Its characteristic is high strength, with bending strength and impact resistance 3-5 times higher than ordinary flat glass. Good safety performance, uniform internal stress, and network like cracks after breakage. Mainly used for doors, windows, partition walls, and cabinet doors. Tempered glass is still resistant to acid and alkali. The general thickness is 2-5 millimeters.

Wired Glass.

Wire glass is also known as shatter resistant glass. It is made by heating ordinary flat glass to a red hot softening state, and then pressing preheated iron wire or wire mesh into the middle of the glass. Its characteristics are superior fire resistance, can block flames, does not explode when burning at high temperatures, and does not cause fragments to injure people when broken. In addition, there is anti-theft performance, and there is wire mesh blocking when the glass is cut. Mainly used for roof skylights and balcony windows.

Glass Mosaic.

Glass mosaic is also known as glass crystal brick or glass paper brick. It is a small-sized colored decorative glass. The general specifications are 20mm * 20mm, 30mm * 30mm, and 40mm * 40mm. The thickness is 4-6 millimeters. Small pieces of glass inlay material belonging to various colors. The appearance is colorless and transparent, colored and transparent, semi transparent, with gold or silver spots, patterns or stripes. The front is glossy, smooth and delicate; The back has rough grooves for easy bonding with mortar. The characteristics are: it has the advantages of soft color tone, simplicity, elegance, beauty, chemical stability, and good thermal stability. Moreover, it has characteristics such as no discoloration, no dust accumulation, light density, and strong adhesion, and is commonly used for indoor decoration and balcony exterior decoration. Its compressive strength, tensile strength, blooming temperature, water resistance, and acid resistance should all comply with national standards.

Sandwich Glass.

Laminated glass is a type of safety glass. It is a flat or curved composite glass product made by sandwiching transparent plastic sheets between two or more flat glass sheets and then bonding them by hot pressing. Its main feature is good safety. When broken, glass fragments do not scatter and can only produce radial cracks, which are not harmful to people. The impact resistance is better than ordinary flat glass, and it has good cold resistance. And it has special functions such as light resistance, heat resistance, moisture resistance, cold resistance, and sound insulation. Mostly used for doors and windows adjacent to the outdoors.