On track sliding door repair installs safety glass whenever required by law.
Safety glass requirement sliding door year.
There are also four exception allowed as noted below in the citation from the residential edition of the florida building code fbc and the international residential code irc is similar.
Sliding glass doors installed before 1973 seldom contain tempered glass.
Consumer product safety commission passed a requirement to use safety glass in both fixed sliding sections of patio doors.
Any glass within 24 inches of a door along the same wall as the door or perpendicular to it that is less than 60 inches above the floor must be safety tempered glass.
During your initial consultation we check for this in our assessment of the door and make you aware immediately.
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In addition any glass located adjacent to a door within a 24 inch arc of the door must be constructed from safety glass if the bottom edge of the glass is less than 60 inches above the walking.
In 1977 the u s.