Frameless Shower Glass - to miter or not to miter
Aaron Fude
I have two competing contractors to install shower glass. One suggest
mitering the corner where two panels of glass meet at the 90 degree
angle. The other says that it's not a good idea because it won't look
good.
What do you think?
Thanks!
Aaron
evodawg
I don't think it will look good. Does that guy have a sample of how it might
look?
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Aaron Fude
> Aaron Fude wrote:
> > Hi,
>
> > I have two competing contractors to install shower glass. One suggest
> > mitering the corner where two panels of glass meet at the 90 degree
> > angle. The other says that it's not a good idea because it won't look
> > good.
>
> > What do you think?
>
> > Thanks!
>
> > Aaron
>
> I don't think it will look good. Does that guy have a sample of how it might
> look?
> --
Why do you think not? (I have not seen a sample, but I don't find butt
angles particularly nice.)
evodawg
I'd like to see how it looked, a sample would be nice. Doesnt seem like it
would be a big deal to have him make up a sample. Wondering how strong a
joint it would be, probably the same. Guess I'm just use to seeing a butt
joint in this application. How much more for the miter?
RicodJour
> Aaron Fude wrote:
> > On May 16, 1:13 am, evodawg <evod...@nospam.net> wrote:
> >> Aaron Fude wrote:
> >> > Hi,
>
> >> > I have two competing contractors to install shower glass. One suggest
> >> > mitering the corner where two panels of glass meet at the 90 degree
> >> > angle. The other says that it's not a good idea because it won't look
> >> > good.
>
> >> > What do you think?
>
> >> > Thanks!
>
> >> > Aaron
>
> >> I don't think it will look good. Does that guy have a sample of how it
> >> might look?
> >> --
>
> > Why do you think not? (I have not seen a sample, but I don't find butt
> > angles particularly nice.)
>
> I'd like to see how it looked, a sample would be nice. Doesnt seem like it
> would be a big deal to have him make up a sample. Wondering how strong a
> joint it would be, probably the same. Guess I'm just use to seeing a butt
> joint in this application. How much more for the miter?
Better than a sample, ask to check out a completed job in person.
Small samples can lie, full jobs don't.
R
Norminn
I had no idea a corner for glass could be mitered. Seems it would chip
or break with ease if it
was bumped.
aemeijers
For terminal klutzes like me, frameless glass shower stalls (or even
doors) are out of the question, period. I realize the tempered glass
makes gravel, not knives, when you break it. But those panels cost a
fortune to replace, and take weeks to get installed. I don't want the
glass to be a structural element, I just want it to ride in its nice
shock-absorbing gasket, repelling water.
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charlie
"Aaron Fude" <aaro...@gmail.com> wrote in message
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the miter will be a lot weaker. furthermore, these will have to be tempered.
chipping the edge of a tempered sheet of glass will produce a couple of
shopping bags of glass gravel. a miter will make this more likely to occur.
Doug Brown
>
> the miter will be a lot weaker. furthermore, these will have to be
> tempered. chipping the edge of a tempered sheet of glass will produce a
> couple of shopping bags of glass gravel. a miter will make this more
> likely to occur.
Uhhhh...... They bevel them or mitre them and _then_ temper.
charlie
"Doug Brown" <doug....@sasktel.net> wrote in message
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duh. where did i specify the sequence of operations?
however, the thin mitered edge will make a chip much more likely, causing
the glass to explosively deconstruct more likely.
RicodJour
wrote:
>
> however, the thin mitered edge will make a chip much more likely, causing
> the glass to explosively deconstruct more likely.
If either of them chips they 'splodes. Don't bang it with anything
harder than a plastic shampoo bottle and it'll be fine.
R