[Ross]

Originally Posted by terry.sc

Not according to Building Regs it doesn't. Building reg's has nothing to do with H&S

It specifies that glass below 800mm, or 1500mm next to a door (not just near a door) must be toughened, the rest is down to your choice. My living room window had to be toughened because the size of it meant the bottom of it is below 800mm, even though there's no chance of a small child running into it.

Sorry i may be wrong on the 300mm,maybe its 350, its definitely not 1500 LOL.

There is no requirement for bathroom windows to be toughened. There is a reason to use standard plate glass in windows, in case of fire it is easier to break to get out.

Your right there isn't, but there is if there is a risk you can slip in the shower towards a window that is with the zone,then H&S dictates it should be.


The only way mine could be an impact mark is if someone threw something outside and it managed to pass through the outer pane of glass before impacting the inner pane. Came home from work to find it like that, and the shattered glass is on the inside. As you can tell by the tiny fragments it was toughened glass, so any impact hard enough to shatter it would not leave every piece still in the window.

Not sure how it broke, but you can clearly see an impact mark?. And yes you can shatter toughened glass and leave it all intact