Glass Shower Doors Exploding

Imagine taking your morning shower when suddenly your glass shower door unexpectedly explodes leaving you and the bathroom covered in thousands of shards of glass. Sounds unlikely, but this is actually a problem for a growing number of homeowners. Imagine being startled in the middle of the night by the sound of breaking glass. It happened to a Clovis family who thought someone was breaking into their home. It turned out to be their glass shower door. James Perry with Fresno Shower Door says, "It's Fortunately, no was injured. We replaced the high-end glass door with an old-fashioned shower curtain. We had never heard of such a thing, but a little bit of online research revealed that spontaneously exploding shower doors are not unheard of. "It happens 14 times the speed of sound. It’s very fast." The Consumer Product Safety Commission has reported several hundred cases of tempered glass tables, shower and oven doors exploding for years. Glass sinks are new to the list; the first complaints He warns that something as simple as allowing a shower door to hit tile can cause breaks. Diane Parker believes the door hitting the wall in her hotel bathroom caused the glass to explode. She says, “You should be able to expect that you go in there “Glass just everywhere.” “It was my vessel sink exploding with no one in here.” “It just exploded.” Sinks are not the only problem; since 1978 tempered glass, shower doors have killed 98-people in the United States. Showering before bed without .

“We aren’t going to install any glass doors ever until we see that they’re safe to install.” Oliver is not alone. According to The Consumer Products Safety Commission, it has received nearly 200 complaints about shattering glass shower doors that He warns something as simple as allowing a shower door to hit tile can cause breaks. In Parker’s case, she believes the door hitting the wall in her hotel bathroom caused the glass to explode. Parker wants others to be aware of what can happen with glass That’s what a number of homeowners are facing after their shower doors spontaneously explode. Dorothy Malinksi couldn’t even walk into her bathroom after her door shattered for no apparent reason. “There was glass all over the counter, in the sink NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – Imagine sitting in your living room and suddenly, your glass coffee table explodes; or while taking a bath, the shower door shatters. As CBS2’s Maurice DuBois reported, many cases of “exploding glass” are happening to .

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