If the door in your home does have safety glass it may be a replacement rather than the original pane.
Safety glass requirement sliding door year.
During your initial consultation we check for this in our assessment of the door and make you aware immediately.
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.
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.
The consumer products safety council cpsc also established regulations as federal law cpsc 16 cfr 1201 which became effective on july 6th 1977.
All primary windows and sliding glass doors shall comply with aama 1701 2 95 voluntary standard primary window and sliding glass door for utilization in manufactured housing except the exterior and interior pressure tests must be conducted at the design wind loads required for components and cladding specified in 3280 305 c 1.
Consumer product safety commission passed a requirement to use safety glass in both fixed sliding sections of patio doors.
Saturday october 5 2019.
In 1977 the u s.