Category Archives: tempered glass

Tempered glass is heat-treated to be about four times stronger than annealed (standard) glass, and it breaks safely into small, blunt pieces rather than large sharp shards. Annealed glass is cheaper but weaker and breaks dangerously. For almost any glass in a home or office – shower enclosures, partitions, table tops, doors – tempered is […]

Tempered glass – also called toughened glass – is glass that has been heat-treated to make it about four times stronger than ordinary (annealed) glass, and to break safely into small, blunt pieces instead of large sharp shards. It’s the standard safety glass for showers, partitions, tabletops and doors. Here’s what it is, how it’s […]