According to the 2012 international residential code it is required at these hazardous locations.
Tempered glass code floor.
Anything within 2 of a door on the hinge side.
Tempered glass is made to reduce the chances of injury or death.
Its durable material safely supports up to 1 000 lb.
Additionally it is required to temper any glass located within 24 of a door if the bottom edge is less than five feet above the floor.
According to code check complete.
Fixed or operable windows must include safety glass if they measure larger than 9 feet square the bottom edge is less than 18 inches above the floor the top edge is more than 36 inches above the.
Fully tempered glass installed without protective screens where glazed between intervening floors at a slope of 30 degrees 0 52 rad or less from the vertical plane shall have the highest point of the glass 10 feet 3048 mm or less above the walking surface.
There are also four exception allowed as noted below in the citation from the residential edition of the florida building code fbc and the international residential code irc is similar.
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 international codes i codes are the widely accepted comprehensive set of model codes used in the us and abroad to help ensure the engineering of safe sustainable affordable and resilient structures.
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According to the international building code which has been adopted by the state of texas any glass in a window that is within 2 feet of a door and within 53 of the finished floor surface.
According to the international residential code you must temper all glass and panels in swinging sliding operable fixed and bifold doors regardless of the panel s size.
Also any fixed window with over 9.
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