A client wants me to build a display cabinet that will go in his dinning room. There will be six doors, made of white oak, with glass inserts. The glass will be about 9 inches wide by 32 inches tall. The client may want glass shelves as well.
When I go to a glass supplier what specs do I provide? Thickness, type, etc. for the doors and shelves. I assume they would be different specs.
I want to get an estimate or two from glass suppliers before I give the client a final estimate for the entire project.
-Bob
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I use 1/8th thick glass for my doors and 1/4" thick for shelves. If the glass doors are near the floor and they have young kids you may want to consider tempered glass for the doors.
When I go to a glass supplier what specs do I provide..
Safty Glass!
Talk to your glass supplier and let him know what you need the glass for. Most of them will make sure you get what you need.
You didn't say what length the shelves are. (They could run the whole inside width of the cabinet). If they are the width of 2 doors only, I suppose about 2 feet, I'd say 1/4" is OK. If they are much longer, or if they are going to be loaded (as opposed to display use) it might be better to consider thicker (5/16").
BTW, you might consider beveled glass for the doors. For the moderate added cost it adds a lot of class.
DR
If they go with glass shelves, my advice is to include lighting inside the cabinet, usually at the top. This allows items on lower shelves to be illuminated. Since the doors are glass, I'm assuming they want to put something on display. And the lighting will need to allow the heat out.
Check with your local building department about the need for tempered safety glass. If memory serves, any glass within 18" of the floor needs to be tempered.
I turned down a really nice job last year when the customer insisted that single strength glass was all he wanted. They had three pre-school kids and I didn't want the potential liability. - lol
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