A New-View Auto Glass
St. George glass company handling auto glass, windshield repair and replacement, and residential glass work.
A New-View Auto Glass works across vehicle glass and residential glass in St. George. The residential side runs by a different set of rules from the automotive one, and most of those rules exist because of a specific concern: what a broken pane does to whoever is standing next to it.
How it works
Ordinary window glass is annealed - cooled slowly after forming - and when it breaks it produces large shards with edged points. Tempered glass is reheated and then chilled rapidly at the surface, putting the outer faces in compression and the core in tension. That makes it several times stronger and, more importantly, changes how it fails: the stored stress causes it to break into small blunt pieces rather than shards. Laminated glass takes a different route, bonding two panes to a plastic interlayer so the assembly holds together when broken.
Building codes require safety glazing - tempered or laminated - in what are called hazardous locations, and the list is consistent across the country: glass in and immediately beside doors, glass in and around tubs, showers and pools, panels that reach close to the floor, and glazing next to stairs and landings. This is why a shower enclosure is always tempered and why a sliding door is. It also drives a practical limitation: tempered glass cannot be cut, drilled or edged after treatment, because relieving the surface compression shatters the whole panel. Every hole and every dimension is established before tempering, so replacement is a made-to-order item rather than something cut from stock, and each tempered panel carries a permanent etched stamp in one corner identifying it.
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Categories
Address
375 N Park StSt. George, UT
Contact
- Work Phone: 435-628-5300
Frequently asked questions
What is the difference between tempered and regular glass?
Tempered glass is heat treated and rapidly cooled so its surfaces are in compression and its core in tension. That makes it several times stronger than ordinary annealed glass and changes how it breaks - into small blunt fragments instead of large sharp shards. Annealed glass is cooled slowly and breaks into pointed pieces.
Where does building code require safety glass?
In locations classified as hazardous, which consistently include glass in and immediately beside doors, glazing in and around tubs, showers and pools, panels that extend close to the floor, and glass adjacent to stairs and landings. Either tempered or laminated glass satisfies the requirement.
Can tempered glass be cut to size?
No. The strength comes from stress locked into the panel, and cutting, drilling or grinding an edge releases it and shatters the whole piece. Every dimension and every hole has to be established before the glass is tempered, which is why replacement tempered panels are made to order rather than cut from stock.
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