On track sliding door repair installs safety glass whenever required by law.
Safety glass requirement sliding door year.
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.
Sliding glass doors installed before 1973 seldom contain tempered glass.
If the door in your home does have safety glass it may be a replacement rather than the original pane.
The consumer products safety council cpsc also established regulations as federal law cpsc 16 cfr 1201 which became effective on july 6th 1977.
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.
Saturday october 5 2019.
In 1977 the u s.
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.