What has happened to my window!?
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Re: What the **** has happened to my window!?
Tempered glass... It has stress built-in to cause the glass to shatter into small pieces instead of splintering into dangerous swords. Car windows have the same stuff. sometimes temperature changes can cause the glass to shatter... as well as a pebble thrown with enough velocity.
Tempered glass... It has stress built-in to cause the glass to shatter into small pieces instead of splintering into dangerous swords. Car windows have the same stuff. sometimes temperature changes can cause the glass to shatter... as well as a pebble thrown with enough velocity.
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jmurray01
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Re: What the **** has happened to my window!?
Yep, I guessed it would be temperature fluctuations.
The problem is that the living room is warm and the hall way is very cold, so with the door closed (as it was when I came down) the two extremes of temperatures were hitting the opposite sides of the glass, causing one side to contract and one to expand, which isn't going end well.
Yep, I guessed it would be temperature fluctuations.
The problem is that the living room is warm and the hall way is very cold, so with the door closed (as it was when I came down) the two extremes of temperatures were hitting the opposite sides of the glass, causing one side to contract and one to expand, which isn't going end well.
JDgreen227
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Re: What the **** has happened to my window!?
I wouldn't think temperature would be that much of a factor. Got some questions:
How old is the door and window?
What material is the door made of?
Is it an interior door, not exposed to the weather?
Is it hung properly, meaning square and level?
Does it bind in the frame?
Are those glass panes etched or simply painted?
Did the wind or somebody recently slam the door closed?
Is it double pane or single pane glass?
I wouldn't think temperature would be that much of a factor. Got some questions:
How old is the door and window?
What material is the door made of?
Is it an interior door, not exposed to the weather?
Is it hung properly, meaning square and level?
Does it bind in the frame?
Are those glass panes etched or simply painted?
Did the wind or somebody recently slam the door closed?
Is it double pane or single pane glass?
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I think I have seen this before ....... In a horror movie....... It's a trap........to lure you to door........,,,don't turn around........don't do it.......don't look..........AWWWW, YOU LOOKED AND IT'S BEHIND YOU !!!!!!!!!
Jamie? Jamie? Hello? Where are you? Jamie?
Jamie? Jamie? Hello? Where are you? Jamie?
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Re: What the **** has happened to my window!?
If it's a newer house and the door is a tight fit in the frame, some settling of the house can do it. So can an impact from a stone or BB gun. I'd go with an impact first and settleing second but either is my bet.
If it's a newer house and the door is a tight fit in the frame, some settling of the house can do it. So can an impact from a stone or BB gun. I'd go with an impact first and settleing second but either is my bet.
timster2
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Re: What the **** has happened to my window!?
low flying bird strike.
low flying bird strike.
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jmurray01
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Re: What the **** has happened to my window!?
But now I think he's gone and he's actually hiding behind the shower curtain ready to attack me when I go to the toilet... :shocked:
:laughing: Luckily I had a lamp to hand so I managed to whack the baddie on the head and survived. Phew!
But now I think he's gone and he's actually hiding behind the shower curtain ready to attack me when I go to the toilet... :shocked:
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jmurray01
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Re: What the **** has happened to my window!?
- It is made of wood
- It is hung properly
- Yes the glass was/is nice and tight
- It isn't etched, it has a strange rough "paint" if you could call it that on it
- Nope it hasn't been slammed recently and between the time of it being OK and being shattered it wasn't even shut.
- It is single pane.
- I don't know for sure, but think the door and window are only a few years old at most
- It is made of wood
- It is hung properly
- Yes the glass was/is nice and tight
- It isn't etched, it has a strange rough "paint" if you could call it that on it
- Nope it hasn't been slammed recently and between the time of it being OK and being shattered it wasn't even shut.
- It is single pane.
Domush
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Last two times I've seen that happen it was from the lawn mower. I now have a mulching deck!
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jmurray01 said:
This is SO obvious. You had problems sleeping last night. You tossed, and turned. Got up to wee, back to bed, tossed and turned. You could not answer the one basic question that filled your tormented fitful sleep. Subconsciously, you knew the answer. But, Good Jamie would not let you, he tried to keep you from falling into that deep REM sleep, knowing if your reached that deep sleep, he was powerless over Bad Jamie.
Try as he might, Good Jamie, couldn't keep the brain waves active....dam Bad Jamie and that glass of warm goat milk after the midnight pee. That warm goats milk makes me......slee....py
Upon waking, Good Jamie knew, without even looking, that Bad Jamie had won the battle. He knew it - felt it, but had been powerless to stop it. He knew that TBN would have another thread to read that morning, and he knew how it happened. DAM YOU BAD JAMIE!!
JDgreen227
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Re: What the **** has happened to my window!?
It being wood and not shut in the frame, could lead to sagging over time that MAY cause the glass to undergo stress. It looks quite heavy but not sure if it is a solid door or flush door (hollow core) I know what you mean about the roughly painted surface, not sure what it is called....frosted, perhaps.
And if it isn't binding, why isn't it closed in the picture?
It being wood and not shut in the frame, could lead to sagging over time that MAY cause the glass to undergo stress. It looks quite heavy but not sure if it is a solid door or flush door (hollow core) I know what you mean about the roughly painted surface, not sure what it is called....frosted, perhaps.
And if it isn't binding, why isn't it closed in the picture?
MotorSeven
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Re: What the **** has happened to my window!?
Do you have Kids?
Do you have Kids?
PILOON
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Re: What the **** has happened to my window!?
Years ago, driving a VW beetle, along the Fla highway near Panama City on a very hot day we suddenly had a cold offshore gust hit us.
The driver's side vent window simply exploded raining glass crystals all over the place.
The widow angle was just right to absorb all the sun's heat and might as well had a nick to start the process.
So it can happen!
On a new car (like 60 miles and 5 hrs old) on closing the driver's door the entire rear window exploded raining crystals everywhere. A pressure point was claimed to be the culprit along with heat/air conditioning. I had been driving north with noontime direct rear sun heating the window. Boom! Kinda nerve shattering to say the least.
Years ago, driving a VW beetle, along the Fla highway near Panama City on a very hot day we suddenly had a cold offshore gust hit us.
The driver's side vent window simply exploded raining glass crystals all over the place.
The widow angle was just right to absorb all the sun's heat and might as well had a nick to start the process.
So it can happen!
On a new car (like 60 miles and 5 hrs old) on closing the driver's door the entire rear window exploded raining crystals everywhere. A pressure point was claimed to be the culprit along with heat/air conditioning. I had been driving north with noontime direct rear sun heating the window. Boom! Kinda nerve shattering to say the least.
JDgreen227
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Re: What the **** has happened to my window!?
Binding is when a door is not square or the frame is bowed and so it sticks which can be an indication of a sagging door that may put stress on a corner of the glass inserts. Glass has zero resistance to bending or twisting or edge compression. If a door sticks badly enough just trying to open or close it can twist the door enough it will break glass.
Binding is when a door is not square or the frame is bowed and so it sticks which can be an indication of a sagging door that may put stress on a corner of the glass inserts. Glass has zero resistance to bending or twisting or edge compression. If a door sticks badly enough just trying to open or close it can twist the door enough it will break glass.
JDgreen227
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Re: What the **** has happened to my window!?
Silly question, the kid is one himself.
Silly question, the kid is one himself.
dmccarty
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Re: What the **** has happened to my window!?
That is just where you THINK he is hiding.....
Pebble from a lawn mower/edger will do it. Don't ask how I know. :laughing: The break can start very small, and then boom, the pane of glass shatters.
Bird strikes as other people have mentioned. We have big windows at work that are constantly shattering. Some of the broken windows are from bird strikes because I sometimes see the dead bird. Other times I am not sure why the windows break. I have wondered about thermal stress but I don't know for sure.
Later,
Dan
PS dont look in the closet and whatever you do do NOT look under the bed....
That is just where you THINK he is hiding.....
Pebble from a lawn mower/edger will do it. Don't ask how I know. :laughing: The break can start very small, and then boom, the pane of glass shatters.
Bird strikes as other people have mentioned. We have big windows at work that are constantly shattering. Some of the broken windows are from bird strikes because I sometimes see the dead bird. Other times I am not sure why the windows break. I have wondered about thermal stress but I don't know for sure.
Later,
Dan
PS dont look in the closet and whatever you do do NOT look under the bed....
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Re: What the **** has happened to my window!?
:laughing::thumbsup:Very good.
MoKelly
:laughing::thumbsup:Very good.
MoKelly
