Glass in glazed curtain walls glazed storefronts and glazed partitions shall meet the seismic requirements of asce 7 section 13 5 9.
San francisco law on wire glass doors.
The california building code requires the use of safety glazing or safety plate glass in areas subject to human impact.
Or replacement of windows in san francisco.
Glass sloped 15 degrees 0 26 rad or less from vertical in windows curtain and window walls doors and other exterior applications shall be designed to resist the wind loads due to ultimate design wind speed v ult in section 1609 for components and cladding.
The embedded wires in the glass act as a break plane making the glass just half as strong as annealed glass.
Safety wired glass products are tested to and meet the highest safety requirements mandated by both the code and the federal government s consumer products safety commission cpsc and have attained a fire rating after stringent fire testing.
This document hereinafter represents the san.
Under the 2012 ibc unsafe wired glass is not allowed in any hazardous location.
For example windows placed within 2 feet of doors and where the bottom edge.
That exemption no longer applies.
When installed in exit doorways exit doors shall be capable of opening at least 90 degrees and shall be mounted so that the clear width of the exitway is no less than 32 inches.
The codes exempted traditional wired glass where fire rated glazing was needed.
In addition any glass located adjacent to a door within a 24 inch arc of the door must be constructed from safety glass if the bottom edge of the glass is less than 60 inches above the walking.
Every required exit doorway shall be of a size that permits the installation of a door not less than 3 feet in width and not less than 6 feet 8 inches high.