On Jul 17, 1:46 pm, Aaron Fude <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have glass guys at my house right now installing frameless shower
> glass. There is a 90 mitered corner that developed a gap at the
> bottom. I'm being told that tempered glass always bows and that that's
> piece "not bad".
>
> You can kind of see it on the picture here:
>
> http://freeboundaries.com/bow.jpg
>
> I'll try to take a better picture.
>
> Is the quality that I am getting reasonable, or should I make an issue
> out of this?
>
> Thanks!
Yes, you should complain!
I'm sure you paid out the ass for that install, and it should be to
your satisfaction.
Back to the point, yes, flat tempered glass does have a bow to it.
It's usually not that big of a deal because it is usually framed, but
in your case, that is unacceptable. (From the picture it looks like at
least an inch gap?) There should be a 1/4" to 3/8" caulked gap at the
most on a good install.
The glass company that you used will bitch at the glass tempering
company that they use, and I'm sure you can get some quality glass
installed. Providing that the company that is doing the tempering, is
capable of it.
