Glass Doctor Shares Tips to Prevent Your Shower Doors from Exploding

Imagine taking your morning shower when suddenly your glass shower door unexpectedly explodes leaving you and the bathroom covered in thousands of shards of glass. Sounds unlikely, but this is actually a problem for a growing number of homeowners. In fact, over the last five years, there have been approximately 1,500 injuries caused by exploding glass shower doors, according to the Consumer Products Safety Commission. And the scariest part - shower doors are made of tempered glass, so when they break, the cracks can move over 3,000 miles per hour!

Most people aren’t aware of how to handle this kind of situation or the preventable measures they should take to protect themselves and their families from accidents like this in the home.

In honor of National Bath Safety Month, Glass Doctor thought it would be an ideal time to alert readers about this potential (and widely unknown) danger in the home. Below are a few tips that all homeowners can use to ensure the safety of their family - and their shower doors!

Things to look for:

• Slippage at hinges
  
• Loosening at the wall
  
• Anchors coming loose
  
• Any sign of unintended movement
  

Preventative Measures:

• Never slam door
  
• Avoiding leaning things against the glass
  
• Try to keep the floor outside your shower dry to prevent slipping and falling into unit

In the Event the Glass Does Break:

• Carefully sweep up the broken pieces of glass
  
• Utilize a shop vac to clean up the smaller remnants
• If you are not comfortable doing this, call a Glass Doctor professional to come out and evaluate the damage, as well as perform the clean-up