OTHER GLASS PRODUCTS IN MONTREAL

Discover the complete line of products offered by MP Glass in Montreal.

LAMINATED SAFETY GLASS

Laminated safety glass is crafted by adhering two pieces of annealed glass together by a vinyl layer (EVA). The vinyl interlayer holds the glass together if the glass is broken or impaled.

It is used in many high-traffic areas where safety and reliability are paramount. Laminated glass, when struck, tends to crack in a circular, spider-web type pattern, but rarely breaks outright.

Tempered laminated glass is a hybrid of two strong types of glass.

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FLOAT GLASS

Float glass is annealed during the process of manufacture. However, most toughened glass is made from float glass that has been specially heat-treated. Annealed glass breaks into large, jagged shards that can cause serious injury, thus considered a hazard in architectural applications.

Care should be taken when choosing locations to install annealed glass. Building codes in many parts of the world restrict the use of annealed glass in areas where there is a high risk of breakage and injury, for example in bathrooms, indoor panels, fire exits and at low heights in schools or domestic houses.

Annealed glass has the surface strength that provides the wind-load performance and thermal-stress resistance needed in most architectural applications. In areas of high wind loads, or in conditions where higher-than-normal thermal stresses occur, heat-treated glass may be required.

FIRE-RATED GLASS

Stops the inflow of oxygen, de-fuelling the fire

Stops the spread of flame, smoke and hot toxic gases

Can reduce radiant and conducted heat transmission

Protects life and guards against property loss

REQUIREMENT OF FIRE RESISTIVE CONSTRUCTION

Critical Locations Requiring Fire Separation

Escape ways and corridors

Occupancy separations (mixed use buildings)

Areas of refuge

Vertical penetrations (lifts, stairwells, atriums, curtain wall…)

Selectivity / Fire Performance Classifications

E=stability

Glazing products to contain smoke and flames

EW=stability + radiation reduction

Integrity and radiation reduction

Products to reduce radiant heat transfer

EI=stability + temperature insulation

Integrity and temperature insulation

Products providing a barrier to radiant and conducted heat transfer (transparent wall panels)

WIRED GLASS

Wired glass has a wire mesh embedded into the glass during production. Wired glass has an impact resistance similar to that of normal glass, but in case of breakage, the mesh retains the pieces of glass. This product is traditionally accepted as a low-cost fire-resistant glass.