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07-05-2015 02:55 PM
The door wall is part of three that include a sliding glass door in the middle. It was one of the stationary ones on the outside that suddenly shattered into a million cracks. Very fortunately the glass held and we covered it with contact paper until it can be looked at tomorrow. It is a reputable manufacturer and double paned glass. I am thinking we should replace the entire door wall.
The window is close to 30 years old. We bought the house with these window and have never had a problem before. Any thoughts or ideas. My husband thinks he heard a thump like a bird hit it but the shatter is on the inside pane.
Many thanks. We are perplexed.
07-05-2015 02:58 PM
Is your house shifting?
07-05-2015 03:02 PM
Maybe it had a hairline crack or pinhole you didn't notice.
07-05-2015 03:03 PM
Could it be that a ball was thrown at the window? Seems strange; Can't blame it (as I often do) on the foreign, new manufacturing processes now-a-days.............
07-05-2015 03:03 PM
We are seeing some evidence of cracks in the cement in the garage and the driveway so may be the house is shifting. But nothing out of the ordinary that we have noticed gradually occuring over the years.
07-05-2015 03:05 PM
My husband was on the deck and he thinks he heard a thump...but did not see any thing. Could have been a bird but why then the crack on the inside?
07-05-2015 03:08 PM
It sounds like a combination of the house settling and the possibility of a hairline crack in the glass, especially since it occurred in the stationary section. I doubt that a bird could be the cause unless it was a condor.
07-05-2015 03:10 PM
Is it tempered glass? Sometimes tempered glass can shatter because of internal pressure and tiny Imperfections. It causes the entire panel to crack into a million pieces. I was warned about this with my shower doors. Google "spontaneous breakage tempered glass".
07-05-2015 03:12 PM
07-05-2015 03:26 PM
There are many things that can cause that especially with older glass. I would check google and be sure to put in the age of the glass and area of the country.
Expansion and contraction can and does reek havoc on many different types of materials. Birds hitting our glass has aways been a problem for us.
We have tried many things, but with a 3-sided all glass patio room around hundreds of trees? There is only so much we can do. Have picked up some pretty big birds that broke their necks hitting our glass.
It breaks my heart to see this, but we have run out of options. None of our many glass doors or windows have ever been broken by a bird.
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