Safety Regulations

  • Safety glazing shall be used in internal partitions within 2100 mm from floor level
  • Where any bath enclosure or shower cubicle is constructed of glass, such material shall be glazed with safety glazing material
  • The occupancy of building A.3.(place of instruction), E1 (place of detention), E2 (hospital), E3 (other institutional residential) buildings shall have safety glazing throughout. Any repairs to the above to be safety glass.
  • Any Glazing above a bath shall be safety glazing material
  • Any skylights overhead and sloped glazing shall be safety glazing material
  • Toughened safety glass shall only be used in overhead glazing when having all round edged support
  • Wired glass is not considered safety glazing material unless it conforms to SANS 1263 part1