Shower room small experience, ordinary people only know half
Nowadays, most of the family bathrooms in big cities use the dry and wet partition. However, in recent years, many news about the self explosion of the shower room glass has deterred many families. 3% is the standard of self explosion rate of shower room glass in China. This means that if we are unfortunate enough to be the three of a thousand people, isn't it a tragedy? Therefore, some bad businesses began to create public opinion: the thicker the shower room glass is, the stronger its firmness is naturally. Many consumers actually believe that the thicker the tempered glass, the better. Is that true?
In fact, this is not the case.
Although the thick shower room glass is more solid, its thermal conductivity is relatively poor due to too thick, and it is more likely to cause self explosion due to uneven heat dissipation.
The thicker the glass, the heavier the weight, which is also a "test" for the bearing capacity of hardware accessories. If the quality of the hardware used is not up to standard and can not bear the "pressure", it is easy to be worn, thus affecting the service life of the shower room.
First of all, we need to understand this question: why does tempered glass explode?
That is because the self explosion of tempered glass is related to the impurity nickel sulfide contained in its raw material. The lower the content of nickel sulfide and the purer the glass, the lower the self explosion rate. Although nickel sulfide in glass can not be seen with naked eyes, it is not easy to achieve absolute purity of glass, and the cost will become very expensive, which can not meet the market demand. In addition, the shower room self explosion is related to many factors, such as the installation is not in place, temperature, humidity and so on.
So, is the thicker the shower room glass, the better?
First of all, we must be sure that the shower room glass is thick, which means that it is stronger. However, if the shower room glass is too thick, it will be counterproductive, because it is difficult for some small brand shower room factories to achieve complete toughening of glass with a thickness of more than 8mm. Once the shower room glass breaks, it will have a sharp surface, which is easy to cause the risk of scratching the human body.
On the other hand, the thicker the glass is, the worse its thermal conductivity will be, so the possibility of glass burst is greater. Because one of the main reasons for glass self explosion is the uneven heat dissipation in various places, so from this point of view, the thinner the explosion-proof glass, the better.
Moreover, the thicker the glass, the heavier the weight. If the pressure on the hinge is too high, the service life of the profiles and pulleys will be shortened. In particular, the pulleys with poor quality are mostly used in medium and low-end shower rooms. In this way, the thicker the glass is, the more dangerous it is! The quality of toughened glass mainly depends on the degree of toughening, whether the regular large-scale production, light transmittance, impact resistance, heat resistance and so on.
Then a friend will ask, bathroom sister you said so much, how thick is the tempered glass appropriate?
On the market, the products of shower room are semi arc and linear, and the thickness of glass is also related to the shape of shower room. For example, for the arc type, there are modeling requirements for glass, generally 6 mm is appropriate, too thick is not suitable for modeling, and the stability is less than 6 mm. Similarly, if you choose the shower screen with linear shape, you can choose 8mm or 10mm, but it needs to be reminded that with the increase of glass thickness, the overall weight also increases, which has higher requirements for the quality of related hardware. But if you buy 8 ~ 10 mm thick glass, the pulley should be of better quality.
Finally, let's take a look at the precautions of choosing shower room.
The glass material of shower room is tempered glass, and the thickness is 5-10 mm;
The framework of the shower room is aluminum alloy, and the aluminum wall thickness is required to be enough, which is better than 1.2mm;
The sealing strip of shower room should be magnetic, and the gap should be small, no more than 1 mm;
The ball bearing of shower room should be flexible to make the door easy to open and close, light and easy to handle;
After reading the material of the shower room, the next step is to observe the water tightness of the shower room, mainly including the connection between the shower room and the wall, the joint between the door and the door, the hinge, the connection between the shower room and the stone base basin, and the sealing of the rubber strip;
Of course, the most important point is that when choosing a shower room, we should choose a shower room manufacturer with 3C certification. The product quality of the brand will be more guaranteed, and the after-sales work will be more perfect.
