How To Transport Glass Sheet

Wrap the cut edges of the glass with painter s tape.

How to transport glass sheet.

If there are any cracks do not to try to carry that piece of glass. Flat glass sheet glass or plate glass is a type of glass initially produced in plane form commonly used for windows glass doors transparent walls and windshields. Put on your gloves. Most passenger vehicles won t accommodate an upright sheet of glass that s more than about 2 feet high and a few feet in length.

Wrap the glass in thin foam sheeting. Load the window glass into a moving van or truck so that it is upright and leaning at a roughly 45 degree angle. How to safely transport window glass step 1. Put on protective gear including safety glasses and thick gloves.

Since glass is such a thin sheet it s shape determines a lot of it s strength. If the glass is heavy use a suction cup for your lower hand. The saw horses are on my trailer and worked well on. If the pane you re moving is large or long consider having the glass shop deliver your piece.

When a sheet of double strength 1 8 glass is held horizontally the weight of the glass pulls against it. How to carry sheet glass step 1. You will only be able to use a standard vehicle to transport small panes of glass. If the piece is small say 6 square the weight pulling on the glass is pretty small in comparison with it s size.

Steel toed boots also prevent injuries from. This helps reinforce the entire structure and will keep most of the glass shards together if the pane breaks during transport. For modern architectural and automotive applications the flat glass is sometimes bent after production of the plane sheet. Place two strips of masking tape in an x shape across one side of the glass pane and then follow up with four smaller x shapes within the quarters created by the first x.

Foam sheeting doesn t add a lot of impact protection but it guards against. Use your upper hand without a cup as a guide hand to maintain balance. It is important to protect your hands when transporting glass as it can severely cut you if. Inspect the condition of the sheet glass.

Always wear gloves with rubber coated palms. Press half the width of the tape along one side of an edge of. This video shows how i rigged up two saw horses on my trailer to transport several large sheets of glass.