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If security is a primary concern, consider installing glass manufactured specifically for this purpose. Security glass is designed to resist breaking from direct impact whether by striking or from a projectile, and it will not shatter.

Whether it's a dentist's office, doctor's counter, or hospital area, it's vital that surfaces can be easily cleaned so they can stay hygienic. This makes glass surfaces great for healthcare situations, and they're a great way to add style to your building.

The Phoenicians are credited with developing the earliest forms of glass blowing around 100 BC. It took nearly 1,000 years, but eventually, German and Italian glassblowers learned how to transform blown glass into flat sheets, a critical step in developing early glass mirrors.

When it comes to choosing a frameless door for your shower, you will have several factors to consider. These include glass thickness, glass type, pivot hinge versus side-mount hinge, metal clamps versus U-channel, and door handle styles and finishes.

If you have a small bathroom, you can make it seem much larger by installing an open shower. These no-barrier enclosures allow you to step directly into the shower area, which delivers a sense of openness and eliminates the cramped feeling.

You can remodel your kitchen with minimal expense by changing your solid cupboard or cabinet doors to ones with glass insets. Not only will they help create a feeling of openness, they also allow you to show off your finer pieces of china or crystal.

One of the key factors for a comfortable bathroom is effective use of space. Not only does it make it more comfortable, but it also makes it safer. If your bathroom is feeling cramped, consider redesigning the bath and shower sections of the room.

Beveled edges add a personal, unique touch to your decorative mirrors. These are defined as edges that are not perpendicular to the face, produced by a technical process of grinding away a precise amount of the glass at the edge of a mirror.

The first bathroom air fresheners used spices, fruits, and dried flowers. Using potpourri is still a popular option -- although today, its use is often more decorative than functional. Care to guess which fruits and spices were likely the first used to add fragrance to the bath area? That would be oranges, cloves, cinnamon, and pomegranates.

When it comes to commercial glass, there are several energy-related properties that are taken into consideration. These include insulating value (or U-factor), ability to control heat gain from solar radiation, and visible light transmittance (VT).

A framed shower door is manufactured with a thinner, or weaker, glass. The glass in this type of door is typically one-eighths-of-an-inch to three-sixteenths-of-an-inch in thickness; the metal is what strengthens the glass enclosure. The frameless shower door glass is typically three-eighths-of-an-inch to one-half-inch of tempered, polished safety glass that does not require heavy metal framing.

Care to guess how glass windowpanes first made housecleaning easier? Sure, windows require cleaning, but they also let in plenty of light. Increased illumination helped early homeowners identify dirty surfaces more easily.

Have you ever heard of an electric showerhead? These showers usually draw on cold water, but can heat up the water on demand. These showerheads are very economically friendly and do not waste hot water.