There are lots of regulations pertaining to doors and frame fittings the requirements surrounding fire doors loft conversions fire exit doors and disability access are just a few regulations that require consideration.
Safety glass internal doors regulations.
At least 0 33 square metres and at least 450mm high and 450mm wide.
Glazing adjacent to doors windows side panels wholly or partially within 300mm of the edge of a door and which is also wholly or partially within 1500mm from floor level must be safety glass.
Where this dimension is greater than 900mm glazing categorised as class a or b is required.
The construction products regulations 2013 cover glazing.
Any glazing in a door that is less than 1500mm from the floor or within 300mm either side of a door.
Below is a list giving general view as to when safety glazing is required.
Internal doors with glass panel doors flush doors.
3 glazing in storm type doors.
2 glazing in fixed and sliding panels of sliding glass doors.
All glass units for doors must be toughened as windows that are connected to doors side panels and flag windows.
4 glazing in unframed side hinged swinging doors.
As the drawing below shows any glass in doors that does not start over 1500mm from the floor must be safety glass.
As a general guide you must use safety glass in.
Bathrooms for all areas up to 2 metres high door side panels if less than 300mm away from the door and positioned 1200mm or less above the floor around stairs for a distance of 1000mm from either side of the stairs and 2000mm from the bottom of the stairs.
1 glazing in all entrance or exit doors.
This means that the glass must be approved safety glass.
Any glazing that is less than 800mm from the floor.
Often this means that the glass will be toughened safety glass that s designed to prevent dangerous shards being produced if the glass is ever.
The glass units in windows will have to be toughened if the lowest part of the window is 800mm from the floor.
Within any glazed door up to 1500mm from floor level.
Glass in doors and side panels may only be glazed in class c materials where the smaller dimension is a maximum of 900mm.
Any glass used in doors or used adjacent to a door such as sidelights must comply with the approved document n of the building regulations 1991.
The shaded areas shown in the diagram below show critical locations where toughened safety glass will be required.
Except as provided in paragraph d of this section the following locations and areas require the use of safety glazing conforming to the requirements of paragraph c of this section.
In addition any glass located adjacent to a door within a 24 inch arc of the door must be constructed from safety glass if the bottom edge of the glass is less than 60 inches above the walking.