I heard a bang, and went to investigate. It sounded a bit loud for a bird strike. In the conservatory, I discovered an exploded pane of glass:
The inner pane of the double glazing on that panel is no more. (The outer pane is intact, so at least we are weatherproof.) Well, the pane does still exist, in a higher entropy form, some caught in the blind, some swept up into a bucket:
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| not diamonds, unfortunately |
It wasn't that hot in the conservatory:
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| only 28 Celsius; not hot enough to shatter glass |
If it was in prolonged direct sunlight, could the temperature between the panes have exceeded 28C significantly? Might have. But even if so, then I'm not sure why it was the inner pane rather than the outer which exploded...
ReplyDeleteIt's been in more, hotter, direct sunlight before. And it's designed for this purpose! Let's hope the other panels are okay...
DeleteThis has happened to me before - with a shower room door! I heard an enormous bang (luckily was not in the shower) and went in to find small pieces of glass everywhere. Apparently, this is not unheard of with toughened glass, although not common. A small defect at the edge of the glass could be the cause.
ReplyDeleteAt least all the millions of small pieces of glass aren't particularly sharp...
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