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Hey gang!
Things are a bit slow around here, 'eh?

Question: How much should sliding glass doors overlap each other? I was thinking somewhere in the neighborhood of 3 inches. Right or wrong?

The cage is for two adult savannah monitors. The glass doors are each 3/16 x 19 x 33.

Thank ya much!
HH
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Depends on what they are made out of and whats behind them I woyuld consider a min of 1" overlap with any lizard species. I use a little over just made the glass cut on a whole inch. I would only worry for certain snake species. I would also recommend safety glass (laminated glass) for any large lizard or boid, or any species that will frequently test the strength of glass.

Best of Luck
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Jeremy

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Hey Jeremy!
Glad you mentioned "laminated." It's funny that you did 'cause while I was making my initial post I thought about that for the first time because I'm using salvaged glass that a friend gave me a long time ago. It's tempered, not laminated. So your mentioning of it was right on time & just what I needed to hear.

This is pretty much a temporary cage I'm throwing together. I'm making it in sections so it can be modified as needed in the future. It's got a 2ft(H) x 4ft(W) x 6ft(L) bottom section, a 3ft(H) x 4ft(W) x 6ft(L) top section, and then the face for the top section. Since I needed this cage yesterday I'm going to scratch sliding glass doors for the time being, now.

I've got an old walk-thru sliding glass door glass panel (out of it's frame) that I'm gonna slap on the front and I'll order two laminated glass panels later & change out the front.

Thanks for giving me an even better answer than I asked for (mentioning laminated).

Catch ya later!
Mike
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Due to political correctness run amuck,
this ol' hillbilly is now referred to as an:
Appalachian American