I am about to build by old burm (17 years old and counting) his retirement castle and am for the first time thinking of using glass for the doors. As I have never used glass before I had some questions about the diffrent types. I plan the cage to be 8X4X6 with swining doors on the front simmilar to some of the Majestic Enclosures by CagesByDesign. The 2 doors will be 3X6 each. I was thinking of using regular plate glass but didn't know if there is a better type such as safty glass or tempered glass. Plexi-glass really isnt an option as after the burm dies I plan to use the cage for my blue tree monitors and I have had issues with them scratching plexi in the past. Also i plan to use 1/4 inch glass so I guess my main questions deal with weight, cost, and strength. Thanks
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Safety Glass....
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Jeremy Payne
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i'd go with safety glass also.
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Jason
Is safty glass the same as tempered glass?
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"We don't inherate the earth from our parents, we borrow it from our children"
safety glass has a membrane in between two pieces of glass like the windshield on a car.
Tempered is different, its strong but will shatter when broken leaving nothing to keep the snake in
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Jason
Plate glass shatters too easily. Defenitely not the choice you want for burm or monitor.
I've used tempered glass. Once I hit the door center hard with an old steel snake hook, pointed end. No problem. It takes one heck of alot of force to break tempered glass.
As stated by others, safety glass doesn't leave sharp pieces everywhere if broken. And it is strong to boot.
So I would go safety glass, and if you can't get that, then tempered. Don't even consider plate glass. I'd go Lexan before plate glass, even if Lexan can get scratched. And Lexan weighs less than glass in that you do not need the same thickness with Lexan as you need with glass. Not a bad choice really. Holds heat in better. And if you can make it somehow so the Lexan is replaceable, even better.
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Mark
