How To Transport Large Sheets Of Glass

How to safely transport window glass step 1.

How to transport large sheets of glass.

According to the glass and glazing federation s glass handling storage and transport code of practice manual sheet glass can be hand carried by one or two people lifted and carried in a sling by a couple of people or moved in a custom webbed cradle via a crane using a trained operator depending upon the size of the sheet. It is important to protect your hands when transporting glass as it can severely cut you if. Glass sheets are usually shipped in crates or cases. Load the window glass into a moving van or truck so that it is upright and leaning at a roughly 45 degree angle.

Put on your gloves. Place two strips of masking tape in an x shape across one side of the glass pane and then follow up with four smaller x. You will only be able to use a standard vehicle to transport small panes of glass. How to safely transport window glass 1.

Wrap the cut edges of the glass with painter s tape. If the piece is small say 6 square the weight pulling on the glass is pretty small in comparison with it s size. Wrap the glass in thin foam sheeting. See how it bows slightly.

If the pane you re moving is large or long consider having the glass shop deliver your piece. If a sheet of glass is large the weight pulling on the glass will be great enough to allow the glass to bend or at least want to bend. This condition puts the glass at stress and it wants to break. Most passenger vehicles won t accommodate an upright sheet of glass that s more than about 2 feet high and a few feet in length.

Foam sheeting doesn t add a lot of impact protection but it guards against.