How can one tell if a slider door is ‘glazed’ or not per the requirements of the city of Los Angeles?
Most slider doors, even old ones, are ‘glazed’, meaning they have some type of safety coating on them, or they are tempered to shatter in small pieces if someone runs through one. But bottom line It’s rare to find one that requires glazing.
Back in the old days, glass slider dooring had no coating on them to prevent cutting from the large shards of glass produced after one runs through one. If was fairly common in the 1960’s when slider dooring was in vogue. After this period, glass slider dooring was produced with some type of coating or ‘glaze’ on them to break into small pieces or to cover the large shards of glass if broken. Today safety glass is tempered to avoid injury if the glass was to break.
To tell if your slider is actually glazed, look for the safety seal on the corner of the glass slider. The city of Los Angeles requirement only applies to the ‘moving’ slider pane of glass and not the stationary one.
Generally unglazed slider doors were installed in city of Los Angeles home between 1940 and 1970. If the slider has been replaced since then, the slider is usually glazed or tempered, and will comply with the city of Los Angeles requirement. Note: Even very old looking slider doors may be in compliance for the city of Los Angeles.
Cost: Cost to add a safety film on an existing sliding door which does not have any is approx. $6 per square foot, and the film only need to be applied on one side of the glass, not on both sides to be compliant for the city of Los Angeles.
Email us a picture of any slider door in question to retrofitla@gmail.com and we may be able to tell before the inspection.
My son is renting in San Pedro. His sliding door is not glazed of safety glass. His landlord told him it didn’t need to be because it was installed before that requirement was in place. Only after it breaks will they have to be compliant if it’s changed. The door is the original from 1978.
Is this true?
An older slider glass door, not properly ‘glazed’ is a safety concern and should be a concern to your landlord. Many auto tint companies can apply a ‘safety film’ on the slider for approx. $6 per square foot. We have used L and Y Auto Tinting at (310) 713-6420 to apply a clear safety film on glass sliders. Call around for a good price but it should only cost approx $ 250 or so for them to come out and apply it to your glass slider. Again this is a safety issue and your landlord is liable for injuries caused by NOT having it properly coasted with a plastic coating to avoid injury if someone runs through it. It is only common sense for a landlord to address this issue.
My son has a baby due in 4 weeks and is concerned about this. They told him they don’t have to comply. They also told him he couldn’t have somebody come in and do it for him because they need to Authorize it first. They will evict him for altering their property. He just moved in Jan 1st. Signed a yr lease.
My son is renting in San Pedro. His sliding door is not glazed or safety glass. His landlord told him it didn’t need to be because it was installed before that requirement was in place. Only after it breaks will they have to be compliant if it’s changed. The door is the original from 1978.
Is this true?