How To Transport Glass Sheet

You ll need to brace the glass to keep it rigid and upright while it s being moved.

How to transport glass sheet.

Press half the width of the tape along one side of an edge of the glass then fold the other half of the tape over the edge and press it against. 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 shapes within the quarters created by the first x. 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. 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 it breaks or shatters. This helps reinforce the entire structure and will keep most of the glass shards together if the pane breaks during transport. Put on your gloves. Wrap the cut edges of the glass with painter s tape.

Assume that it might break away at any moment. How to safely transport window glass. Keeping this possibility in mind will cause you to dress and act safely.