Glass manifestation is a legal requirement for some areas of glazing and the legislation is quite specific as to what is required form manifestation for it to be compliant.
Manifestation on glass doors.
The manifestation can be a major part of the interior design concept and not just installed where blinds are not fitted.
Glass manifestations are stickers designed to highlight glazed areas like glass partitions patio and large glass doors glass corridors in public and commercial buildings to prevent accidental collision.
If you have full height glass in any windows doors or partitions it must be marked with glass manifestation to make sure that it can be seen.
The building regulations 2000.
Manifestation the technical name for window film and graphics is a legal requirement covered by the building regulations document k.
Glass manifestation is designed to help make glass obvious which can prevent injury if somebody was to walk into the glass.
Glass manifestations don t necessarily have to be adhered to every window door and pane of glass in a building.
All designs comply with building regulations are prepared on site in our graphics studio and come pre spaced where applicable for ease of installation.
Part m states that glass entrance doors and glass screens will satisfy requirement m1 or m2 if.
Frosted manifestation is a cost effective and easy ways to ensure compliance with the building regulations.
Manifestation is a treatment that can be applied to glass windows doors partitions and any other large expanses of clear glass in order to make the glass visible preventing injury through collisions.
Manifestations are usually two rows of 50mm or 75mm white or frosted dots on the glass at heights of 1500mm and 800mm from the floor.
As long as the sizes and height positions of the manifestations are inline with these guidelines any shapes including company logos will satisfy this health and safety requirement.
Manifestations are there simply to ensure people don t walk into the glazing or worse through it.
As such there are specifically defined critical locations that do require safety markings.
For more information on guidelines please visit our glass manifestation section.
It is used to clearly mark what would otherwise be invisible glass walls and prevent injuries caused by walking into the glass.
Manifestation and partm building regulations.
It can also help enhance privacy and can be decorative.