How To Transport Glass Sheet

This helps reinforce the entire structure and will keep most of the glass shards together if the pane breaks during transport.

How to transport glass sheet.

You ll need to brace the glass to keep it rigid and upright while it s being moved. Load the window glass into a moving van or truck so that it is upright and leaning at a roughly 45 degree. Always carry glass from the top of the sheet or at the sides of the sheet near the top. Put on your gloves.

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. You will only be able to use a standard vehicle to transport small panes of glass. Wrap the cut edges of the glass with painter s tape. Assume that it might break away at any moment.

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. It is important to protect your hands when transporting glass as it can severely cut you if it breaks or shatters. How to safely transport window glass.