Float glass is the most basic type of glass. It is the basis for tempered, laminated, and insulated glass. In case of breakage float glass shatters into sharp dangerous pieces. We do not recommend float glass for big glass panels.

Tempered Glass is a type of safety glass where float glass gets heated and rapidly cooled which inflicts a pre tension into the glass. Tempered glass is considered to be around 5 times stronger than float glass. In the extremely rare occassion of breakage it shatters into small unsharp pieces. For the above benefits, we select temper glass by default for all our windows.

Laminated Glass is a type of safety glass where two panels of either float glass or tempered glass are bond with a PVB film or a sound-reducing film. In case of breakage, the interlayer film holds the shattered glass pieces in place. Hence laminate glass is recommended for areas with present danger of falling. However, since laminate glass consists of two thinner glass panes, its comparably weak compared to a single pane glass of same thickness.

Insulated glass is a composition of two glass elements that are joined with an airgap in between. This gap contains either a vacuum or argon gas. The glass elements themselves can either be single panes (float / temper glass) or laminated panels.