How To Transport Glass Sheet

Wrap the cut edges of the glass with painter s tape.

How to transport glass sheet.

Keeping this possibility in mind will cause you to dress and act safely. 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. Load the window glass into a moving van or truck so that it is upright and leaning at a roughly 45 degree.

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. Assume that it might break away at any moment. You will only be able to use a standard vehicle to transport small panes of glass. Always carry glass from the top of the sheet or at the sides of the sheet near the top.

Put on your gloves. How to safely transport window glass. This helps reinforce the entire structure and will keep most of the glass shards together if the pane breaks during transport.