We’re building a small multi-tenant retail building and the owner just asked us to change the front glass design. We had stopped the storefront at 18″ above the floor to avoid using safety glass. The owner thought about future tenant changes and how much easier it will be to move doors around if the glass goes to the floor.

Garrety Glass, our alum/glazing contractor, suggested we put a horizontal mutton about 30″ high, noting that lots of folks walk right into a clear glass sidelight. Seemed like good design advice, especially after seeing the video below.

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wp4MXcZL7WY

The guy steals a purse in Perth, Australia, then runs right through the safety glass sidelight (interesting to see how that glass fails, by the way). The most amazing thing, though, is that the thief managed to get up and get away.