Spontaneously shattering shower screen - why?

[greg128]

Add to the list in this case

Frame twisted

Frame constructed without appropriate gaskets in place.

Movement in tray.

Like I say lots of possibilities.

 

[greg128]

So, tricky question for all of you professional plumbers - it was installed only 8 weeks ago, who should foot the bill for replacement?

 

[ShaunCorbs]

Should be manufactures problem it’s more common than you think

 

[SimonG]

Had one shatter in my hands. Supplier was blaming me for knocking it, but used to work with somebody who had worked producing toughened glass. He told me that it would have been the heat from my hands as the processing had left the glass overly stressed.
Supplier provided a new one foc and I fitted.

Just pleased it popped on me and not on a bairn in the shower.

 

[Chuck]

So, tricky question for all of you professional plumbers - it was installed only 8 weeks ago, who should foot the bill for replacement?

Legally it's person you paid who is responsible to you. They'll claim from their supplier and so on up the chain.

Manufacturers sometimes offer a warranty direct to the end-user but this is in addition to your contractual and consumer rights not instead of.