# Entry and patio door glass, tempered to code

Door lites, sidelites and transoms for entry and patio programs, cut and tempered to hazardous-location requirements with the obscure patterns homeowners actually ask for.

Group: Architectural & building

Source: https://www.temperededge.com/industries/residential-doors/

## Part families

- **Flat door lites**: Clear, obscure or tinted, sized to your lite frame with seamed edges.
- **Sidelites & transoms**: Tall narrow lites and shaped transoms cut to match the elevation.
- **Insulated door units**: Dual pane for exterior doors, obscure inboard lite where privacy matters.
- **Frit-printed accents**: Ceramic borders and patterns fired into the glass. They stay put, where film peels.

## Specifications

| Spec | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Common sizes | Any size to 90" × 144" |
| Thickness | 1/8"–1/4" (3–6 mm) single · IG to 1" |
| Glass types | Clear when the lite is a view. 3 mm obscure when the entry faces the street. Gray or bronze when the door line is tinted. Rain, glue chip, and low-iron are ordered. |
| Edgework | Seamed standard · ground or polish for exposed edges |
| Size tolerance | ± 1/32" on cut size; squareness within 1/16" |
| Standards | ANSI Z97.1-2015 Class A · 16 CFR 1201 Category II (400 ft-lb) · permanent temper mark |
| Lead time | 5–10 business days |

## What we handle here

- **Tempering under the same roof** Cut, printed and tempered in one building, so a print revision doesn't ripple through three subcontractors.
- **Ceramic frit screen printing** Borders, blackout bands, logos and legends fired into the glass during tempering. Permanent.
- **Insulated units assembled here** Dual pane with warm-edge spacer, built to your sightline and overall thickness.
- **Quotes in a day, parts in a week** Most quotes go out within one business day; production typically ships in 5–10.

## FAQ

### Does door glass have to be tempered?

Glazing in doors and within 24" of a door edge is a hazardous location under the IRC, so it requires safety glazing. All our lites are permanently marked.

### Can you match an obscure pattern we already use?

Send a sample or the pattern name and we'll confirm availability before you commit a program to it.

### Do you do one-off replacement lites for dealers?

Yes. One-offs through production runs. A measured sketch, or the dimensions off the old lite, is enough to quote.

## Related industries

- [interior-doors](https://www.temperededge.com/industries/interior-doors/index.md)
- [garage-doors](https://www.temperededge.com/industries/garage-doors/index.md)
- [residential](https://www.temperededge.com/industries/residential/index.md)
- [window-oems](https://www.temperededge.com/industries/window-oems/index.md)