Meshulam Explains Spontaneous Glass Breakage on Good Morning America

Meshulam Explains Spontaneous Glass Breakage on Good Morning America

Meshulam Explains Spontaneous Glass Breakage on Good Morning America

In response to numerous reports of spontaneously shattering shower doors, glass tables and glass sinks, Good Morning America investigated. They sent a crew to Façade Consultants’ lab in Northbrook, IL to film Mark Meshulam explaining and demonstrating the glass breakage phenomenon.

The full video can be seen here: https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/video/spontaneously-shattering-glass-injuries-27466802

Mark Meshulam, aka Chicago Window Expert — Mark Meshulam, aka Chicago Window Expert, explains and demonstrates spontaneous glass breakage of tempered glass, which might be used in shower doors, glass handrails or glass sinks on Good Morning America.

Spontaneously Shattering Glass — Screenshot of the Good Morning America piece entitled “Consumer Alert: Spontaneously Shattering Glass” which features Mark Meshulam of Façade Consultants.

Investigates GMA Piece — In this segment of the GMA piece, Mark Meshulam demonstrates the use of a microscope to identify a nickel sulfide inclusion that broke a pane of tempered glass.

Tempered Glass Shattering — The Good Morning America segment includes much footage, including slow motion footage of tempered glass shattering, that was staged for them by Mark Meshulam in the Façade Consultants’ lab in Northbrook, IL

Tempered Glass Breaks — Here Mark Meshulam displays the way tempered glass breaks, in small pieces which are intended to be less dangerous than the larger shards of glass that are associated with annealed glass. Meshulam stresses that despite the small particles, tempered glass can still be dangerous, especially when large clumps of glass fall on victims’ arms, legs and feet.

See Good Morning America clip here
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Mark Meshulam
REWC, is a Registered Exterior Wall Consultant (REWC) and the founder of Facade Consultants LLC, a Chicago and Miami-based building envelope consulting firm. With over 30 years of experience in facade investigation, forensic analysis, and expert witness testimony,

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