Finish TradesQuestion 479 of 700
Unit skylights glazed with glass in a sloped position over occupied space are generally required to use what type of glass for occupant safety?
a.Ordinary annealed single-pane glass
b.Untempered wired glass only
c.Laminated or fully tempered safety glazing (with screening where required)
d.Any glass, since skylights are above head height
Explanation
Because a broken sloped skylight can shower glass on occupants below, glass skylights must use laminated or tempered safety glazing, with a retaining screen in some assemblies. Ordinary annealed glass and unrated wired glass are not acceptable, and being overhead is exactly why safety glazing is required.
Law Reference: 2025 CA Residential Code §R308.6Practice all 700 questions free — no signup required.
Related questions on this topic
- When finishing exterior ferrous metal such as a steel handrail or fabricated gate, which coating step is MOST important to apply first?
- On the garage side of a wall separating an attached garage from the dwelling, gypsum board used for the required separation must be at least what?
- Before installing engineered wood flooring over a concrete slab-on-grade, a 6-mil polyethylene (or equivalent) vapor retarder is commonly placed MAINLY to do what?
- Under CALGreen landscape provisions, automatic irrigation systems installed for new construction are generally required to use what type of controller?
- Before disturbing painted surfaces during a repaint in a home built before 1978, a contractor must MOST importantly follow what requirement?
- When building a tiled shower floor with a traditional mortar bed and drain, the finished floor should slope toward the drain at approximately what minimum rate?
Last reviewed: · editorial process
PrepPass Editorial Team · Verified against California CSLB General Building (B) Trade Examination · How we review