Child Safety With a Sliding Glass Door
- One of the most popular and inexpensive ways to child proof your sliding glass door is by the use of decals. Decals stick on most surfaces and prevent kids and even adults from running into glass doors and causing serious injury to themselves. Decals can be found in most hardware stores and come in different shapes, colors, sizes and designs. When choosing decals, make sure that you pick shapes that are large enough to see and bright colors that also allow children to easily see them. When you stick decals on a sliding glass door, placement is very important. Do not stick the decals too high up where it would only be visible to adults. Be sure to stick decals so that they are at eye level for a small child.
- Sliding glass door locks act like patio door locks. These are easily installed by positioning the lock on the glass. The use of glass door locks prevents the door from being opened any further and can be easily adjusted to suit your needs. These locks are very important if your sliding glass door leads to a pool. Many children have died in pool accidents simply because parents thought that the door leading to the pool was locked properly not knowing that it could be easily opened by a child. Sliding glass door locks can be bought in most hardware stores or child safety stores online.
- Aside from buying things for sliding glass doors that can help prevent injury to your child, you can also make simple changes at home. One of these things is to consider the placement of your furniture and other household items. If you have rugs or mats close to glass doors, move them somewhere else as children can run and slide onto these and into the glass. Another option would be to add non-slip rug pads to prevent rugs from slipping and sliding. Any furniture or even potted plants near the glass door that can be tripped on should be removed to help prevent accidents.
These are just a few of the safety precautions you can take to ensure the safety of your child. Making sure that glass doors are made with tempered glass and that the area around the glass door is well lit are other precautions that you can take. As with all safety products, it is important that you do your research before making your purchase.