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A woman shared a video of her shattered shower door on the social media site TikTok this week, saying it unexpectedly exploded on her while in use.
The woman, who posted the video on her TikTok page Kai’s World, says that the incident caused lacerations that required stitches. Hundreds of thousands have viewed the video, but the problem of shower doors exploding unexpectedly is not new.
Just weeks earlier, a North Carolina couple reported that their shower door exploded without warning.
The couple told local reporters at 7 News that they heard a “boom” while at their home on a Saturday night in late April. They say they found glass in the bathroom as well as the bedroom from the unexpected explosion.
“Thank God we didn’t have anybody in the bathroom when it happened,” homeowner Kathy Loftin told reporters. “When I researched it I said, ‘hey, we’re not an anomaly.’ This has happened before and people don’t know it.”
Indeed, approximately 500 people suffer injuries from shattering shower doors that send them to the hospital emergency rooms each year, according to US consumer protection agencies. Exploding shower doors also still happen despite a 2016 safety alert issued by the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) which required changes to how tempered glass products were made.
Other glass products have been known to spontaneously shatter as well, from Pyrex dishes to car windshields. Top Class Actions has covered consumer lawsuits that claim defective glass products shattered unexpectedly, causing injuries and property damage. Glass shower doors that may explode unexpectedly are a potentially serious safety risk, and Top Class Actions will continue to monitor this story for consumers.
Another woman was injured by an exploding shower door in 2018. The woman, a yoga instructor, said that she was exiting a hotel shower when it unexpectedly shattered behind her. She told the New York Post that she was taken to the emergency room where it took hours to remove pieces of glass from her body and for her to receive 30 stitches.
Experts say there are a number of reasons why glass shower doors may explode unexpectedly, from temperature variations to problems with how they were made or installed. The Spruce recommends that homeowners with a glass shower door routinely inspect it for cracks or other problems.
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39 thoughts onTikToker Says Shower Door ‘Randomly Exploded’ During Use
In 2022, our frameless shower glass doors exploded. The day after it was installed by R &M Monster Glass in Florida, two doors exploded while my wife was in the shower. After pleading, the glass company came back out and replaced the doors at no cost. My wife was bruised and cut up pretty badly. Once again most recently in January 2024 I was outside of the shower door and ond door explodes. The door exploded and collapsed on me. I have tiny glass particules in my feet. X-rays can’t detect them. I am diabetic and am afraid that my feet or legs may have to get amputated if they get infected.
PLEASE HELP US WE NEED AN ATTORNEY BADLY!!!!!!!!!!!
Our shower door exploded too. I thought someone was breaking in our house. I was in my dining room, my husband in the bedroom and the dog in the living room when I heard a loud “bang” sound. It wasn’t until an hour later when I realized it was in the bathroom when I walked into a room full of glass all over the floor and shower. I have pictures. I purchased the door from Home Depot last spring. I would like to join whatever it is to get some answers. This is some scary stuff. I have 2 more glass shower doors.
We had installed a Delta Everly 48X70 shower door in our bathroom renovation in February of 2021 and on January 29, 2024 one of the two glass doors exploded after my wife and I had finished our showers while we were sitting watching tv. We thought someone threw something through the dining room window but came into the bathroom to find the glass from the door all over the floor. We were lucky neither of us or our 18 month old daughter were in the shower at the time this happened. We are very hesitant to even replace the door now that this has happened as we were totally unaware that something like this could even happen. The glass is tempered so it stays in fairly uniform chunks but they really need to be laminated also like a car windshield so if something like this does happen the glass pieces are contained and don’t explode in multiple directions causing the tiny shards to go everywhere. I can’t imagine being in the shower with no clothes on and having glass flying at my body and then trying to get out of the shower with shattered shards of glass all around your bare feet.
Our dreamline shower door from Lowes exploded randomly on my son yesterday. Lots of cuts from his shoulders downward. Scary stuff.
This was less than 5 showers after it was installed. I’d love to know the process for replacement. And please add us to the lawsuit for sure.
Stayed at the Element by Westin Hotel in Nashville, Tennessee. Went out for the day and when we came back to the hotel there was glass everywhere. No one has been in the room at all and yet the glass still broke, luckily no one was in there at the time but now the hote is putting the blame on me and I have no idea what to do about it because I legitimately didn’t do it
Large glass shower panel exploded Monday morning before I took a shower. Loud noise scared me and the sight of large glass pieces and small shards of glass inside and outside of shower that reached bedroom terrified me. Luckily I was far enough away and didn’t get injured. Reading about exploding shower doors and painful injuries leads me to think there should be a class action suit. My builder and installer said it was 6 months past warranty date. 🤨 is it safe to replace? How expensive will it be?
My Maxx shower door exploded 8/20/22. I had just got out of the shower and walked to my bedroom and it exploded with such force that shot glass out into the hallway I was terrified apparently this is happening more than I realized something definitely needs to change in the way they’re made