substitutes for perspex panel as cough and sneeze screens.

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substitutes for perspex panel as cough and sneeze screens.

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I've only managed to obtain two 4ft by 2ft pieces of persex and I'm thinking aboiut ways of making a couple more screen, so that wherever I need to be in my shop that I will be shielded from my customers. So far I looking at making some wooden frames covered with 500 micron thick polythene sheeting, which won't look as smart as I would prefer, but it easy to make and put in service.

However, something that looks more professional would be much nicer if I can get it. I'm thinking that 2mm sheets of float glass is maybe not so good from the health and safety aspect, because it is not unbreakable. Perhaps I could make screens up with smaller individual frames with 2mm glass all assmbled in to one larger screen.

Any thoughts,

Thanks in anticipation,
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Re: substitutes for perspex panel as cough and sneeze screens.

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We took the view that the screens are likely going to be there for a good long while so we chose to use glass. We’ve got 4mm toughened glass in frames we’ve made to form an L shape around our till area, with a gap underneath to slide the credit card machine through when needed. We had a 3 week wait for the glass but local supplies are improving daily. We got ours from Roman Glass in Torquay in the end.

If you don’t use toughened glass you may have all sorts of health and safety issues as it’s very much in a public area.
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Re: substitutes for perspex panel as cough and sneeze screens.

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I bought a, sheet of 1.5?mm Styrene from Wessex, it looks like it will do the job.
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Re: substitutes for perspex panel as cough and sneeze screens.

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Thinks Justin,

I knew that they were able to do that, but I'm hoping for something a bit more solid.
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