FRAMINGHAM A Framingham couple hasn’t been able to use their bathroom lately – because their new blue glass sink exploded. It reportedly blew up over the weekend and no one seems to know why…The president of the company that sold the sink to Stoll, Renovator’s Supply of Millers Falls, told the paper they’ve sold thousands of glass sinks in the last three years and this is only the second time one has exploded.
Don’t know about you but one exploding glass sink is one too many, and now it’s two too many. The company is said to have offered the Stolls a refund or replacement. That’s nice. Good thing in neither case anyone was WASHING THEIR FACE AT THE TIME. If that happens, will Renovator’s Supply of Millers Falls replace or refund your forehead?
Glass Sink Explodes In Framingham Home [WBZ] (Thanks to Jennifer!)
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Yesterday, 8-28-07, my Glass sink exploded in my bathroom. No one was in there, but it scared the hell out of us. The sink was 1 of 2 sinks in the bathroom and it was 1 and 1/4 inch thick glass with a waterfall-type glass Faucet. Its so thick it looked a little “emerad green”. It had been in there about 18 months, the house was air conditioned and nothing was left on it. It damaged the floor tiles and shot out into the hallway carpet. We bought it from The Contractors Warehouse in Sacramento, CA. We are trying to find the vendor paperwork. Does anyone have a similar description of an issue like this??
Steve Josue – Fair Oaks, CA
We too have two Pegasus glass vessel sinks from Home Depot. Two days after (correct) installation, and before the water was connected, one of these sinks exploded—yes exploded. The noise was very loud and glass was all over, even shot out of the bathroom 10 feet away into the hallway. It happened at 7 am but luckily this is new construction and we were not using the bathroom at this time. This is not an installation issue or a temperature issue. There seems to be an problem with these sinks that more people ought to be aware of before someone gets injured.
Yes, glass sinks EXPLODE. I had just washed my hands, with lukewarm water, sat a small mirror on the counter top (I didn’t touch the sink) to put my contacts in and it exploded. Unfortunately, I was about 3″ away from the sink. The sound was incredible – my ears were ringing afterwards. I was covered head to toe in glass including some glass dust in my eye and cuts on my hand. There wasn’t one inch on my bathroom floor that wasn’t covered with glass – all sizes and sharp. My daughter was in the other room and said it sounded like a bomb went off. The force of the explosion blew off my mirror, contacts and container of solution. It could have been a much more serious accident – what if a young child had been directly in front of the bowl washing their hands? (I was a little more to the side of the sink) This wasn’t a sink that just cracked!