tank dismantle and glass cutting

[Dez]

Originally Posted by loveless

I am looking into building my own sump atm. I talked to one glazier who said that the edges have to be polished. Am I being misinformed? He said that the polishing process is the expensive part, as it get done by linear inch.

Oh and btw the glass is 3/8 inch thick, his reason for the polishing in the first place as "its too thick to break cleanly"

So my question
Is polishing necessary?

Oh yeah, I built my own overflow and it was all 3/8" glass that I cut myself - no polished edges.