- Impact from a stone or other object smashing the glass in a ‘bullseye’ effect
- The result of a break-in
- Extreme weather or changes in pressure causing a crack
- The sealed unit being ‘blown’, meaning that it’s no longer energy efficient due to air leaking out
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Glaziers
Glaziers cut, shape and install glass for a variety of reasons including windows, showers and mirrors. It’s a very specialist trade and shouldn’t be attempted by an amateur.
Glaziers can be required for both domestic and commercial glass installations and whatever your glazing needs; you’ll be able to find assistance from these qualified tradesmen.
Why would I need a glazier?
One of the most popular reasons for needing a glazier would be to replace a smashed window pane. Glaziers will be able to cut and shape the pane quickly and efficiently to improve your home’s security and ease your mind.
By contracting a glazier to replace your broken window pane:
Improve the security of your home
Windows and doors are the most common entry points for break-ins and a broken pane is just an open invitation for these potential burglars. Hiring a glazier to replace the broken pane will instantly boost your security, keeping you and your family safe once more.
Keep your home warmer
If you have a broken single glazed pane, or even one of the two double glazing panes needs replacing, you’ll be losing heat from your home. Not only is this letting in draughts and making the home colder, but your heating bills will also be higher as your boiler’s temperature is raised.
Other reasons you would need a glazier include:
For the manufacture of toughened glass. Toughened glass is resistant to large impacts and if it does smash, will do so into small harmless balls
Shop front repairs. Unfortunately vandalism can strike at any time and you may urgently need a glazier to ensure your business doesn’t suffer
Shower doors and screens. Glaziers will be able to shape the perfect shower glass for your home, ensuring your bathroom looks great
Mirror shaping. Sometimes what you want for your home won’t be available in the shops, so you’ll need to hire a professional glazier to shape the right piece.
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Whatever your glazing needs, a professional glazier will be able to shape, cut and fit your new glass, causing you as little inconvenience as possible.
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Average Glaziers cost
The regular cost of Glaziers is £75. Costs alter based on the materials and the business picked. The upper price range can be as high as £86.25. The material costs are in most cases approximately £18.75
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Advantages for Glaziers
- Broken glass can be quickly and easily replaced. Standard sizes of single glass can normally be replaced same day
- Condensation in a double glazed unit can be fixed with a replacement unit easily
Disadvantages for Glaziers
- Non-standard window sizes make take longer to replace
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Glaziers FAQs
- Using a rubber mallet and a strong pallet knife, remove the beading around the window. You might think they’re part of the frame, but they’re actually separate on the inside of the frame and can be taken out by using pallet knife to prize them out. Start with one of the longest beads first and leave the top bead until last.
- Give the glass a little tap to loosen it if it doesn’t come out straight away, then the whole unit should slide out easily. Just make sure it falls towards you and not back out onto the ground below!
- Clear any debris that has found its way into the frame with a brush. Add spacers at the bottom of the frame – these could be pieces of plastic.
- Get your new sealed unit (make sure you measure the glass before you buy one so you know which size to get) and carefully take it out of the packaging. Look for the British Standard mark – that shows you the bottom of the glass.
- Lift the glass into the frame, starting with the bottom first, and make sure that it fits square in the frame before taking the spacers out.
- Use a little washing up liquid to spread along the beads to make it easier when you slide them back into the frame. If they simply push and clip back in, you can use something like a block of wood to help you push them in correctly. Put them back in reverse order to how you took them out.
- Washing up liquid
- Glass cleaner
- A lint-free cloth or rag
- A putty knife
- A paper plate
- Acetone
- The glass has smashed from an impact such as a stone hitting it from a lawnmower
- You have been broken into and suspects used the window to gain entry
- The glass has blown (lost its airtightness) from constant water build-up around the seals, which is common in bathrooms
- Extreme weather or pressure changes have caused a crack
- Including the beading (the plastic and rubber seals around the windows that can be removed), measure the width of the window frame.
- Do the same for the height of the window, making sure you include the beading.
- Then, take 10mm off each measurement, and you have the approximate size of your glass.
- Climate - If your window faces south, it will be subject to direct sunlight for a lot of the day. This tends to cause the sealed unit to fail more quickly – a south-facing window may last between 10-25 years. This is because the spacer bars will twist as the temperature rises and causes the adhesive holding them together to eventually fail.
- Moisture - Windows in kitchens and bathrooms tend to fail more quickly because they come into contact with moisture more often. For example, if water gets on your windowsill when you shower, the seal around the glass will come loose more quickly if it’s constantly wet.
- Thick gloves
- A hammer
- A broom
- A vacuum cleaner
- Thick-soled shoes
- Safety goggles
- Put your gloves on and use the hammer to remove the rest of the glass. Make sure you hit the glass away from you.
- Using the broom, sweep away any loose glass from the area, making sure you do both inside and outside.
- Use your vacuum cleaner to remove any small pieces of glass that you might not have been able to see.
Whether you need toughened glass in your windows depends on where the windows are in your home or business. Toughened glass is sometimes referred to as tempered or safety glass, and it just means it’s stronger than the standard glass that’s usually offered with double glazed windows. So how do you know if you need it?
Toughened glass is useful in areas of your home where you might come into contact with the windows if you were to trip and fall. If you put your hands out to steady yourself on standard glass the chances are it would break into large sharp pieces with jagged edges. Of course, this means that you could seriously cut yourself if this were to happen. With toughened glass, the structure of the glass is changed so that if it breaks it shatters into lots of tiny pieces, minimising the risk to you if you were to fall on it.
You might want to use toughened glass in patio doors, low windows or frames next to doors. It just means that you will be safer if the unlikely happens and you or a family member falls through the glass. There are certain requirements through Building Regulations with windows at a certain level, but any reputable window installer should be able to go through these with you if you need to replace your windows with toughened glass. The regulations will only apply to new windows – there's no need to switch your windows to toughened glass early, but when you do come to replace them you’ll need to make sure they meet the standard.
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