REPLACING
WINDOW GLASS
- ALUMINIUM
WINDOWS:
- Your standard storm window almost always uses
single-strength glass (2.5 mm or 3/32" thick). Approximate cost to
repair is the cost of single-strength glass ($3.30 per square foot) plus
$9.50 labor. Extra to repair broken corners.
- WOOD
WINDOWS:
- These always use single-strength glass (2.5 mm or
3/32" thick -- cost $3.30 per square foot). Nevertheless, if possible,
you may elect to have a broken pane of single strength glass replaced with
double-strength glass (3.0mm or 1/8" thick) for added strength. Double-strength
glass costs $3.90 per square foot. Labor in our shop to clean out the old
putty and reputty costs from $10 to $15 per window depending on glass size
and labor involved.
- DOING
IT YOURSELF:
- Not recommended on aluminum windows but give
it a try on the wood. Here's how:
- Clean out the old glass, putty and old metal
points. Get it really clean. Use a metal tape measure and measure the now-clean space. Measure twice. Old saying, "Measure twice cut once."
We prefer people who only measure once so we can cut it twice :-). Write
down your width and height in inches. Deduct, in a wood window, 1/8"
from the width and 1/8" from the height. Normally the dimensions will
come out on the even inch.
- Call Arrow and we'll cut the lite (window talk
for a piece of glass) to the size you give us or just come on in. Normally,
we can cut several lites of glass while you wait. We prefer you telephone
so it is ready when you arrive.
- Pick up the glass, can of putty (we'll know appropriate
can size), putty knife if you need one, and some push points. Push points
are little diamond shaped pieces of metal you shove into the wood to hold
the glass in place while the putty dries. We'll show you how to do it.
- Put lite of glass in opening; insert push points,
and after warming putty in your hand, give it a try. If you have gotten
this far, the putty part is fairly simple. "Wipe" (compress &
force) the putty into the recess and strike off the extra while keeping
your putty knife at a low angle. Just keep doing it until it looks OK.
- You can eliminate all the above steps by calling
Arrow. Cost is $40 per hour plus the glass cost.
- Our glaziers can cut and install glass fast.
