Any glaziers care to quote? Small frosted PVC bathroom smash

[1cyl]

Evenin all.

Broke my downstairs window today playing fetch with the dog.

Cross with myself for poor obs , and total brain farting lack of thought lobbing the tough bouncy jive ball towards the house = a nice big spider web effect on the frosted lower part of the double glazed pvc bog window .

Wife took it in her stride on the condition that I get it fixed within a "reasonable amount of time". But my pockets not too deep currently and I know nothing about glass, so was just wondering impatiently if anyone could give me a "ball park" (no pun intended) cost? To lube me up for a shafting on Tuesday/Wednesday when I get someone in

It's the lower pane that I wrecked. Its about 450mm x 450mm and probably about 20mm vacuumed space. Frosted pattern and a white cross inside

Can they just swap it for a new pane? Or will the whole frame with the upper smaller latch window have to be junked aswell?


Self Slap. Nob.

Cheers.
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[J4mes]

When we had our back door window replaced they literally popped the old one out and new one in in about 20 seconds, so don't see why a window would be any different

[Benson_JV]

I paid £15 for a single pane piece about 2ft tall by 1ft wide. Fitted in 30 seconds by mate, looked dead easy.
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[andy_uk]

Yeah, it'll just be a case of swapping panes (sealed units).
You could easily do it yourself...
There'll be 4 'strips' holding it in on the inside (if it's been fitted correctly!). They're where the putty normally is on a traditional window.
They should unclip and pop out, letting you remove the sealed unit which you can then take to a local window place and get a replacement.

The only difficulty you may have is if the strips have been stuck on (most decent window fitters will have done this). They'll still come off, just need a little more care.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h03l48DG9UI
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[1cyl]

Cheers for info chaps.

I've had a look andy and it looks pretty sealed and tiled from the inside, i would be removing complete facias? These "strips" you speak of, appear to be on the outside of the glass! with some rubber framing the pane, perhaps outside access because its quite a small window? I might try and pop them off and see how easy it would be to break in my house!
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[doggone]

There's a fair chance it will be a custom size and they will have to make the sealed unit to order., but it doesn't take long (like a couple of days)
A small one like that won't be hideously expensive.

[andy_uk]

[doggone]

If putting one in yourself pay attention to the drainage at the bottom, if the glass can sit in water the seal will fail when it freezes.
It should sit off the bottom on spacers.

Some of the cowboy fitters don't do this and the units fog up after a few years.

[1cyl]

Been quoted £197 on the phone. because he insists the whole window and frame and small hinged window is one big sealed unit and needs to be changed?!.

Got another bloke coming tomorrow tho, so hopefully he'll see I'm not a gimp.
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[Furrybiker]

Had a plain glass bedroom window break last year, cost £45 to replace the glazed unit. This was the larger bottom panel.

[Furrybiker]

Had a plain glass bedroom window break last year, cost £45 to replace the glazed unit. This was the larger bottom panel.

[andy_uk]

[clancy]

You just pop the beads out and replace the glass it takes 2 mins

Piece of glass that size frosted will probably be around £60, won't be a lot
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