double-paned window - glass replacement
#1
09-02-02, 11:21 AM
double-paned window - glass replacement
I have double-paned windows in my home. I have an interior window pane which is cracked and several that are discolored(calcium?) Can I replace the broke one and clean the discolored ones? There is a rubber seal around the frame.
#3
09-02-02, 05:19 PM
They are aluminum installed @14 yrs ago when I built my house. Two of them discolored within a few months of building the house. The manufacturer sent a rep out and said they were damaged during installation. If I understand your reply to my original post I have to replace the entire window not just the pane?
#4
09-02-02, 05:38 PM
TC,
No, you can replace just the glass.....though it's not a "pane"....that is a single layer of glass.....it's a "unit", because it is two pieces of glass separated by a spacer and some high temperature sealant.....It's that assembly process and the special sealant you can't do without some high dollar equipment.
Fortunately, about any glass shop can either make or order the units you need.
Probably to get yours out ( hard to say without seeing yours), you need to get the sash out of the window and then disassemble the sash....IF the "rubber" your were taking about is a "U" shaped rubber.....That is, the rubber is on both sides of the glass. ( called Marine glazing in the window biz) Usually a couple screws in the corners hold the sash frame together around the glass unit. Once you have the unit out, you can measure the size and the overall thickness....take those measurements, or the glass itself, to a glass shop and they'll get you what you need.
If the rubber is only on one side, you DON'T have to take the sash out. Figure out how to get the rubber strip out...carefully, you need it for the reinstall......then take the glass out. Sometimes they use a REAL sticky caulk to hold the glass in place, slip a putty knife in and carefully work the glass out. Sometimes you have to heat it with a hair dryer to loosen it.
Oh, yeah, if your problems occured within a few months, I bet it WASN'T the installation......all you do is nail the dadgum things in around the flanges......I think the window company did ya dirty.
No, you can replace just the glass.....though it's not a "pane"....that is a single layer of glass.....it's a "unit", because it is two pieces of glass separated by a spacer and some high temperature sealant.....It's that assembly process and the special sealant you can't do without some high dollar equipment.
Fortunately, about any glass shop can either make or order the units you need.
Probably to get yours out ( hard to say without seeing yours), you need to get the sash out of the window and then disassemble the sash....IF the "rubber" your were taking about is a "U" shaped rubber.....That is, the rubber is on both sides of the glass. ( called Marine glazing in the window biz) Usually a couple screws in the corners hold the sash frame together around the glass unit. Once you have the unit out, you can measure the size and the overall thickness....take those measurements, or the glass itself, to a glass shop and they'll get you what you need.
If the rubber is only on one side, you DON'T have to take the sash out. Figure out how to get the rubber strip out...carefully, you need it for the reinstall......then take the glass out. Sometimes they use a REAL sticky caulk to hold the glass in place, slip a putty knife in and carefully work the glass out. Sometimes you have to heat it with a hair dryer to loosen it.
Oh, yeah, if your problems occured within a few months, I bet it WASN'T the installation......all you do is nail the dadgum things in around the flanges......I think the window company did ya dirty.
