2 of our glazing units have blown and need replacing. I've asked for quotes for supply and fitting.
Width 100cm x Height 95cm
Width 68cm x Height 175cm - Door so apparently needs to be toughened.
The first quote has come in at £640 ! Is that normal these days?
I am finding difficult to find the glass online to work out how much it would cost and try and do it myself. Are there any online calculators for supply only?
Thanks
I've done all mine. Had the local glaziers make up the sealed units with K glass and Argon. IIRC, the dearest unit was ~£150 a couple of years ago, pre-covid/post Brexshit. The largest is probs 1.8m x 1.5m or some such. They take about 20 mins each to deinstall/reinstall. A bit more if you're balancing one of the big ones upstairs, on a ladder, solo. Ask me how I know, go on... 😬
Our local glass supplier produced ours and I fitted. In UPVC that is usually dead easy - pop out a bead or four, catch old unit as it falls out, then slap in new unit and the four beads. Two pairs of hands needed.
I took two local quotes and went to an online place - local was same price.
Our local locksmith does a roaring trade in repairing double glazed units: locks, hinges, glass units.
I cracked a fairly large (120x150?) unit through my own stupidity. The local double glazing guy measured, supplied and fitted for about £300, iirc. This is in caviar-sniffing London.
We had a unit crack just as Covid hit - local place did it for about £150, but that involved taking the unit away as we had an internal 'cosmetic bar' that made the unit look like two panes (originally done to match the house's original design). Despite the unit being removed, the guys in the workshop made two sets the wrong size. The fitter was well hissed off and had three visits to us in the end during the day.
check the bead on older windows rhe glass was fitted from the outside. if its an upstairs room it could be tricky to do solo.
i bought full windows of bigger sizes from the local upvc place for around £150 each last year. this is south coast
edit that was delivered, not fitted
Local place here in Jan was £110 for two units (1170x520x24 with 4mm clear glass). Had to collect though.
Same place a few years back was £250 for a massive (min 1x2.5m ish) toughened with a cat flap hole cut. That was fitted.
I found plenty of online calculators when I was looking in Jan. You just needed to know things like glass width.
It's easy enough to DIY. One suction glass lifter and a bead tool (that is also handy for scraping and opening paint). I popped the beading out to get accurate measurements and check the glass width.
We're having 8 windows and a front door done with triple glazed flush mount units and it's £8.5k 4 of the windows are 2.45*1.35m The others are 1.35*1.35m
I had a door panel last month,1850x456, toughened 4/16/4, £45 delivered.
I’ve just had some DG windows priced up for our new build, 6 windows, supplied and fitted, extra insulated glass, £2400 for 6 windows, so you price for just the glass is taking the pee.
Go to any glass merchant (not a window supplier) and DIY.
Thanks for all the input.
Another local company has come back at £410 which is much more reasonable.
They are obviously still making a tidy profit on that but I dont fancy trying to fit myself at the minute.
July last year we paid £1100 supplied and fitted from a local company that only does glass replacement for the following
1 Sealed glass units to: Bedroom 1 x2; Bedroom 2
x2; Landing x1; Office x2.
Hinge to Bed 1, Trickle vent to Bed 2.
Adjust Tilt and slide door. Fit catches.
Handle to garage door.
The two bedroom windows are pretty big and wouldn't fancy installing them myself
They are obviously still making a tidy profit on that but I dont fancy trying to fit myself at the minute.
£410 seems pretty reasonable for supply and fit. They should last for another 20 years!
