french door safety glass broke, how much to replace?

techmob

Hi guys

not had much luck latey with our house.

We bought some french doors the other week for £80. it was complete and was a very good bargain.

A couple of friends have installed it but now one of the pains of glass has now been cracked

how much do you think it would cost to replace. i am not thinking it will be at a cost more than i paid for the french doors

here is a picture of the glass, not sure on the size as i have not been home since however they are standard size i think


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ormus

single glazed or DG unit?
i paid 15 quid for a back door glass SG, a few months ago. (half the door).

DG units costs between 40/100 quid ish.

techmob

double glazed safety glass

think it is 14" x 71" (inches)

ormus

im guessing about 60/80 quid.

phill99

Ormus is right, even a bit more.

leveller2911

I'm confused as you say one pane has cracked, because if its fitted with toughend safety glass then it wouldn't crack it would shatter into thousands of pieces.The only other way those doors are safe is if they had double glazed units made up with 6.4mm laminated glass ,which I doubt..

So you need to replace both double glazed units as those doors are a danger, replace with toughend glass or just hope no children run into them breaking them and cutting themselves badly.TBH If someone sold be a pair of doors which are dangerous I would want my money back.I'm not sure you have had a bargain there.

What does the kitemark say on the lower photo, bottom left hand side, it should say what the unit is made up of.?

Did you buy them 2nd hand? or from a shop?

techmob

Hi

BS2606 it says in the corner with a circle around it.

the guy who sold them works as a fitter and has the odd bits from work salvaged from jobs etc. he told me it was toughened glass.

however one of the glass has cracked which is caused from the packers not being fitted with the glass correctly (apparently)

it is on the inside of the glass that has cracked on the single part of the double glass (if that makes sense)

i have googled it it seems BS6206 is toughened?

leveller2911

Yes it should be toughend by law but your units are not, they are what they call "Float" annealed units.Both internal and external sheets of glass should be toughend but toughen glass shatters ,it doesn't crack.Someone somewhere is either telling lies to you or the company that made the units have broken the law ..

Just out of interest is the BS mark etched into the glass or is it just a sticker? If you look on the silver spacer bar it may have the manufacturers name on and year of manufacture

techmob

ok thanks i will look tomorrow and let you know

ormus

basically there are 3 types of safety glass. to be used in critical locations (in the regs).

toughened. also called tempered.
laminated. similar to car windscreens.
wired. ie as per fire door glass.

leveller2911

ormus wrote: »

basically there are 3 types of safety glass. to be used in critical locations (in the regs).

toughened. also called tempered.
laminate. similar to car windscreens.
wired. ie as per fire door glass.

Agreed, but I don't believe the units are Laminated as they would be far too heavy and for no added benefit..I mean 4 layers of glass in a door when 2 layers of 4mm toughend would do just doesn't add up...

Somethings not right if the BS mark is for toughend glass and they've cracked..