Aargh - just broke a window.

elsien

I've done a very insecure boarding up job - won't stand up to the determined efforts of a burglar (or the dog) but all I can manage with what I've got in the house at the moment. So I can avoid calling out the emergency repair people on a Sunday, which is a relief.
But I will have to get it fixed tomorrow as I have to go out on Tues. So, old sash window, single glazed, one pane approx. 33 in x 19. Will someone local be able to come out, measure and fit tomorrow, and approx. what is it likely to cost (midlands)?

I think I have a £50 excess on the insurance, so I'm trying to work out whether to just save all the hassle and go through them and risk the premiums going up, or just getting someone in to sort it. If I can find someone quickly who's not a rip off merchant.

Anyone any suggestions?

cyclonebri1

If it was me I would buy the glass for say a tenner, a couple of quids worth of putty and bingo job done, but that's not the answer you want, but it is the cost.

I wouldn't claim off the insurance, it really is to small a job to have a claim lodged against yourself for;)

A plumber would do it, most builders would and so would many jobbing handymen.

If you are unfortunate enough not to have any contacts or recommendations from friends then maybe seek out some local handyman who advertises "no job too small "etc,

What should it cost,well you know what it costs, what you will have to pay?, well, £50 would be fair, £100 if you live somewhere expensive.

elsien

Thanks - doing a quick google and all the emergency glaziers seem to be the national companies which will probably be more expensive so I'll give the local supplier a ring in the morning. I did contemplate having a go myself, but I really am cack-handed so knowing my luck would end up doing more damage.

cyclonebri1

elsien wrote: »

Thanks - doing a quick google and all the emergency glaziers seem to be the national companies which will probably be more expensive so I'll give the local supplier a ring in the morning. I did contemplate having a go myself, but I really am cack-handed so knowing my luck would end up doing more damage.

I'm sorry, my posts are pretty much old hat, my dad, my grandad, just smacked my aarse for breaking a window, then had it sorted within a few hours:D:D:D

gibson123

Have a quick google about doing it yourself, I found it fairly simple, and my local glazier cut the glass to size fairly quickly and handed me a lump of putty and some of the clips that hold the glass in until the putty sets. The difficult bit was removing the old glass and the putty, a pair of gloves and pliers soon solved that.