Replacing a double-glazed window

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Just been out cutting the grass and noticed this. We did hear an odd bang from that part of the house a couple of days ago but I’ve no idea what could have caused it. The inner pane is still intact.

Anyway, what’s the practicalities of swapping this out myself? In my mind it’s just order a new one of exactly the same size, prize off the beading, carefully remove the broken one, drop the new one in and replace the beading. Alternatively, does anyone have an idea of how much it would cost to get a local company to do the job?

I’ll take a look at my buildings insurance policy in the morning but I reckon the excess is fairly chunky.

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I am tempted to have a go at it myself. I’ll measure it up tomorrow and get some prices for a new unit.

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I’ve rung round a couple of local firms this morning and I’m getting quotes of £130-150 for the whole job, subject to inspection. I priced up the unit itself at £70, so I think for another £60-80 I might let someone else do it.

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Mercdriver said:

You are a wimp!

Correct ;-)

It's a fair size, and I imagine a fair weight, of a unit though, half of which is made up of broken glass being held together by I'm not sure what.

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V8 Animal said:

Can’t be right, I would be £300

I’m in Lincolnshire if it makes any difference. If the unit is £70 and the swap is probably no more than an hours work for someone who knows what they are doing and already has the tools, I don’t think £60-70 for the fitting is too cheap.

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GasEngineer said:

Did you specify toughened glass?

Both of the companies I called asked where the window was and said I’d need toughened glass when I told them.