very OT broken glass

Feb 07, 2022 Last reply: 4 years ago 3 Replies

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jlarkin 4 years ago

We got to the cabin and the temperature indoors was erratic. The heater ran forever. Seems like a giant hunk of ice slid off the roof and took out a window on the way down.

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I had my data logger running,

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and the choppy part is where we arrived and someone opened the door to that room without noticing the temperature and all the glass on the floor.

Here's the fix:

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We'll replace both sides, since the seals are shot.

Seems like 3/4 of my problems lately are thermal.

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Martin Rid 4 years ago

I always have some plexiglass on hand for such things. Temporary fix until you get real glass.

Cheers

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Fred Bloggs 4 years ago

Not worth it to replace deteriorating windows at end of life. Replace the whole assembly.

Jeld-Wen is a possibility and lots of installers who can go right to it installing them

You can't complain about the price with them.

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jlarkin 4 years ago

The Brat decided to clean up the garage and threw out my scrap wood+metal pile. I plan to disown her.

I went to Mountain Hardware, the local everything store, and they cut me a custom piece of plywood for about $40. Yikes. But it fit the outside of the frame perfectly.

A sheet of plastic sounds like a good idea.

The window guy was chatty and told me about a woman who was sitting on her couch reading, when a giant icicle smashed through the window and missed spearing her by a couple of feet.

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