“I’ll see if they will bring out a new door to replace this one,” said my husband. He knew he would have to carefully preserve all the broken pieces to prove his point. If all the pieces were in place, it was obvious that there was no contact point from which it broke. Sometimes the twisting of the frame even if only slight puts pressure on the middle panes and caused them to break.
Fortunately we had done business with this company before and knew they would stand behind their products and service.
Know those with whom you do business.
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This is fiction. But this situation came to my mind, because my husband does replace glass and he does guarantee his service. Sometimes glass breaks because there is tension at some point. Often the glass company we do business with will replace the glass; husband re-does the work. I think. The situation is true as far as I know. If not, I’m at home and don’t know what I’m talking about! I plead innocent and dumb. 😀
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PHOTO PROMPT © Dale Rogerson
Sweet aroma 
Man… I wish this were the case for me!!!
If you can find family owned who do not use expensive machines and tools, you get best service at least cost MHO. We have been in the glass business since the late 80’s. My husband retired from teaching in the early nineties. The business mostly belongs to our son now, but Sammy still puts in windows. Fortunately we do not have to do many do-overs.
They would have to take the door apart, insert new glass where broken… and unfortunately, I can’t seem to find a place where they would do it!
Why aren’t you near me? 😀
I don’t know about the “door apart” but they would have to replace the whole window unit; the individual panes can not be replaced. And it is probably a thermal unit which means the whole unit has to be manufactured with a vacuum between the glass panes. No fun for sure. Sometimes when only one side of the pane is broken, people really try to get only that side fixed. Can’t do. Hope you get fixed satisfactorily. Broken glass is not what most people like to budget for!
From what I was told, this door has 15 individual windows. I thought it was one piece with that decorative brass “separator” stuck on.
Anyway. I can get another for $200. Won’t be the same but will do!
Perhaps someone can draw a template so the curve is right at the top and fit it into the door. Sometimes there are regulations for safety for glass that is that near the floor. Ask about that.
Perhaps…
Sounds like you’re a woman who knows her glass. I learned something here today besides that I enjoyed you take on the prompt..
That’s high praise to my ears! Kind of you. 😀 I’m going to hop over to your place; I think we have not met before, have we?
I know we have written for a few of the same prompts but not met formally. Nice to meet you Oneta.
I’m following so I can get a good hold on your expertise. Probably see you in the “blue frog” group.
You will indeed!!
Kind of lends to the adage, “if it can’t be fixed with duct tape it can’t be fixed.”
Or package tape. Problem with that is finding the stick tight end. I like the duct tape better if I don’t have to see through. They say use duct tape if it moves and you don’t want it to and use WD40 if it is stuck and you want it to move. 😀
Yes and, I too have rolls and rolls of heavy duty packaging tape, and I’m not afraid to use it anywhere.
I’ve learned to insert a paper clip under the edge so I can quickly find the end. What do you do? Do you use the commercial holder? I tried one but didn’t find it much to my liking.
I learned on a Friends episode to fold one corner under, but I imagine a paperclip would work even better. Thanks, Anne.
With the paper clip you do not have to bother to cut off the folded end. Happy taping to you. 😀
Indeed! 💙
you crack me up!!
You read to the end. 😀
Nice little tip, I didn’t know that although I did know glass can break under strain having worked for a while in a double glazing factory
Thanks for the comment.
ohh put in a stained glass window!
Good suggestion. Thanks for reading. My story was fiction using some knowledge based on his experience with changing windows.
Haha.. Lol Great blog post 🙂
Thanks for reading.