[naffer]

I was about to get some double glazed panes replaced since they have
developed condensation.
A friend has pointed me at a firm called Crystalclear.
This firm claims to be able to repair such windows at some fraction of
the cost of replacement.

Any direct experiences, please?

Naffer

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"naffer" wrote in message
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I was about to get some double glazed panes replaced since they have
developed condensation.
A friend has pointed me at a firm called Crystalclear.
This firm claims to be able to repair such windows at some fraction of
the cost of replacement.

Any direct experiences, please?

Naffer

I dont have experience but looked into this myself and the conclusion was,
the fix is short lived and not much cheaper than getting replacement glass
units.
Others will comment with more accurate info.

[Mark[_30_]]

On Wed, 20 Jul 2011 04:46:37 -0700 (PDT), naffer
wrote:

I was about to get some double glazed panes replaced since they have
developed condensation.
A friend has pointed me at a firm called Crystalclear.
This firm claims to be able to repair such windows at some fraction of
the cost of replacement.

Any direct experiences, please?

Not of this company. However it is quite simple to replace the actual
glazing with new glass, which I guess is what they do.
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[harry]

On Jul 20, 12:46*pm, naffer wrote:
I was about to get some double glazed panes replaced since they have
developed condensation.
A friend has pointed me at a firm called *Crystalclear.
This firm claims to be able to repair such windows at some fraction of
the cost of replacement.

Any direct experiences, please?

Naffer

The main component is labour unless you are DIYing it.
I suppose it depends on exactly what they do.
Probably change the air in the unit plus new tape.
But there is dessicant in the aluminium spacers, what happens with
that?

[Jim K[_3_]]

On Jul 20, 5:49 pm, harry wrote:
On Jul 20, 12:46 pm, naffer wrote:

I was about to get some double glazed panes replaced since they have
developed condensation.
A friend has pointed me at a firm called Crystalclear.
This firm claims to be able to repair such windows at some fraction of
the cost of replacement.

Any direct experiences, please?

Naffer

The main component is labour unless you are DIYing it.
I suppose it depends on exactly what they do.
Probably change the air in the unit plus new tape.
But there is dessicant in the aluminium spacers, what happens with
that?

tape?

dessicant remains saturated? i.e. no longer a dessicant? so pointless
short term repair methinks

are they in wooden frames or UPVC or ??

Jim K

[Mr Pounder[_2_]]

"Mark" wrote in message
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On Wed, 20 Jul 2011 04:46:37 -0700 (PDT), naffer
wrote:

I was about to get some double glazed panes replaced since they have
developed condensation.
A friend has pointed me at a firm called Crystalclear.
This firm claims to be able to repair such windows at some fraction of
the cost of replacement.

Any direct experiences, please?

Not of this company. However it is quite simple to replace the actual
glazing with new glass, which I guess is what they do.

Yes, all they do is replace the glazing.

[Invisible Man[_2_]]

On 22/07/2011 15:40, Mr Pounder wrote:
wrote in message
...
On Wed, 20 Jul 2011 04:46:37 -0700 (PDT), naffer
wrote:

I was about to get some double glazed panes replaced since they have
developed condensation.
A friend has pointed me at a firm called Crystalclear.
This firm claims to be able to repair such windows at some fraction of
the cost of replacement.

Any direct experiences, please?

Not of this company. However it is quite simple to replace the actual
glazing with new glass, which I guess is what they do.

Yes, all they do is replace the glazing.






Looks more like they reckon they can fix existing units.
There was a thread a little while back about this sort of thing and not
a lot of positive comments were forthcoming. I have no personal knowledge.

http://www.crystalclearwindow.co.uk/process/thecure.htm

[Andrew Gabriel]

In article ,
naffer writes:
I was about to get some double glazed panes replaced since they have
developed condensation.
A friend has pointed me at a firm called Crystalclear.
This firm claims to be able to repair such windows at some fraction of
the cost of replacement.

Any direct experiences, please?

I think any glazier will take the unit apart, clean up
the glass (condensation inside eventually leaves dirty
deposits), and fit new dessicant spacers and tape.

You save the cost of new glass, at the expense of cleaning
it. If it's toughened and/or K-glass, that's probably
going to be worth it.

Glazier is required to check that the glass meets current
standards for safety (which might mean you can't reuse
existing glass), but it doesn't need to meet current
standards for efficiency, only those in place when it was
installed.

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[Jim K[_3_]]

On Jul 22, 9:37 pm, (Andrew Gabriel)
wrote:
In article ,
naffer writes:

I was about to get some double glazed panes replaced since they have
developed condensation.
A friend has pointed me at a firm called Crystalclear.
This firm claims to be able to repair such windows at some fraction of
the cost of replacement.

Any direct experiences, please?

I think any glazier will take the unit apart, clean up
the glass (condensation inside eventually leaves dirty
deposits), and fit new dessicant spacers and tape.

You save the cost of new glass, at the expense of cleaning
it. If it's toughened and/or K-glass, that's probably
going to be worth it.

Glazier is required to check that the glass meets current
standards for safety (which might mean you can't reuse
existing glass), but it doesn't need to meet current
standards for efficiency, only those in place when it was
installed.


?? shurely cheaper to just replace the whole shebangg (aka sealed
unit) :- labour costs never mind others?

Jim K

[Andrew Gabriel]

In article ,
Jim K writes:
On Jul 22, 9:37 pm, (Andrew Gabriel)
wrote:
In article ,
naffer writes:

I was about to get some double glazed panes replaced since they have
developed condensation.
A friend has pointed me at a firm called Crystalclear.
This firm claims to be able to repair such windows at some fraction of
the cost of replacement.

Any direct experiences, please?

I think any glazier will take the unit apart, clean up
the glass (condensation inside eventually leaves dirty
deposits), and fit new dessicant spacers and tape.

You save the cost of new glass, at the expense of cleaning
it. If it's toughened and/or K-glass, that's probably
going to be worth it.

Glazier is required to check that the glass meets current
standards for safety (which might mean you can't reuse
existing glass), but it doesn't need to meet current
standards for efficiency, only those in place when it was
installed.


?? shurely cheaper to just replace the whole shebangg (aka sealed
unit) :- labour costs never mind others?

Like I said, depends on the cost of cleaning, verses cost of
new glass. The labour cost for making it up is same either
way.

Cost of glass goes up and down (mostly up) with the cost of
energy. Any treatments (toughened and/or K-glass) adds on top.
It was certainly cheaper to get my old dining room sealed unit
remade than replaced, and that was when glass was much cheaper
than it is today. (I actually had all the windows replaced
instead, but that was for other reasons.)

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Andrew Gabriel
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