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On 13 Sep, 13:10, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
wrote:
Hi, can anyone point me at info about repairing a leaded window?

Son managed to bend the pane outwards so much that two pieces of
glass have cracked badly. One of them has a huge hole in it.

I've found some links that suggest you could repair in-situ but they
don't offer much detail.

TIA
Cheers PJ

Ok, Ive not done this but apparently it works.

You have to cut teh leading with a dremel or stanley knife in the corers
enough to lever up a bit to get the old galss out: replacement glass can
be obtained (typically 3mm horticultural) and inserted, and then you
carefully bend the lead back: a blob of electrical solder (soldering
iron or gun: not blowlamp, though if you are careful an oxy torch works
I believe) on the cut parts restores all.

Having done many of these (one of many perils of being the church
handyman), two warnings: (1) the lead doesn't bend out as far as the
depth of the channel, so don't measure for the glass until you've
opened it up, and (2) I've never been able to get it to bend back
neatly and always end up with a "pie-crust" effect, so open it on the
side you won't see too often. To get around (1), I now use perspex
instead of glass and file it to fit, but I hesitate to think how many
regs this breaks! I've never bothered to resolder the corner cuts.
Silicone is easier to work with than putty.

Chris