On Tuesday, 13 December 2016 13:44:03 UTC, Lauren Kilpatrick wrote:
Please help! Last week we had a new front door fitted by someone we found
through checkatrade. The door came glazed but untreated. He primed and then
gloss painted for us. It was dark when he left and it looked ok. However, on
looking at it in dalylight, I can now see that whilst he used tape around the
edges, nonetheless both the primer and gloss red paint have got in behind the
glass (I.e. Between the two pains of glass) and it looks terrible. Completely
ruins the affect as it looks shoddy and messy. I am absolutely gutted at
having spent the money on materials and the labour to end up with a poor
quality job that seemingly we can't do anything about. Any advice as to
possible solutions would be gratefully received. I can only think of
eventually having the door reglazed, or buying sticky backed frosted glass
effect stickers to put over the pains but don't really want to do this as it
defeats the point in going for totally clear glazing in the first place and is
likely to look cheap. No idea what it would cost to reglaze the door - I
suspect more than the door itself is worth.
http://www.homeownershub.com/img/83
http://www.homeownershub.com/img/84
http://www.homeownershub.com/img/85

Clearly the double glazed units haven't been properly sealed when they were installed in the door.
They should have been bedded into putty /some equivalent when they were fitted.
As they arrived glazed,the fault is with the door manufacturers rather than the the installer.
Unless he fitted the glass himself offsite.

The recesses where the glass fits should have been painted before fitting the glass too.

It's normal practice to fit the door, prime/undercoat, THEN fit the glass bedded into sealant and then final coat of paint.