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Removing Glass From Door
I have a wooden framed door containing two double glazed units - I need to
remove the lower one. I have managed to remove the beading from the inside side and now it looks like the unit was also put in using putty so I don't seem to be able push the unit out from the outside. What the easiest way to get the glass out now - scraping the putty out seemed difficult. Should I remove the beading from the other side? Smash the pane out (although I did want to use the original pane for the glazier to measure)? TIA |
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Removing Glass From Door
elziko wrote:
I have a wooden framed door containing two double glazed units - I need to remove the lower one. I have managed to remove the beading from the inside side and now it looks like the unit was also put in using putty so I don't seem to be able push the unit out from the outside. What the easiest way to get the glass out now - scraping the putty out seemed difficult. Should I remove the beading from the other side? Smash the pane out (although I did want to use the original pane for the glazier to measure)? TIA If it really is putty, heat softens linseed putty. If its silicone, that can be sliced, but I gather from what you say its real putty. No quickie option for that I'm afraid, tough stuff. NT |
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On Mon, 24 Sep 2007 04:56:55 -0700, wrote:
If it really is putty, heat softens linseed putty. If its silicone, that can be sliced, but I gather from what you say its real putty. No quickie option for that I'm afraid, tough stuff. I did the installs for 4 stained glass panels last week. Multimaster and the scraper blade 8-) |
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elziko wrote: What the easiest way to get the glass out now - scraping the putty out seemed difficult. Should I remove the beading from the other side? Smash the pane out (although I did want to use the original pane for the glazier to measure)? A double glazed panel in a wood frame should be set in a flexible mastic - not ordinary putty as that will cause it to flex and fail. So it will require cutting round with a sharp knife - there should be plenty clearance between panel and wood for this. -- *Everyone has a photographic memory. Some don't have film * Dave Plowman London SW To e-mail, change noise into sound. |
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Removing Glass From Door
On Wed, 26 Sep 2007 09:56:54 +0100, "Dave Plowman (News)"
wrote: In article , elziko wrote: What the easiest way to get the glass out now - scraping the putty out seemed difficult. Should I remove the beading from the other side? Smash the pane out (although I did want to use the original pane for the glazier to measure)? A double glazed panel in a wood frame should be set in a flexible mastic - not ordinary putty as that will cause it to flex and fail. So it will require cutting round with a sharp knife - there should be plenty clearance between panel and wood for this. I had four replaced yesterday, the joiner used a soft rubber gasket specially made for re-fitting double glazed units in wooden frames. The unit is apparently made slightly smaller and stood on spacers with a mini window sill that provides a drainage path beneath so that the unit can't sit in water. DG |
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