Straight answers about glass
Bathroom mirror installation: what to decide first
A made-to-measure bathroom mirror is decided before it is cut. Here is what to settle on size, edges, backing and fixing, and why the wall matters most.
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Can you replace just the glass in a sliding door?
In most cases the glass panel comes out of the frame and new glass goes back in, with the same frame and track. Here is when glass only works, how a sliding door is re-glazed, and when a new door is the better answer.
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Who pays for broken glass: landlord, tenant or insurer?
Broken glass in a rented home or a leased shop raises the same question: who pays. Here is how responsibility is usually split in NSW, and when insurance is worth bringing in.
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Does my window need safety glass?
Glass in doors, beside doors, low in the wall or anywhere in a bathroom has to be safety glass. How to tell what you already have, and whether toughened or laminated suits the opening.
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How to measure for glass or mirror cut to size
Cut to size is only as accurate as your measurements. Where to measure, how much clearance to allow, what thickness and edge finish to ask for, and what cannot be cut to size at all.
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Mirrored wardrobe door repair: sticking, jumping the track, or cracked
Why mirrored sliding wardrobe doors stick or jump their track, how to tell a hardware fault from a glass one, and what to do when the mirror itself is cracked.
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Shower screen repairs: what can be fixed and what needs replacing
A dragging door, a leak along the bottom or cracked glass — what a glazier can repair on an existing shower screen, and when a new screen is the better answer.
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Shopfront glass replacement: what to do when a shop window breaks
A broken shop window needs to be made safe, secured and replaced with the right safety glass. Here is what to do first, who usually pays under a lease, and what drives the cost.
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Claiming a broken window on insurance
Home/Blog/Claiming a broken window on insurance Claiming a broken window on insurance What to photograph, when a claim is worth making, and what your insurer will ask for. A lot of broken glass ends up as an insurance claim — a storm, a break-in, a ball through a sliding door. The process is simple once […]
Read more →Replacing the glass in a window: what drives the cost
Can you replace just the glass in a window? What drives the price, which glass types cost more, and how to measure a pane before you call a glazier.
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