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Cracked glass in hall door surround

  • 23-11-2011 10:35pm
    #1
    johnstown
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    Our old hall door and surrounding frame was replaced this year. It was a custom build and door/frame was made of mahogony (supplied painted with aluminium paint). The frame had a fan light over the solid door and a stained glass window either side of the door itself.

    The joiner installed the frame & door and fixed it in place using that spray foam. A different trademan then came and did the necessary plastering. After that the door & frame was painted.

    A crack appeared in one of the stained glass windows on a day in between when the plasterer returned to finish the job. This crach ran right across the full length of the window pane. About four months after all work had finished, a new crack appeared in a different part of the same window (again across the full width of the glass).

    The joiner has a very good reputation as regards his workmanship. He finally came out this week to examine the cracked glass. When he took the bits of wood out that secured the window pane in place, he said the glass was not installed too tightly and so it was not his fault.
    Now the guy that finished the window installation off (i.e plastering etc) also had a very good reputation and I did not see any marked to indicate he hit off the window.

    Window was installed in good weather and painted before any bad weather came.

    So my question is, if the pane was not installed too tightly and no one hit off the window, then how did the cracks appear?


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  • #2
    martinn123
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,300 ✭✭✭martinn123


    It's possible that the glass was slightly damaged either when being handled, or maybe when the timber slips were being tapped in. It may have only been a small chip, hidden behing the timber slips.
    As it's in a door frame, you could imagine that vibrations from closing the door, have now made the crack run, bit like the add for windscreens where you see the van driving over a bump, and the small chip becomes a big crack.

    As to who is to blame, the joiner saying the glass was not too tight, is only telling you about one possible cause, and no way you can prove the plasterer hit it, unless you noticed the crack when he was finished.

    See if your house insurance covers glass breakage


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