The crack measures about 2cm long, is at the very bottom of the door and is the result of drilling a hole below when fitting a lock. It's a huge piece of glass and will obviously cost a fortune to replace, and so I would obviously love to avoid it. Thanks very much!
2006-10-01 03:32:16 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Home & Garden ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
try a drop or two of superglue in the crack.
2006-10-01 07:23:39 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Replace the glass. Here's why:
If the window can crack at all, it is not tempered safety glass. Tempered safety glass is harder to break and when it does break, it is made to break into 1000's of little harmless pieces, This type of glass is required in many areas of the US for new installations.
Many children and adults accidentally walk into glass doors and get injured and killed when the heavy shards fall into them or vice-versa. You would be supprised haw many people die like this every year.
If you must keep the old glass, please spend the money to have safety film installed. This is a film similar to the tint film they use in cars, only thicker. It is also available in clear. This is allowed in some areas when selling a house instead of replacing the windows.
In either case, it is always a good itea to put stickers or suction cup thingies on the glass at eye level (kids and adult) to prevent this from happening. Even if the glass doesn't break, it can still hurt like h*%!
2006-10-01 07:07:02 · answer #2 · answered by John L 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
it should be tempered glass as building regsas it cracks it is not,a windscreen compound will help but not a perminent repair as\ for drilling the glass unless you are very confident to do this I would not try as you could end up having a far bigger crack tham 2cm
2006-10-01 08:51:49 · answer #3 · answered by 808fl 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
get a tube of clear silicone. squeeze it out along the crack and use a plastic putty knife to work it into the crack. stop when it comes out the other side. let it dry ... 24 to 36 hours and scrape off the excess with a straight edge razor.
2006-10-01 03:45:06 · answer #4 · answered by Mad_Anthony 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-10-18 07:24:55 · answer #5 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
drill a small hole with a diamond drill just infront of the crack when it gets there the crack it will have nowhere to go and stop
2006-10-01 03:40:49 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Easy one this, put a bit of sellotape over BOTH sides of crack so the whole crack is covered compleatly. This works with windscreens on cars too.
2006-10-01 03:41:10 · answer #7 · answered by Neo 3 · 0⤊ 3⤋
use a diamond or something or something similar and scratch a circle around it, the cracking should follow the circle and not escape it
2006-10-01 03:43:17 · answer #8 · answered by rae 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
try that product that is used to re glue windshield mirrors worked for me 4 yrs now not traveled
2006-10-01 03:35:37 · answer #9 · answered by aldo 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
well use the stuff thats for car windscreens im sure its the same principal
2006-10-01 03:35:47 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋