You can read the age of a unit off its edge
Look at the very edge of the pane where the glass meets the frame and you will see the spacer bar holding the two sheets apart. On the generation of glazing that went into most of Bloxwich it is bare aluminium — bright, metallic, and a good clue to when it was fitted. Aluminium conducts cold straight across the gap, which is why those units run colder at the edges and why their seals work harder than a modern one has to. It is not a fault, it is just what was normal at the time, and it is the main reason units of that age are reaching the end of the road together rather than one at a time.
The neighbours have usually got it too
Because so much of the housing here was glazed in one go, misting rarely stays a one-house problem for long. If you have noticed it, there is a fair chance the people either side are looking at the same thing and have not got round to mentioning it. Where the openings repeat along a row, measuring and fitting several together is quicker than three separate visits, and it is worth a word over the fence before you ring. Each house still gets quoted on its own.
The replacement is better than what came out
A unit made today uses a warm-edge spacer rather than bare aluminium, holds its gas fill better and is sealed to a standard the originals were never built to. So changing a blown unit is not simply getting back to where you started — the new glass in the old frame performs better than the window did when it was new. The frame, hinges and handles all stay as they are.
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Common questions
Several houses on our road have misted windows. Can you do more than one?
Yes, and where the units all went in together it is the sensible way to do it. The sizes usually repeat, so measuring and fitting them together saves everybody time. Each house still gets its own quote.
Can you replace just the misted pane rather than the whole unit?
No — and it is worth knowing why. A sealed unit is two panes bonded to a spacer bar and filled, so it comes out and goes back as one piece. Anyone offering to swap a single pane out of a sealed unit is describing something that cannot be done.
Which parts of Bloxwich do you cover?
Blakenall Heath, Leamore, Little Bloxwich, Harden, Coalpool, Beechdale, Mossley, Dudley Fields, Birchills and Goscote, and out to Pelsall and Clayhanger.
Everything else we do in Bloxwich
Repairs
Something's broken or stuck
Emergencies
Broken glass, made safe
Glass cut to size
Supplied, and fitted
Windows & doors
When repair isn't the answer