Terraces that open onto the pavement
Plenty of Willenhall's older streets have no front garden and no side entry, so the front door opens onto the footway and that is the only route in with a sheet of glass. That is perfectly workable, it just wants planning rather than improvising. Glass comes cut to size rather than being cut on site, boards go down, and where the van can sit gets worked out beforehand instead of on the morning. If parking on your road is tight, or there is a permit scheme, mention it when you book and it saves everybody a wasted hour.
Broken glass on a footway
When a pane goes at the front of a terrace the glass lands on a public pavement rather than in a garden, and that changes the order things happen in. Clearing the footway comes first — before measuring, before anything else — because it is where people walk. Fragments travel further than you would expect off a hard surface, so it is worth a wider sweep than looks necessary.
Front doors and side panels
The glass in and beside a front door is the most common breakage on these streets and it is also the glass with the strictest requirements. Anything in a door, or in a panel next to one, has to be safety glass — toughened or laminated — under the Building Regulations. On an older door it may well have plain glass in it from before those rules applied; what goes back in has to meet them regardless.
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Common questions
My front door opens straight onto the street. Is that a problem?
Not at all, it is most of the work round here. It just means the glass comes ready cut, the footway gets cleared and covered, and we agree where the van goes before the day rather than on it.
Does the glass in my front door have to be a special type?
Yes. Glass in a door, or in a side panel beside one, must be safety glass — toughened or laminated. Older doors often have plain glass in them from before the rules changed, but the replacement has to meet the current standard.
Which parts of Willenhall do you cover?
New Invention, Short Heath, Portobello, Bentley, Lane Head, Rose Hill, Little London and Fibbersley, plus Darlaston and Wednesfield.
Everything else we do in Willenhall
Repairs
Something's broken or stuck
- Misted & blown units in Willenhall
- Broken & cracked glass in Willenhall
- Double glazing repair
- Roof & Velux windows
- Hinges & friction stays
- Handles & locks
- Door repairs
- Draughts & seals
- Single glazing & leaded lights
Emergencies
Broken glass, made safe
Glass cut to size
Supplied, and fitted
Windows & doors
When repair isn't the answer