Window Pane Cracking

Nov 18, 2005 22 Replies

| Pinot Grigio wrote: | > A large double-glazed window has developed a crack from one corner about 12 | > inches toward the centre of the window. | > | > The heat and cold is making the crack grow longer. | > | > What can I do to stop the crack travelling further. Cellotape probably | > won't work because of condensation. | > I can't get the window fixed for at least 6 weeks. | > | > | As I wrote earlier, forget the crack, do not drill a stop hole, as you | might end up with one pane of glass in bits. Drilling a hole will | accelerate the misting between the two panes. | | 6 weeks is a short time in a double glazed unit.

Agreed Leaving it for six weeks will cause *no* problems.

Don't woory about it at all.

Just tape the sections together to stop them falling out. The actual crack will not make the window hugely more inefficient as insulation, and in 6 weeks its going to be replaced anway.

Have a whisky and stop worrying.

If it's a large window and the crack is propagating slowly (as mine did exactly the same as yours) it's almost certainly laminated and will be fine left alone until fixed - nothing should fall out.

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