Replacing Glass in TT window -- how to ???

TenOC wrote:

Gdetrailer wrote:


While Plexy or polycarb could be used, they are not really all that great.. Plexy gets extremely brittle in very cold weather and scratches extremely easily AND is very expensive. Polycarb has strength but also scratches extremely easily along with an even higher premium price tag.

Are you suggesting that safety glass (cut to size and tempered) will be cheaper than polycarb or plexy??? . . . :h

Price a sheet of Plexi or polycarb.. and see for yourself..

I went through this myself.

The trailer I bought had one broken window about 2.5ft x 2.5ft size, called my local glass shop and got instructions on what they needed.

I had to remove the entire window frame and take it to them.

They selected a glass color similar to what was in the frame, cut it to size. Then they sent it out to have tempered. When they got the glass back they installed it into the frame.

Cost, $50.. Half sheet of plexy will cost you just as much if not more.. and Polycarb will be twice the price plexy...

On edit..
Fix spelling and add 1/16" 1 square ft of plexy is going for about $10 right now.

1/8" plexy is about $15 per square ft right now..

Personally it isn't about cost or being cheap, plexy and poly carb are not really long term good looking fixes.. If you are planning to keep your trailer a long time the plastics will haze, scratch and even can yellow.. Not to mention plastic is not as rigid as glass and wind pressure will make large sizes flex considerably more than glass.

It is YOUR trailer, you are more than welcome to be cheap but I would rather my trailer to look better than a cheap repair.