Broken window temporary repair

Wow, I was just giving a inexpensive way to temp. fix and seal a window for winter storage. Last window I put Plexiglas in only cost $30 and was cut for me and installed. I later put in glass for permanent repair.

swimmer_spe wrote:



Locally, plexi is cheaper. I had a small window that needed to be replaced in my other trailer. Cost me about $60 for the plexi. Tempered glass would have been over $100.

Plexy around my area is very expensive..

The window I had done in tempered glass would have cost me $100 for a 4x4 ft sheet.

Then I would have to carefully trace, cut and fit all while hoping I don't break it.

Seems to me that even in your case, $100 for tempered glass (which IS a permanent fix) is not all that bad of a deal.

Not long ago, someone else posed the question and after lots of back and forth on the forum they decided to go with tempered glass.. They didn't have to do a bunch of fitting Glass shop did all the work except the installation of the frame into the trailer)and the cost in the end was nearly the same as plexy..

I keep my stuff a long time so to me glass is a more permanent fix..

Gdetrailer wrote:

swimmer_spe wrote:

Gdetrailer wrote:

Old-Biscuit wrote:
IF you go to the trouble of taking window frame out, then take it to a glass shop WHY would you have them install plexiglass or anything else :H

Have them replace the glass.

In other words....you do not need to buy a complete new window.
Just have existing one fix by installing new glass

Something current owner should have done as condition of purchase.

X2!

Well said.

In fact the current owners INSURANCE COMPANY SHOULD HAVE PAID FOR THE REPAIR.

if they don't have RV insurance and the RV is on their property their HOME OWNERS INSURANCE SHOULD COVER THE REPAIR..

Fix it correctly now instead of fixing the water damage later (much cheaper now).

Make sure you ask to have the glass TEMPERED (now days folks refer to tempered glass as "safety glass").. Tempered glass is far more stronger than plain plate glass AND has the benefit of when breaking it breaks into thousand of less hazardous pieces instead of large sharp pieces..

The glass company will cut to fit THEN temper the glass, they may need to send out for the tempering so you can simply board up the opening where the window was until the window is ready to install.

It would be less than their deductible to repair the window.

As far as using tempered glass vs plexiglass, I probably will go with plexiglass.

Curious as to why plexy??

Plexy is pretty expensive compared to TEMPERED glass, scratches easily, gets crazed in sunlight and bends/flexes a lot and gets extremely brittle at extreme low temperature.

The only thing it has going for it is it can be cut by a homeowner, BUT use the wrong tools/method plexy WILL shatter the wrong way.. Toasting plexy, turning a rather expensive piece of plastic into junk.

I am really puzzled with folks who misunderstand the tempered glass thing and the resistance to doing it correctly in the first place..

Tempered glass is actually stronger and safer than plexy.

Plexy when broken will shatter into large sharp edged shards (pretty much the same as standard plate glass which is not tempered), tempered glass small more rounded pieces.

Getting tempered glass IS simple and easy and inexpensive, pretty cheap actually.. I had a 2.5'x2.5' window in my TT that was broken when I bought it.

I called my local home glass shop, they needed the frame.

I removed the frame and took it to the glass shop.

They color matched the glass.

They cut and fit the glass.

They sent the glass out to get tempered.

When they got the glass back from tempering they installed the glass into the frame.

They charged me a whopping $50.. And if the glass shop broke or messed up the cut, the cost of making it right was on them, not me.

I could buy a sheet of plexy for that price and I would have had to cut and fit the plexy.

I reinstalled the frame and I was done with the whole thing.

The whole process took less than one week to get done.

Locally, plexi is cheaper. I had a small window that needed to be replaced in my other trailer. Cost me about $60 for the plexi. Tempered glass would have been over $100.

swimmer_spe wrote:

Gdetrailer wrote:

Old-Biscuit wrote:
IF you go to the trouble of taking window frame out, then take it to a glass shop WHY would you have them install plexiglass or anything else :H

Have them replace the glass.

In other words....you do not need to buy a complete new window.
Just have existing one fix by installing new glass

Something current owner should have done as condition of purchase.

X2!

Well said.

In fact the current owners INSURANCE COMPANY SHOULD HAVE PAID FOR THE REPAIR.

if they don't have RV insurance and the RV is on their property their HOME OWNERS INSURANCE SHOULD COVER THE REPAIR..

Fix it correctly now instead of fixing the water damage later (much cheaper now).

Make sure you ask to have the glass TEMPERED (now days folks refer to tempered glass as "safety glass").. Tempered glass is far more stronger than plain plate glass AND has the benefit of when breaking it breaks into thousand of less hazardous pieces instead of large sharp pieces..

The glass company will cut to fit THEN temper the glass, they may need to send out for the tempering so you can simply board up the opening where the window was until the window is ready to install.

It would be less than their deductible to repair the window.

As far as using tempered glass vs plexiglass, I probably will go with plexiglass.

Curious as to why plexy??

Plexy is pretty expensive compared to TEMPERED glass, scratches easily, gets crazed in sunlight and bends/flexes a lot and gets extremely brittle at extreme low temperature.

The only thing it has going for it is it can be cut by a homeowner, BUT use the wrong tools/method plexy WILL shatter the wrong way.. Toasting plexy, turning a rather expensive piece of plastic into junk.

I am really puzzled with folks who misunderstand the tempered glass thing and the resistance to doing it correctly in the first place..

Tempered glass is actually stronger and safer than plexy.

Plexy when broken will shatter into large sharp edged shards (pretty much the same as standard plate glass which is not tempered), tempered glass small more rounded pieces.

Getting tempered glass IS simple and easy and inexpensive, pretty cheap actually.. I had a 2.5'x2.5' window in my TT that was broken when I bought it.

I called my local home glass shop, they needed the frame.

I removed the frame and took it to the glass shop.

They color matched the glass.

They cut and fit the glass.

They sent the glass out to get tempered.

When they got the glass back from tempering they installed the glass into the frame.

They charged me a whopping $50.. And if the glass shop broke or messed up the cut, the cost of making it right was on them, not me.

I could buy a sheet of plexy for that price and I would have had to cut and fit the plexy.

I reinstalled the frame and I was done with the whole thing.

The whole process took less than one week to get done.

I had some ..... break into my TT while stored in the storage lot the winter before last, and they got in by breaking out the large sliding glass window by the dinette. I was initially going to file an insurance claim, but when I checked with a couple local window glazing places I found that I could get it re-glazed for less than 100 dollars with tinted tempered glass, provided I bring the window/frame to them (only the sliding portion was broken out). They cut the glass to fit, with rounded corners, and beveling on the edges to match the original perfectly.

Gdetrailer wrote:

Old-Biscuit wrote:
IF you go to the trouble of taking window frame out, then take it to a glass shop WHY would you have them install plexiglass or anything else :H

Have them replace the glass.

In other words....you do not need to buy a complete new window.
Just have existing one fix by installing new glass

Something current owner should have done as condition of purchase.

X2!

Well said.

In fact the current owners INSURANCE COMPANY SHOULD HAVE PAID FOR THE REPAIR.

if they don't have RV insurance and the RV is on their property their HOME OWNERS INSURANCE SHOULD COVER THE REPAIR..

Fix it correctly now instead of fixing the water damage later (much cheaper now).

Make sure you ask to have the glass TEMPERED (now days folks refer to tempered glass as "safety glass").. Tempered glass is far more stronger than plain plate glass AND has the benefit of when breaking it breaks into thousand of less hazardous pieces instead of large sharp pieces..

The glass company will cut to fit THEN temper the glass, they may need to send out for the tempering so you can simply board up the opening where the window was until the window is ready to install.

It would be less than their deductible to repair the window.

As far as using tempered glass vs plexiglass, I probably will go with plexiglass.

Old-Biscuit wrote:
IF you go to the trouble of taking window frame out, then take it to a glass shop WHY would you have them install plexiglass or anything else :H

Have them replace the glass.

In other words....you do not need to buy a complete new window.
Just have existing one fix by installing new glass

Something current owner should have done as condition of purchase.

X2!

Well said.

In fact the current owners INSURANCE COMPANY SHOULD HAVE PAID FOR THE REPAIR.

if they don't have RV insurance and the RV is on their property their HOME OWNERS INSURANCE SHOULD COVER THE REPAIR..

Fix it correctly now instead of fixing the water damage later (much cheaper now).

Make sure you ask to have the glass TEMPERED (now days folks refer to tempered glass as "safety glass").. Tempered glass is far more stronger than plain plate glass AND has the benefit of when breaking it breaks into thousand of less hazardous pieces instead of large sharp pieces..

The glass company will cut to fit THEN temper the glass, they may need to send out for the tempering so you can simply board up the opening where the window was until the window is ready to install.

Call a glass company. They will likely come out and fix it. No need for you to do anything. Been there done that. My camper was 35 minutes from them cost me 80 bucks. Well worth it

IF you go to the trouble of taking window frame out, then take it to a glass shop WHY would you have them install plexiglass or anything else :H

Have them replace the glass.

In other words....you do not need to buy a complete new window.
Just have existing one fix by installing new glass

Something current owner should have done as condition of purchase.

For temp. repair i would take window out. Take it to glass shop and have Plexiglas installed in the frame for winter. It will scratch easy but will hold up for awhile. I did that on our last truck topper side window used tinted Plexiglas.