Glass well cover

[HRH2009]

I have disused well in a patio area that we would like to cover. The diameter is 5ft approx,and the builder giving me a quote said that though it is not huge job to do, the glass cover would cost about £850.

Obviously it has to be strong enough to be safe, but this sounds seriously over specced.

Anyone on the forum who has any knowledge of this area?

[shimmey69]

Is the glass going to be walked on??

Also what thickness of glass has been specced??

[mk1fan]

Structural glass is expensive. Not as expensive as paying someone compo for falling through it.

There are plenty of specialist glass guys out there to get alternative quotes from.

[HRH2009]

Yes, the glass would be walked on.

[flyingjase]

Wow, that sounds like a great feature and £850 doesn't seem expensive. If I was you I would also put some lighting in there to reall show it off at night.

I have a capped bore hole which I'm thinking of making wider at the top, lighting and covering with glass as a feature of the house when I redevelop it.

[Simpo Two]

If someone's going to walk across a garden in shoes and then over the glass, isn't going to get horribly scratched by grit?

A light shining down the well and a mirror above it at 45 degrees might be interesting...

[Shaolin]

You do know any kids in the vicinity are likely to be st scared of it don't you?

[macar]

Put a cut down sheet of builders A142 mesh over mine, stops anything baby size falling down. The glass will only get dirty/condensation/lichens on the underside-too much hassle. The lights are a good idea, fix the cable to a chain as they alwaysneed pulling up as will always require new lamps

[Simpo Two]

macar said:

Put a cut down sheet of builders A142 mesh over mine

That explains the hole in the road between Newmarket and Ely

[andy43]

The prices of glass - we've had to get some 15mm toughened for balustrading - seem to be mainly guesswork from what I've found.
I had two quotes half as much again as the eventual supplier. Note that's supply only, so there's no wishy-washy labour element. Shop around - a lot. Consider employing an engineering firm and a glaziers seperately - may make a big difference to ££. That'd be the way I'd do it anyway.