Double glazing unit repair?

[Jimmy No Hands]

And up next on the list of "Things you don't think about or concern yourself with until you buy a house for the first time"

A few of my double glazing units have failed recently, as in I'm assuming the seal has gone as the condensation has formed inside. Knowing about as much about double glazed windows as I do leaky showers (see other thread) I thought I'd ask here.

Is this something that is repairable or is it just a case of purchasing new units to fit in? The units are 14 years old and I've requested a callback from the original fitters just wanted to know if it's a costly job or not. There is a local company who claims to be able to repair them but am I better off getting new ones?


Much obliged.

[Jimmy No Hands]

Thanks Pheo, the frames look perfectly serviceable to me. I'll ring the local chap tomorrow with the dimensions and see what he quotes. Wasn't too sure if repairing them was a 'thing'

[Jimmy No Hands]

I've had a quote of £160 fitted for the three I require, which I'm pretty content with. Requested a site visit to confirm the quote/sizes hopefully this weekend.

As a poster above mentioned though I do feel like the rest are probably at the end of their shelf life, this is the third in a few months. Might be an idea while he's here to just get a quote for the lot.

(Ironically we're selling for somewhere bigger, great timing)


Thanks all.

[Jimmy No Hands]

I'm tempted to do it myself now.. the biggest unit I require is about 575 mm x 495 mm. I found a site online that sells the unit for £15 inc. VAT, the other two I need are smaller. I bet the unit cost comes to less than £60 in total. So probably £100 for the fitting.

How do you get an accurate measurement of the spacebar? It's defaulted to 20 mm. Can I just pull one out and measure it?
Think my biggest concern would just be ordering the wrong bloody size in some aspect or another.

[Jimmy No Hands]

Very true. Maybe worth the not farting about.