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I used to think you had to replace a whole window if the seal was fogged.
I was at the Ace Hardware on Bell Street last week, just grabbing some caulk, and I overheard a guy at the counter talking to the clerk. He said he had a double pane window with a broken seal in his house near Wolflin, and he was asking about the cost to replace just the glass insert, not the whole frame. The clerk told him it was about $200 for a standard size, maybe $300 installed, which is way less than a whole new window. I always thought once that fog got between the panes, the whole unit was trash and you were looking at a grand or more. It made me go home and look at my own two foggy windows differently. I'm going to call a few glass shops for quotes this week. Has anyone in Amarillo had just the glass replaced in a sealed unit, and did it hold up okay?
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mianelson1mo ago
That part about the window looking like a fish tank is so true. But what if the frame itself is the problem? If the old frame is warped or the drainage is clogged, won't it just wreck the seal on the new glass unit too? You have to wonder if just swapping the glass is putting a band-aid on a bigger issue.
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jamief671mo ago
My buddy over on Olsen had the exact same thing happen. His big living room window looked like a fish tank for about two years. He finally called a glass place out of the phone book, and they popped the old sealed unit right out of the frame and put a new one in. That was, gosh, five years ago now? Still looks perfect, no fog at all. He said it cost him less than his truck payment. Makes you wonder why more people don't know about that fix.
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