02-01-2017, 08:30 PM
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What made this happen?
We suddenly heard a loud noise, sounded to me like a ceramic pot in the oven had exploded, but no. It was the bathroom window. The internal glazing had shattered but the external is ok.What would cause that? The glazing is about 12 years old, so not ancient.
02-01-2017, 08:45 PM
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This happened in a small window in our conservatory a few years ago, also friends have had the same with a narrow window in their porch this winter. Its quite common apparently. I looked it up on the internet at the time, here's a short description I found just now.'And here's why double glazed sealed units implode:
This sometimes quite shocking occurrence of double glazed sealed units exploding most often happens in the U.K. between around late October, and early February, but mostly in late December - middle January.
When an inner pane in a sealed unit is the one to suffer breakage, this happens when the inner glass is warmed from the heating in the home, and the outer pane of a double glazed sealed unit is cold from a drop in outside temperatures. When an outer pane is the one to suffer breakage this happens when a cold outer pane is warmed quickly by the Sunlight bearing on it. The pane of glass subjected to the thermal stress cannot cope beyond a certain amount of deflection, and it will suddenly crack along the whole length of the unit, always along the long length, or it can suddenly shatter altogether.'
02-01-2017, 10:02 PM
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Wonda the same thing happened to my large sitting room window.I was cooking in the kitchen and heard glass shatter, I am used to birds flying into the window and assumed it was a bird but my neighbour who was sitting in her garden said it just shattered nothing went into it.
Had it been a really hot day I would have considered it to be something to do with pressure inside the double glazing.
The man who came to put a new window in said it is a common occurrence but I hadn't heard of it . I was just grateful my small granddaughter and dog were with me in the kitchen when it happened .
03-01-2017, 10:23 AM
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Originally Posted by Jazzi
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Wow, I've never heard of that either! That IS worrying.
Yes, I think so too, Jazzi.
Imagine that going with a bang in the middle of the night, I'd think someone had broken in. Frighten the life out of me it would, and that's without all the broken glass in the dogs paws to worry about.
Does anyone know if it would be covered by our household insurance?
03-01-2017, 10:30 AM
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Originally Posted by Mups
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Yes, I think so too, Jazzi. Imagining that going with a bang in the middle of the night, I'd think someone had broken in. Frighten the life out of me it would, and that's without all the broken glass in the dogs paws to worry about.
Does anyone know if it would be covered by our household insurance?
. I depends on the insurance. mine covers 'fixed glass' The window I lost was approx 70 x 170 cm double glazed and would have been very expensive if I had to pay myself.
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