Glass Replacement

Quite the charming architectural delight out in the Northeastern portion of Hillsboro. What would you call that design? A Victorian Themed Midwestern Farm House?

With an Oval Glass Oak front door that accentuates the character to a “T.”

As has been common now for maybe over two decades, the art glass in this door is sandwiched between two other pieces of glass. Thus it is an insulated glass unit.

And as with all insulated glass units, you run the risk of seal failure, which means of course that humid-air finds its way between the panes and then condensates to the glass surfaces. This is what many folks call “foggy glass.” And that is the nature of the problem here. Foggy glass.

As a secondary problem, some of the radius trim around this glass unit has split and begun to pull away from the door. If you click to enlarge the photo you may be able to see in greater detail.

So the radius stop-trim is carefully removed from around the glass with great skill and finesse to prevent further damage.

The insulated glass unit is removed, and the glass opening in the door is temporarily boarded-up, after which the glass is taken back to our warehouse.

The insulated unit is disassembled, the glass carefully cleaned and the three oval shaped glass pieces are resealed together to create an insulated unit. Once the sealant has had time to cure, we return and reinstall the glass into the door.

Great care and expertise are employed to reattach the radius wood trim to the door where it had previously warped and pulled away. Kudos to Brandon Todd, our technician whose expertise oversaw this delicate operation to its completion.

There are those of course, who do not care for that much gingerbread, but for those who have a taste for such things, this is a very warm and charming door.