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   geob21 | Apr 20, 2004 12:59am | #1

   My way of replacing

   Remove the plastic glazing bead. Take a heat gun with a flared nozzel, insert 3 flexible wood handled putty knives in the heat. Using the heated knife cut through the adhesive...by the time one knife cools the next is hot enough to continue. Repeat till all adhesive is cut and glass is free.

   Things to remember, wear thick leather gloves, safety glasses and a long sleeve heavy shirt. 

   Also once the glass is out clean the area reasonably well..since the old glass cracked any small slivers of glass in the adhesive may cause the new glass to break.

   It's really not that difficult if you have the tools and take your time, unless it's up 3 stories then it's a pita.  Good luck.

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   Tark | Apr 20, 2004 02:20am | #2

   I don't mean to hijack the thread. . .

   Is your removal instructions the same for an aluminum framed window (single or double paned) that uses rubber gaskets. I never could figure out how those rubber gaskets hold the glass in place and how they were removed. Never wanted to try, just in case I could not put it back together. I'm assuming the rubber gasket would need to be replaced. As they readily available at the big box or through a glass shop? Do they use adhesive too?

   Tark

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   geob21 | Apr 20, 2004 05:27am | #4

   The rubber gasket  I'm assuming is what I call a rubber boot. It's u shaped and no adhesive is used.  The frame is screwed together around the glass. Never seen a boot I couldn't reuse... clean it up real good cause the bottom section gets pretty slimey as it sits in water most of the time.

   Boots are more common on sliders but some mfgs use them on windows.

   The only other gasket like material I can think of is a foam double sided butyl tape that makes replacement just nasty. I still cut it out with knives and heat but it's a mess to get a clean surface to reglaze.

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   Tark | Apr 22, 2004 03:41am | #5

   GEOB21,

   Thanks for responding. Taking the removable slider out and unscrewing the frame makes total sense now. I'll have to check that out.But, what about the panes of glass that are in the frames that are stationary? Just for frame of reference, I'm talking about a typical aluminum frames residential window. . .

   thanks,

   Tark

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   Kennonon | Apr 20, 2004 04:20am | #3

   Thx for the post.  I modified your method with a blow torch...  All was going smoothly until I tapped the new double-pane into the brick surrounding the window--time for more glass :-(