Browse Forums Windows & Doors Re: Standards for beading on double glazed windows? 3Feb 17, 2009 5:02 am Change is what we need! Can we? YES WE CAN!!!!! Re: Standards for beading on double glazed windows? 6Feb 17, 2009 9:53 am Change is what we need! Can we? YES WE CAN!!!!! Re: Standards for beading on double glazed windows? 13Feb 17, 2009 5:12 pm ed @ EcoClassic If this is simply a reglazing job he is just being lazy as there would be no testing that would tell him what size bead to use, and the old window worked fine. I would suggest that the jutty out piece is placed in a part of his anatomy where it can no longer jut... lucky it's not mitred as that would have a sharp edge. Ed Hmmm... I'll have to keep that in mind! Thanks so much Ed - this is great advice. So you reckon that the new glass that he brought with him wouldn't have have some kind of bead thickness requirement that went with it? Sigh - he is going around tomorrow to check it out, so we'll see what happens. Thanks so much for all the advice - I feel much more confident telling him that his Australian-Standard-of-bead-thickness argument doesn't fly now. Re: Standards for beading on double glazed windows? 14Feb 17, 2009 5:28 pm One more thing - I suppose he replaced the glass with the same thickness IGU (?) - he should have done, then he should have replaced the beads with exactly the same material he removed. What size was the glass thatw as replced? HxWxT?
If he says it can't be changed due to window performance ask to see the standard he is referring to... Ed "ECOECO" At 'EcoEco', we design windows, we design the best windows, we do it for you, so that when you’re happy we are happy. Tel. 1800 326 326 Re: Standards for beading on double glazed windows? 15Feb 17, 2009 6:29 pm ed @ EcoClassic One more thing - I suppose he replaced the glass with the same thickness IGU (?) - he should have done, then he should have replaced the beads with exactly the same material he removed. What size was the glass thatw as replced? HxWxT? If he says it can't be changed due to window performance ask to see the standard he is referring to... Ed I don't know the measurements of the glass off the top of my head - I'll have to break out the measuring tape when I get home... on the quote it says "All of the supplied glass is to satify the requirements of the Australian Standard for Glazing AS 1288-2006." I assume he replaced the glass with the same thickness, although the house was built 15 or so years ago so manufacturing standards may have changed since then? I know that our back sliding door now has much heavier glass in it (from an unrelated replacement years ago) because O'Briens said that nobody makes the old, thinner glass anymore. I will definitely ask to see the standard - that's a great tip, Ed - thanks! If he can show me a regulation that backs up his argument, then I'm happy to concede defeat! 5 19254 I’m in a similar position except I’m after sliding 3 stacking doors. I am on a second-story apartment of which the balcony would not adequately fit any bi-fold or… 5 16692 I believe this is correct. From the picture you can see the power was put in last so the electrician knew where the water was. Really it's a common sense issue more… 4 5273 |