You can find glass pane replacements in the doors and windows department of most home repair stores.
Single-pane glass in an aluminum frame window is fragile and can break easily under pressure. These windows are often located in mobile homes and in prefab constructed homes because they are inexpensive. The replacement glass can be found at specially window shops and at home improvement centers. You can replace the broken glass in a single-pane aluminum window easily with a few tools and some caution. Does this Spark an idea?
Instructions
1. Put on leather gloves and goggles whenever working with broken glass. Lay a dropcloth under both sides of the window to catch the broken glass. Carefully smash the rest of the glass in the pane up with a mallet. Grab stuck pieces with pliers to remove them from the frame. Remove all the glass from the window pane.
2. Remove the window frame from the window. Line up the sash hangers with the notches located at the top of both sides of the window channels. Slide the tabs on the bottom of both sides of the frame together to disengage them from the window channels. Slide the frame down and out of the window.
3. Remove the window frame's gasket by pulling it out from the inside of the frame with pliers. Measure the gasket's thickness and multiply it by two to find out how thick the new glass pane needs to be. Measure the length and width of the interior of the frame. Add the glass pane thickness to the length and width to find the size of the replacement pane. Take these measurements with you to buy the new glass pane.
4. Cover the edges of the new glass pane with the rubber gasket. Inspect the old gasket; if it has tears or is worn, then throw it away. Reuse old gaskets that are not worn out. Pull the gasket around the rim of the glass pane so that the gasket is tightly covering over the sharp edges of the pane. Cut off any excess gasket with scissors if needed.
5. Unscrew the screws located at the top corners of the frame. Slide the top of the frame up to give you room to slide the new pane into the frame. Allow the L brackets that connect the top of the frame and sides to stay located in the frame's corners to prevent them from twisting.
6. Position the glass pane into the frame. Line up the bottom of the glass pane and the sides of the frame. Slide the glass pane through the channels in the sides until the bottom of the pane reaches the bottom of the frame. Line the bottom of the pane up with the channel in the frame's bottom. Slide the top of the frame down over the top of the pane so the L brackets slide back into the sides of the frame. Lock the pane into place by reattaching the frame's corner screws and tightening them with a screwdriver.
7. Hold the frame upright, and slide the sides of the frame up and into the side channels in the window. Push the tabs at the bottom of the frame together to fit the bottom of the frame into the window. Allow the tabs to separate to lock the frame into place.
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