Commercial replacement glazing
Commercial replacement glazing
Failed, blown and broken units replaced in offices, schools, shopfronts and public buildings, with the building still in use.
Scope of works
One pane has gone and the building still has to open.
A commercial unit fails the same way a domestic one does and matters more: a crazed pane in an office elevation, a blown unit in a stairwell, a shopfront that has been put through. The difference is that the building has to keep trading around it, the glass is usually too big and too high to carry in by hand, and the opening it came out of was never designed to be reglazed from a ladder.
We measure the failed unit, order it to the frame it is going into, and fit it with the floor still in use. There is no maximum size. From order it is normally one to two weeks, depending on the specification. Where the frontage itself is being replaced rather than the glass in it, that is office and retail glazing.
Specification
Commercial replacement glazing, to your specification.
- Maximum unit size
- None. We will quote whatever the opening takes.
- Lead time
- One to two weeks from order, depending on the specification.
- Access
- Tracked lifter and vacuum head where the unit is too large or too high to carry through the building.
- Measuring
- Site measured to the frame it is going into, before anything is ordered.
- Glass
- Toughened and laminated supplied to order, any size.
- Out of hours
- Early starts, evenings and weekends where the building needs it.
Every figure published here is one we can stand behind. Ask us for anything the table does not cover and we will send it to you in writing.
Scope
What we take on when a unit has failed.
Failed and blown units
Sealed units that have misted, crazed or lost their seal, measured to the frame they are going back into.
Broken and impacted glass
Shopfronts, entrance screens and elevations that have been put through, measured and reordered to the original opening.
Glass at height
Upper-floor and full-height units reached with a tracked lifter and vacuum head rather than taken out through the room.
Frames we did not fit
The unit is measured to whatever is already there, so the existing frames, beads and gaskets stay where they are.
Access
The glass goes in from outside, so the floor keeps working.
A full-height commercial unit is too heavy and too awkward to bring through a working office, and taking it through means clearing the route it travels. We reach the opening from outside instead, on a tracked lifter with a vacuum head, and the room loses one bay rather than a floor. The lift equipment is hired in for the job and sized to the unit.
- Tracked lifter and vacuum head
- Upper floors reached from outside
- One bay closed, not a floor
Measuring and ordering
Measured to the frame it is going into, not to the drawing.
A commercial opening is rarely the size the drawing says, and a replacement unit that is close is a unit that comes back. We measure the frame on site before anything is ordered. From order it is normally one to two weeks depending on the specification, and there is no maximum size we will not quote.
- Site measured before order
- One to two weeks from order
- No maximum unit size
Common settings
Buildings we reglaze most often.
Survey, access and the existing building decide the final route. These are the settings this work usually goes into.
Related commercial services
Work that usually comes with commercial replacement glazing.
Common questions
Commercial replacement glazing, asked and answered.
Is there a maximum unit size?
No. We will quote whatever the opening takes, and toughened and laminated glass is supplied to order at any size.
How long does a replacement unit take?
Normally one to two weeks from order, depending on the specification. The unit is site measured to the frame it is going into before anything is ordered.
Can you replace glass at height?
Yes, using a tracked lifter and vacuum head where the unit is too large or too high to carry through the building.
Will you work on frames you did not fit?
Yes. The unit is measured to whatever is already there, so the existing frames, beads and gaskets stay where they are.
What we can put on a pre-qualification questionnaire.
- Constructionline Gold Pre-qualified for public and private sector tendering.
- SSIP accredited Health and safety assessed under the Safety Schemes in Procurement umbrella.
- DBS-checked operatives For schools, care settings and any site where the check is a condition of access.
Commercial enquiry
Send us the commercial replacement glazing brief.
Drawings, a window schedule, elevations or site photographs are all useful, and none of them is required. A postcode and a description of the building is enough to get a sensible answer back.
- Phone lines are open 24/7.
- The office team picks up drawings and schedules during working hours.
- commercial@fensterglazing.com