nod Posted February 7, 2020 Posted February 7, 2020 Sat there behind our South facing French doors and this happened on the inside pane 1
vivienz Posted February 7, 2020 Posted February 7, 2020 Bugger! I had a couple of panes do that but during installation - decided to be a manufacturing fault. How long have these been in?
ToughButterCup Posted February 7, 2020 Posted February 7, 2020 Gary, be honest, you were singing in the bath ..... 1
nod Posted February 7, 2020 Author Posted February 7, 2020 12 minutes ago, vivienz said: Bugger! I had a couple of panes do that but during installation - decided to be a manufacturing fault. How long have these been in? It’s two years since I fitted them I’ve just rang the supplier and they will send us a new one out Very strange you can run your hand over it and wouldn’t notice the damage
DamonHD Posted February 7, 2020 Posted February 7, 2020 (edited) Read all about my explosive experiences with 3G units, all replaced under warranty: http://www.earth.org.uk/triple-glazing-3G.html#Failures Outer pane failures in each case. Rgds Damon Edited February 7, 2020 by DamonHD
Russell griffiths Posted February 7, 2020 Posted February 7, 2020 Oh god, don’t. I’m having some serious loss of sleep after fitting all our windows this week.
ToughButterCup Posted February 7, 2020 Posted February 7, 2020 36 minutes ago, DamonHD said: Read all about my explosive experiences with 3G units [...] The time scale of your hiccups is interesting. How long are triple glazed units guaranteed for? Is there an industry standard? ( @craig ? )
MikeGrahamT21 Posted February 7, 2020 Posted February 7, 2020 I was reading an article on the BRE the other day about explosive centre panes, according to them its a good idea to have a toughened centre pane, no idea how much it adds to cost, it said they experience greater stresses than the panes in a double glazed unit.
Ian Posted February 7, 2020 Posted February 7, 2020 @nod That's obviously toughened glass. The most common cause of it failing is contamination by nickel sulphide inclusions in the glass. For commercial clients and in areas where safety is critical (eg overhead glass) we always recommend specifying that toughened glass be heat-soaked which gets rid of most of the glass which has nickel sulphide inclusions. https://technical.iqglassuk.com/technical-advice/nickel-sulphide-inclusion/ Typically (non heat-soaked) toughened glass which has nickel sulphide inclusions will experience increasing rates of failure the older it gets. We've had them failing after 10+ years. 1
DamonHD Posted February 7, 2020 Posted February 7, 2020 3 hours ago, AnonymousBosch said: The time scale of your hiccups is interesting. How long are triple glazed units guaranteed for? Is there an industry standard? ( @craig ? ) My 3G has a 10Y warranty... Rgds Damon
nod Posted February 7, 2020 Author Posted February 7, 2020 16 minutes ago, DamonHD said: My 3G has a 10Y warranty... Rgds Damon I think most dg is 10 years
Declan52 Posted February 7, 2020 Posted February 7, 2020 Most companies will give a long warranty for things like the seal going but not for glass cracking or shattering.
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