upvc front door glass has dropped

[cypher007]

got a upvc front door with a nice arch in white plastic. trouble is the square double glazed glass has dropped, and exposed the fact its actually only held in place by double sided tape and a bit of silicone to seal it.

ive briefly spoken to a window company who when I described the issue said yes its knackered. this door is only maybe 6 years old. surely its just a case of taking out the whole centre section and repositioning the glass then putting the unit back into the door with the beads?

 

[crank39]

Nope, needs a new panel as there are no beads, panels are made by sandwiching the double glazed unit along with polystyrene between two plastic skins, plenty of glue and then a while in a press and thats your panel. What's happened is is that the glass hasn't been supported correctly by the polystyrene allowing it to slip down once the glazing tape degraded enough, the silicone around the edge is mainly to stop water getting in

Here's one a went to recently

 

[freddiemercurystwin]

crank, you're saying it just needs a new double glazed unit not a whole new door

 

[crank39]

No it needs a new door panel and glass, the glass is sandwiched inside the panel and not beaded into it, the door and frame stays, just like changing glass in a window it's beaded and can be removed, the panel is beaded in the same and can be removed from the door but the glass can't be removed from the panel

 

[cypher007]

ok this is nuts. the door is only maybe 6 years old. think when the nice weather arrives ill take the panel out and have a go at repositioning the glass then use some expanding foam round the edges to hold it in place. ill leave it laid flat while the foam hardens.

 

[cypher007]

p.s. I like the pug crank39. ive got a phantom pro 3, don't think it would lift a pug though.

 

[crank39]

Have an advanced myself

 

[ronniecabers]

ok this is nuts. the door is only maybe 6 years old. think when the nice weather arrives ill take the panel out and have a go at repositioning the glass then use some expanding foam round the edges to hold it in place. ill leave it laid flat while the foam hardens.

If the door is only six years old , get on to the installer . It should have a 10 year warranty. If you brought the door and fitted it yourself , get on to the supplier , most ' infill panels ' have a ten year warranty too ( or ours certainly do )

As Crank says the panel is what is called a ' press glazed panel ' so the glass and internals are all sandwiched between the two layers of pvc...years ago one or two companies had it you could replace the glass , but can't think of any now , hence why I try not to sell infill panels anymore

 

[garyo]

ok this is nuts. the door is only maybe 6 years old. think when the nice weather arrives ill take the panel out and have a go at repositioning the glass then use some expanding foam round the edges to hold it in place. ill leave it laid flat while the foam hardens.

Worth a go given that you'd have you bin it otherwise anyway. People say the expansive force of foam is something that can catch you out in regular building work so you could try drilling a hole under the frame and filling it.. If you're lucky it might lift it.