I don't have $600 and we have people coming to see this house this week to buy it, it's my parent's house and I live here with them. How should I replace this glass door for our lopi?
I just shattered our fireplace glass door, how to replace this?
I don't have $600 and we have people coming to see this house this week to buy it, it's my parent's house and I live here with them. How should I replace this glass door for our lopi?
>people coming to see this house this week to buy it
Sounds like you’re in for the slumlord special, replace that son’b***h with acrylic for $45 at your local ACE hardware and let the next owners deal with it.
lol not a bad idea except I think it's a little scumdick-y. I'm gonna call a fireplace repair guy in town and get some advice too, just thought I'd go here first because you guys usually give pretty good advice or at least funny advice like yours.
less scummy than replacing it with regular glass that will explode in the face of the new owner, while chucking another log in the fireplace?
Till they get it inspected and rightfully put OP on back on the hook.
>it's my parent's house and I live here with them.
let them fix it.
You don't need the entire door just the glass. Go to a glass place and take the door with you and have them cut you out a piece of glass to fit it.
It's tempered/thermal glass, not that simple...but you can buy that piece already cut to shape and tempered for under $150
https://www.rockymountainstove.com/large-lopi-wood-stove-glass-250-00462/
If the place is for sale its stupid not to just do it right, if someone sees some janky hack "fix" they will assume that the rest of the place is full of that shit and lower their offer accordingly, costing much more than $150...especially since not just fixing it right it also screams "we're broke and desperate to sell".
so fricking buy it for $150 what's your damn question
Only thing better than a clueless dumbfrick who can't follow a thread is a needlessly hostile clueless dumbfrick who can't follow a thread.
Sputter harder, dipshit.
Put in some clear plastic until you have enough money to fix it. You ought to be able to find some fireproof glass though, instead of replacing the entire door?
Contact maker by phone about just buying the glass.
Find the $600 or get it from your parents. You are trying to do a five or six figure transaction and you are going to frick up the sale for $600??
remove the door from the hinge
look for screws. If none then windows are usually held in place with press-fit edging, use a flat screw driver to lever it out
remove window fragments
use cardboard to figure out the stencil, trace onto another pane of glass.
use a glass cutting pen to mark shape, also cut plenty of lines going from the design to the edge of the glass so you have many little segments to break off
break off pieces
put in glass
cram in edging
remount to hinges
don't forget to breathe.
This but the need for high temp glass suggest this too:
>Just put a piece of steel in there where the glass was. You don't need to see the fire.
If you can find another donor stove or fireplace with a perforated screen those can be nicely decorative.
Just put a piece of steel in there where the glass was. You don't need to see the fire.
Doesn't matter what you do, replace it well now, glue it together shittily, or leave it off. It will all get found by whatever inspector comes if the people coming by make an offer and things progress to home inspector. Either way youre paying for the repair. They'll negotiate it off the price of the house or add it to their list of repairs before buying
metal wire mesh, why the frick would you put glass in front of your fire
good way to burn your ass
the glass can be replaced independently if it's a decent stove. look on the back side of the door for screws and lock bars to hold the glass in. you should be able to have a new piece of glass cut to fit it. go specifically to a store that specializes in fireplaces, it requires heat resistant glass.
it will be a expensive lesson.
>just shattered our fireplace glass door
Why?
test
Can’t you find a used oven and take the crystal and cut to measure? Plenty of them in the streets were I live….
I would causally suggest that the glass probably just screws out, and that someone is probably selling the glass separately to the door
If you phone up header places one week probably have it be able to order just the glass
>If you phone up header places one week probably have it be able to order just the glass
I spent years trying to learn Spanish without success, so I can sympathize with you, anon.
leave it for now and explain you'll have it fixed before the sell. if they like the house it's a small thing. no big deal.
hi OP I used to work as a machinist at a glass company which made all sorts of specialty glass for research type stuff. it's likely the pane was just some sort of low thermal expansion glass (think pyrex, for example). if that's the case it can be cut and processed the same as normal glass, but the material will cost a little bit more. if it was tempered or annealed you would have to have a company cut the pane and then run it through the tempering process since glass can't be processed after it's heat treated. usually local companies don't do this in-house and have to special order it from an outside supplier. I would call a local glass supplier (or even the original manufacturer) and ask about getting a replacement. not really something you can DIY since getting the actual material is 95% of the struggle
just checked the link posted higher up and it seems like it is just a low thermal expansion glass. The one posted above is made out of "neoceram", specs in pic related. If the $150 for the pre-cut piece is still too much you can maybe find a plain sheet of this material (the one above is listed as being 5mm thick) and cut it yourself. you'll need to make a cardboard template of the original window then scribe it onto the new material using a glass knife. Scribe only one pass, but press hard to make sure it's deep. If you go over the scribe line again it actually makes it harder to break. After you scribe the pane get some flat tipped pliers and snap off the excess around the shape. wear gloves and snap the pliers quickly to make it break along the scribe. do this while hanging the scrap side over the sharp edge of a clean wooden table. If you do it this way it's still possible you snap it in half and frick it up and have to spend more, so weigh the costs and decide your preferable option.
Call the manufacturer. This is a common issue. The manufacturer will refer you to a local dealer who will order you the replacement glass. You can not cut your own for a fireplace. It is special glass. Call the manufacturer with your model and serial numbers.
Imagine being so poor you dont even have 600 dollars
You're going to need to special order a piece of neoceram from a glass shop. You're not getting it inside of a week though.
It's not regular glass BTW. Its either neoceram or pyroceram. Plate and tempered glass won't hold up.
Put a piece of steel in it call it good
Dont need to see the damn fire