https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/home-repair-advice-needed-really-off-topic Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Fri, 24 Apr 2026 09:37:28 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/home-repair-advice-needed-really-off-topic#post-1528912 Tue, 28 Jul 2015 19:03:31 +0000 rachylou 1528912@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>My grandfather did glass. Masking tape is what the guys would use. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/home-repair-advice-needed-really-off-topic#post-1528861 Tue, 28 Jul 2015 17:16:31 +0000 Elle 1528861@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I usually ask for advice from my hardware store. They usually are very knowledgeable about situations like this.&nbsp; But however you do it, wear safety goggles, long sleeves, and good gloves.&nbsp;&nbsp; Good luck with this. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/home-repair-advice-needed-really-off-topic#post-1528598 Tue, 28 Jul 2015 06:37:08 +0000 Jeanie 1528598@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I think the repair companies may come to your house and do the repair so you wouldn't have to be the one to take it down. &nbsp;Maybe call around and ask. &nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/home-repair-advice-needed-really-off-topic#post-1528108 Mon, 27 Jul 2015 16:59:00 +0000 kkards 1528108@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>hire someone else to do it? <br />sorry, that's my fallback on all home repair, short of changing a light bulb. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/home-repair-advice-needed-really-off-topic#post-1528075 Mon, 27 Jul 2015 15:38:40 +0000 deb 1528075@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>The glass companies I have worked with used masking tape on the inside and outside. It is cheap and comes in a variety if widths. They crisscrossed the tape in various places&nbsp;on the break.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/home-repair-advice-needed-really-off-topic#post-1528049 Mon, 27 Jul 2015 14:52:26 +0000 Glory 1528049@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I found this online and it appears to have a good approach. I think safety is pretty key and they recommend glasses and gloves which makes sense.&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.diydata.com/general_building/window_glazing/removing_window_glass.php">http://www.diydata.com/general....._glass.php</a></p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/home-repair-advice-needed-really-off-topic#post-1527990 Mon, 27 Jul 2015 13:23:38 +0000 carter 1527990@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I was going to say packing tape, but Jay's idea of contact paper is brilliant! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/home-repair-advice-needed-really-off-topic#post-1527865 Mon, 27 Jul 2015 03:07:09 +0000 JayS 1527865@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>The first thing that comes to mind is contact paper...the kind you line your shelves with. It's pretty sticky. You might want to put some cardboard or something firm on the other side while you apply the contact paper or whatever you come up with. That would prevent pushing it out while putting pressure on the paper to insure sticking.<br />Good luck! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/home-repair-advice-needed-really-off-topic#post-1527850 Mon, 27 Jul 2015 02:17:03 +0000 UmmLila (Lisa) 1527850@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>So I have this window on my porch. It's in a wood frame and really should have been replaced with the screen frame for summer. Meanwhile I think a bird (fortunately no corpse to be found) must have crashed into it because it is all crazed / shattered but still in the frame. I want to take it down to get it repaired but I don't want a thousand pieces of glass either in the porch or out in the garden when I move it. </p> <p>Does anyone know a way to avoid that? Is there a sort of film I could put on it to catch the glass on each side?</p> <p>I know this is really off topic but I will be grateful for anyone's advice here! </p>