Smashed Window

[britcoms]

Specsavers are franchises. So the person your wife knows I would think maybe owns a franchise in NI, and NOT the company.


Going back on topic, the glass cover on insurance policy usually covers all glass and not just windscreens. Has the policy been checked to see if this is the case or not? given the cost for a proper repair job, it certainly would be worthwhile.

Well here's the long story short. My insurance covers full cost of windscreen but other body glass is max £650. My excess is £1000 and although I have another policy to cover this excess, it specifically excludes any glass repairs. So, zilch cover for this problem. The glass was found broken only an hour after I had left the m/home by an employee of the secure site where it is stored. He had been grass strimming around the motorhomes in my area and when I looked at the broken window there were grass clippings stuck to the bodywork around the window. Fairly conclusive evidence you would think. There are CCTV cameras all around the site but none are close enough to verify it was him, and he denies responsibility although to be fair to him he was wearing ear protectors and the break in the window was above his line of sight while he was working. Also there is some video evidence that a van on the site passed by my m/home at speed at roughly the same time and its tyres could have picked up a stone. Neverthless, my money is on the grass strimming. There are no warning signs around that vehicles are left on site at the owner's risk and I have not seen or signed a contract that invokes a similar warning. The owner of the site is a pleasant man and I have found him to be accommodating and flexible in my past dealings with him. He neither denies or confirms that he is responsible, but to be fair he has said on a couple of occasions that 'we', meaning he and I, must get the window repaired as soon as possible, which implies some responsibility on his part. So, maybe he will cough up for some or all of the cost, or, maybe not, which is why I am looking at the cheapest and most effective way of repairing the window just in case I have to meet the full cost.

 

[wildebus]

that is a pain.
your 'evidence' reminds me of an event at my house when I lived in Devon. Paid a tree feller (just the one, Trev) to grind a stump away in the driveway and also in the back garden. He sent a young chap round to do the work.
After being a while working away, knocked on door and looking sheepish said "got a bit of a problem" and show me where he had smashed the glass in one of the french windows!
Then he said "could you come round the front" and then showed me where he had smashed the rear window of my car with a stone! Ok, once was unfortunate but twice was downright careless.
Spoke to contractor and he said it will get sorted out, but in the meantime could I settle the bill for the stump work!!
Told him that will wait until the repairs are sorted out
IIRC, they paid the excess charge for the car screen and I didn't bother asking him for the French Window repair as was replacing the doors very soon anyway, so he got off lightly!


Also reminds me before that of a tale my brother told me about leaving his car for servicing or repair at a local main dealer and had stone dings, and maybe even a broken window, when he picked it up. Him and Dealer at car arguing about it and Dealer stating it was nothing to do with him as impossible to happen there. As he said that, one of his mechanics drove a car along pathway by them flinging up stones everywhere His claim and excuse vanished into thin air....

 

[YeoBlade]

A decent size strimmer will cause a lot of damage for sure, full PPE when I'm using mine and the green Chlorophyll is a right PITA to remove from white bodywork, hopefully Site glass will sort it reasonably.

 

[shantrek]

Side window on the passenger door of my Hymer A class was accidently broken last week while on a storage site. Long story short I am having to finance some or all of the cost myself. Autoglass quote £1500 supply and fit with up to 9 weeks lead time. I am still awaiting a price from a Hymer dealer in the UK, but expecting similarly bad news. I contacted a Hymer parts supplier in Germany(not a dealer but cheap) but they do not supply m/home glass. I am now considering a trip to the continent to either pick up a replacement from a Hymer dealer or arrange supply and fit from an autoglass fitters. France would be my immediate choice as I live near Newhaven and there are a couple of Hymer dealers close to Dieppe. Does anybody have any suggestions or thoughts on the matter?

Make sure any glass fitted is stamped as type approved for motorhome otherwise it won't pass MOT.
Caravan windows don't need to be stamped.

 

[ricc]

Once found my fourtrak with a broken passenger door window, parked on a gravel drive, an hour or so after id strimmed the weeds. Definitely not broken whilst strimming. I concluded a stone had hit the toughened glass that then went bang sometime later. Easiest repair was swop the whole door with the spares truck out in the paddock. Previous owner had hit a skip so we already had bonnet and wing from two different coloured donor vehicles so an odd door didn't bother the Mrs.

Regarding plastic windows ,we had a glass side window go in the hedge cutter tractor cab, replaced it with poly carbonate, high impact resistant but does scratch and go milky, needs redoing every 5 years or so. Perspex is easy to break.

 

[trixie88]

when windscreen needed replacing in our AGED toyota lightace campervan
...autoglass and other companies couldnt source one for it.

someone told daughter of a glass company in durham area to try
she phone them....they managed to source one for her
she then informed ins co, that she had sourced one......then ins co, sorted it out with glass company

maybe worth a try for the glass needed for your window......-1642 607999.....cannot recall name of company

hope this maybe of help..........good luck

sorrey its not durham area.....its stockton or middlesborough area

 

[Robmac]

maybe worth a try for the glass needed for your window......-1642 607999.....cannot recall name of company

hope this maybe of help..........good luck

That'll be these people Trixie;

Welcome to Car Glass North East Ltd. Car windscreen replacement in Stockton on Tees, Cleveland. We also fit commercial van windows, privacy glass / window tints.

Car Glass North East for all car windscreens stockton, middlesbrough, darlington, hartlepool, durham. Commercial van windows, window tinting, privacy glass, direct inuarnce billing, full mobile winscreen replacement.

www.carglassnortheast.co.uk

 

[trixie88]

That'll be these people Trixie;

Welcome to Car Glass North East Ltd. Car windscreen replacement in Stockton on Tees, Cleveland. We also fit commercial van windows, privacy glass / window tints.

Car Glass North East for all car windscreens stockton, middlesbrough, darlington, hartlepool, durham. Commercial van windows, window tinting, privacy glass, direct inuarnce billing, full mobile winscreen replacement.

www.carglassnortheast.co.uk

yes could be Rob....daughters just told me....its stockton or middlesborough area
was just about to edit the post

 

[Robmac]

yes could be Rob....daughters just told me....its stockton or middlesborough area
was just about to edit the post

Yes it's what comes up if you Google the number Trixie. Sounds worth a try.

 

[britcoms]

That'll be these people Trixie;

Welcome to Car Glass North East Ltd. Car windscreen replacement in Stockton on Tees, Cleveland. We also fit commercial van windows, privacy glass / window tints.

Car Glass North East for all car windscreens stockton, middlesbrough, darlington, hartlepool, durham. Commercial van windows, window tinting, privacy glass, direct inuarnce billing, full mobile winscreen replacement.

www.carglassnortheast.co.uk

They will probably source the glass from a Hymer dealer just like Autoglass who provided the first quote, and, in any case, they are in the north of England and I am on the south coast, but thanks for your suggestion. I am still awaiting a quote from Brownhills, a Hymer dealer, and, in the meantime, I am seeking a price from another dealer in Normandy who might be cheaper as it would only be a short hop over from Newhaven for me.