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Paint ha leaked behind door glazing

Posted by Lauren Kilpatrick, on
Please help! Last week we had a new front door fitted by someone we found through checkatrade. The door came glazed but untreated. He primed and then gloss painted for us. It was dark when he left and it looked ok. However, on looking at it in dalylight, I can now see that whilst he used tape around the edges, nonetheless both the primer and gloss red paint have got in behind the glass (I.e. Between the two pains of glass) and it looks terrible. Completely ruins the affect as it looks shoddy and messy. I am absolutely gutted at having spent the money on materials and the labour to end up with a poor quality job that seemingly we can't do anything about. Any advice as to possible solutions would be gratefully received. I can only think of eventually having the door reglazed, or buying sticky backed frosted glass effect stickers to put over the pains but don't really want to do this as it defeats the point in going for totally clear glazing in the first place and is likely to look cheap. No idea what it would cost to reglaze the door - I suspect more than the door itself is worth.
Istvan Cisco Ambrusz

Istvan Cisco Ambrusz

Hi Lauren. What I would do : 1remove beading arround glass and paint the beading same colour like a door. 2. Remove glass and clean from paint with Stanley or any cheap blade.. 3 put back glass and bead 4 put tape arround beading if you can go under the beading if not enough space then put the tape as close as you can to the wooden beading. 5.i would repaint the all door possible.. 6. After 48h with the new blade cut all along the tape next to beading then remove the tape gently. You should be satisfied with the effort and work and Finish now.. I hope I could helped.. Regards Cisco
Edward Thompson

Edward Thompson

HI Lauren if the glass is a sealed double glazed unit then the paint can't get between the two panes of glass, it could possibly have gone behind the glazing beads. If the door was pre-glazed by the manufacturer they are normally bedded in mastic to weather seal the door so something seems a miss! Ed
john holt

john holt

Hi Lauren. As a free lance site manager this is one of my pet hates! However as you said it is now to late to rectify totally. Door should be glossed and dry as well as beading prior to the final cuts. Right, you can either remove glass, clean up and re glaze as above. Or, you can find a red silicone online and run a micro bead round both sides of the glass. To be fair this looks alright. I have done this on Georgian windows that where blue, which needed painting out white. Hope this helps a little, if your still stuck give me a shout and I will do it for you. Regards John holt Northolt limited

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