Chip and crack
repair
A repair keeps the factory bond, which is stronger than anything a replacement can give you, and on most comprehensive policies it costs you nothing at all. The only question is whether your damage qualifies.
Is it repairable?
Photograph the damage with a coin next to it and send it with the registration. We will tell you which side of the line it falls on, usually within the hour.
chip and crack repair in progress · client photography
Why a repair beats
a new screen
People assume a replacement is the better outcome. For repairable damage it is not, and the reason is the bond rather than the glass.
Your original windscreen was bonded in a factory, on a jig, in controlled conditions. Nothing done on a driveway ever quite matches that. If the damage can be filled rather than replaced, keeping that original bond is the better engineering answer as well as the cheaper one.
A repair also keeps the camera where it is. No screen out means no recalibration, no report and no second appointment, which on a modern car is most of the cost and most of the hassle.
What it will not do is make the mark vanish. Expect something like a faint watermark where the impact was. Anyone promising an invisible repair is overselling, and we would rather tell you now.
How the job
actually runs
Photo checked
You send a close-up with a coin for scale and we tell you whether it qualifies before anybody travels.
Damage cleaned
Loose glass and any dirt is removed from the break. This is why tape over an open chip helps so much.
Air drawn out
A bridge and vacuum pull the air out of the break so resin can reach every leg of it.
Resin injected
Forced in under pressure, then cured hard with ultraviolet light and levelled flush.
Polished and checked
The surface is polished back and we look at it from the driver's seat, not just the outside.
Does yours need recalibrating?
Registration and what the damage looks like. You will see whether it can be repaired or needs replacing, whether the camera behind your mirror has to be recalibrated, and how the insurance works.
Resin injected while the damage is still small, about 40 minutes, and the glass stays original.
Your vehicle
Petrol · 2024 · almost certainly carries a forward-facing camera
Recalibration
A repair leaves the glass in place, so the camera keeps its aim.
Most policies cover glass separately, outside your no-claims bonus, and we handle the claim with your insurer so you deal with the excess and nothing else. Vehicle details come from the DVSA record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
What comes
with the job
The resin itself
Optical-grade, cured hard, matched to the thickness of the laminate.
IncludedMultiple chips
Additional chips on the same visit are charged at a fraction of the first.
Per chipA written outcome
What we filled and what we could not, so there is no argument later.
In writingThe insurance call
We speak to your insurer rather than sending you to do it.
We do itHonest refusal
If it will not hold we say so and quote a replacement instead.
No upsellFollow-up
If a repaired chip spreads within the month we put the repair cost towards the screen.
CreditedWhat people ask
about this one
How do I know if mine can be repaired?
Under a £2 coin, outside the wiper sweep, out of the driver's eyeline, and not within about 50mm of the edge. Pass all four and it almost certainly repairs.
Will it really cost me nothing?
On most comprehensive policies with glass cover, yes. Insurers would far rather pay for a repair now than a replacement plus recalibration later, so repairs are commonly zero excess. Check your wording or read us the policy number.
Can you do several chips at once?
Yes, and it is much cheaper than doing them separately. Additional chips on the same visit are a fraction of the first.
What if it spreads afterwards?
A repair stops damage where it is; it does not make the glass new. If a repaired chip runs within a month we put what you paid towards the replacement.
Where we repair
Chip repairs are short, so they slot into gaps in the day's run. That makes them the easiest job to get seen quickly anywhere on the patch.
