Side and rear
glass
Different job from a windscreen entirely. Most side glass is toughened rather than laminated, so when it goes it goes completely, and the real work is getting every last fragment out of the car.
Broken into?
Send the registration and which window it is. We carry common door glass and can usually get a car secure the same day, even if the exact glass is next morning.
side and rear glass in progress · client photography
The glass is quick.
The clearing up is not.
A door glass takes twenty minutes to fit. Getting the thousands of fragments out of the door shell, the seat runners and the carpet takes considerably longer, and it is the part that decides whether the job was done properly.
Toughened glass breaks into small cubes by design, and they go everywhere. Inside the door skin, down the window channel, into the seat rails, under the carpet. Left there they rattle, they jam the window mechanism, and they turn up in somebody's hand six months later.
We drop the door card, vacuum the shell out, clear the channel and run the window a few times before we call it done. If the regulator or the channel has been damaged by the break-in we will tell you before we order anything.
If the exact glass is not in stock we can board the aperture properly so the car is secure and dry overnight, rather than leaving you with a bin bag and tape.
How the job
actually runs
Glass identified
Door, quarter light or tailgate, and whether it is heated, tinted or privacy glass.
Car made secure
If the glass is coming next day we board it properly rather than leaving it open.
Door card off
The only way to clear the shell and check the regulator and channel for damage.
Everything vacuumed
Shell, channel, seat runners and carpet. This is most of the job.
Glass set and tested
Fitted, aligned, and the window run several times before we pack up.
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
Door glass
Front and rear, toughened, tinted or privacy as the vehicle came.
MatchedQuarter lights
The small fixed panes, which are often bonded rather than dropped in.
BondedHeated tailgates
Element connections tested before the trim goes back on.
TestedThe clear-out
Door shell, channel, seat runners and carpet vacuumed properly.
IncludedTemporary boarding
If the glass is next day, the car is left secure and dry.
If neededRegulator check
We flag damage to the mechanism before ordering, not after.
CheckedWhat people ask
about this one
My window has gone completely. Is that normal?
For side glass, yes. It is toughened rather than laminated, so it is designed to break into small blunt cubes rather than sharp shards. It looks dramatic and it is the safer failure.
Can you secure the car today if the glass is tomorrow?
Yes. We board the aperture properly so it is secure and dry overnight. That is a normal part of the job, not an extra.
Will I be finding glass for months?
Not if it is done properly. We take the door card off and vacuum the shell, the channel, the seat runners and the carpet. Skipping that is why people find fragments a year later.
Is it an insurance job?
It can be, though the excess on side glass is sometimes higher than the repair. We will tell you both figures and you can decide.
Where we cover
Break-ins do not wait for a convenient day. We keep common door glass on the van, so a same-day fit is realistic across most of the patch.
