With local temperatures taking a dive, many homeowners in the Charlotte area have noticed that some of their windows seem to have developed a permanent fog. This permanent window fog often happens during the change of seasons, when the conflicting indoor and outdoor temperatures fluctuate and the glass expands and contracts. The movement of the glass can cause the seal between the two layers of glass to fail, allowing air and moisture inside the window and causing window fog.
Deals Glass Services can now provide residential window repair as well as replacement of just the glass window pane. Contact us as soon as you notice the ruptured seal and the telltale “perma-fog”, and we can actually remove the air and moisture from between the two glass panels and give you a good as new appearance. When you repair or replace the foggy glass rather than replacing the entire window unit, you save yourself time, money and the hassle of having a hole in your home.
Deals has a new commercial explaining the benefits of repairing or replacing just the fogged glass window pane.
With the holidays upon us, we seem to be reminded of the many things we are thankful for, not just at home but in the business world as well. This season, we at Deals Auto Glass want to give a big thanks to Allstate Insurance for making some changes that put customer satisfaction and quality service first.
Auto Insurance is an extremely competitive market with so many companies marketing their customer’s annual savings over other companies. But often you have shopped around and annual savings aren’t making a big difference in your monthly payment. Then how can you tell the difference in what you get from an insurance provider when you really need them? Read the rest of this entry »
If you have ever been driving along and heard that distinct noise of pebble on glass, then you know that everyone dreads the sudden crack spreading across their line of vision.� Many breathe a sigh of relief� when they find the point of impact and see a little chip in the glass – but not so fast.
Chip repair won’t cost as much or take as much time as replacement, but it should still be repaired as soon as possible.� Over just a short period of time moisture and dirt tend to accumulate in the damaged area, making it harder to repair without any visible evidence of the damage.� And without the proper attention things can quickly go from bad to worse.
Even after the initial impact the chip can quickly turn to a crack with the strain of every day driving, especially if there is more than one point of damage. Not only do road bumps and wind pressure act upon the glass while driving, air temperature can destroy a windshield just as easily.� Many times we have had customers come in to replace and windshield that had been chipped and cracked overnight.� Once a chip has spread to a crack longer than an inch or so, it can’t be safely repaired.
One must also remember that the windshield is critical to the structural integrity of the car.� Most of us wouldn’t want to drive ourselves and our families around in a car with frame damage.� So why do we drive around with damaged windshields?
When a window in your home has a constant foggy appearance it means that the seal has failed. Once this happens there are three options for the homeowner: replace the entire window unit, replace the glass in the window, or repair the existing window pane. There are several factors taken into account when deciding which is best for you, and often the first thing to consider is the cost.
Since the foggy window repair process is a fairly new idea, many people facing thermopane seal failure don’t even consider this solution. At a price of about $90 it is the most cost effective, can be completed in about an hour and since we aren’t disposing of the old glass, it’s also the most environmentally friendly method. But if you wait too long after the seal fails, the moisture will permanently stain the inside of the glass giving it an opaque or mottled look – then the foggy appearance cannot be repaired. Read the rest of this entry »
The damage is too severe for repair. You will need a replacement windshield. For car owners who have found themselves in this predicament, many find the choices that follow to be overwhelming.
The shop is trying to talk you into OEM auto glass, which of course, costs a little more than an aftermarket windshield. Why should you pay more for a piece of glass than you absolutely have to? There are a couple of very legitimate reasons that OEM glass is a better choice, and when considered, often overshadow the small difference in price. Read the rest of this entry »
Earlier this week the Today Show featured this segment about injuries to children and the elderly caused by glass tabletops and other glass furniture. They also discussed how tempered safety glass, the same type used in auto side windows, can be used in your home to reduce the risk of injury or even death. The clip demostrates the difference between the way a traditional piece of glass furniture would break as opposed to a tempered glass tabletop. Read the rest of this entry »
With so many different “professional opinions” on the limitations of auto glass repair, consumers often having a hard time deciding which is the best shop with the best solution. While many of the one man mobile units say they can repair a crack up to one foot, the consumer must remember that the windshield is as important to the safety of the car as any part of the frame. Not only does the windshield support the roof of the car, in the event of an accident it plays a critical part in the safety restraint system by deflecting the airbag. Read the rest of this entry »
If you are at home, looking out at the world through a fogged or leaky window, you could be gazing through a $1,500 tax credit for 2009.
The new stimulus package signed by the president, The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, offers tax credits for making your home more energy efficient. That generally means buying more high efficiency heating and cooling systems and appliances, or installing new energy efficient windows and doors, any of which is usually a high cost and long running project. But this credit also applies to replacing the glass panes in your existing fogged or leaky windows. Read the rest of this entry »
Deals Glass Services, of Charlotte, NC is excited to announce the start of our new blog. We are looking forward to using this new tool for sharing information and news from our shop and the auto glass industry as well as answering questions from readers. The blog offers us a new and unique chance to share the knowledge and expertise Deals Glass Services has gained over 49 years in the auto glass business.
Deals has grown from a small family owned garage to one of the largest independent auto glass businesses in the region. Over the years we have learned more about our customers wants and needs as well as the good, the bad and the ugly of auto glass, which is what has helped our company expand.
