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Cause of broken window
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I would be interested to know if anyone has any suggestions of how a ground floor window in my home has come to be broken
There is a 20cm diagonal crack across the bottom corner with a hole about 2.5cm in the centre. On the inside the hole is hollowed out like a crater but on the outside there is just a tiny horizontal slit about 6mm There is also a crack about 6cm going through the hole in the opposite direction to the larger one There are small slivers of glass on the inside one about 4.5 metres from the window I have found no projectile either inside or outside of the house
Any suggestions would be gratefully received
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There is a 20cm diagonal crack across the bottom corner with a hole about 2.5cm in the centre. On the inside the hole is hollowed out like a crater but on the outside there is just a tiny horizontal slit about 6mm There is also a crack about 6cm going through the hole in the opposite direction to the larger one There are small slivers of glass on the inside one about 4.5 metres from the window I have found no projectile either inside or outside of the house
Any suggestions would be gratefully received
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i had thought of that as I have had bird imprints on my windows regularly and the gates were all closed but I would have expected to see a little feathered corpse beneath the window on this occasion However I hope you are right and the bird has made a full recovery
Thanks again
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i had thought of that as I have had bird imprints on my windows regularly and the gates were all closed but I would have expected to see a little feathered corpse beneath the window on this occasion However I hope you are right and the bird has made a full recovery
Thanks again
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In my last house we used to have problems with the windows in our conservatory where the smaller windows used to suddenly crack / shatter if it got too hot / cold because the inner part of the window was a different tolerance level to the outer part and the frame got out of kilter. Could it be something like that?
Wak,Twirls and Cowtipper,
Many thanks for your replies.
All good suggestions.
I don't think it was a difference in temperatures that caused the problem,Twirls, as it was a large window pane.
I think Cowtipper's lawnmower is the most likely answer but could a red whin chip or stone travel about 8 metres and over a 1'5 metre high hedge to cause this impact and then bounce back without going through the window?
I was also interested in your answer Wak, but could the stupid idiot have been using an air rifle. Would a pellet bounce off or would it pierce the glass? Never had this problem before but there's always a first time.
Thanks again to all.
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Many thanks for your replies.
All good suggestions.
I don't think it was a difference in temperatures that caused the problem,Twirls, as it was a large window pane.
I think Cowtipper's lawnmower is the most likely answer but could a red whin chip or stone travel about 8 metres and over a 1'5 metre high hedge to cause this impact and then bounce back without going through the window?
I was also interested in your answer Wak, but could the stupid idiot have been using an air rifle. Would a pellet bounce off or would it pierce the glass? Never had this problem before but there's always a first time.
Thanks again to all.
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