Aldi Multi-Tool

[Retired]

Hi,

Thanks Gary.

I'll try to find our friends details of how he separated his double glazed unit and put it back together; to get the inner faces of the glass clean I think he allowed meths to run down viewing the glass at an angle but its a few years ago he did this. He also used marine sealant which is readily available? At the time I made a number of enquiries as to where I could buy the spacer strips from but then other more urgent jobs took over.

I would like to fully bed my new units to afford maximum seal. A local company sells dual sealed units which I'll look into.

http://www.dualsealglass.co.uk/

I don't mind paying extra for a top class product which will perform. If you have a good supplier you are happy with Gary then stick with them because there are lots of cowboys around only too willing to rip us off with shoddy goods and workmanship.

I'm considering tinted glass for the new units and not bother with the expensive leading again; when we moved in here 26 years ago our then next door neighbours had tinted (smoked) glass installed to the front of their bungalow and the woodwork was finished in dark brown; it looked beautiful and most impressive. I've copied the dark brown colour which both Bron and I still like. As usual before jumping in I'll stand back and take my time because a job like this has to be lived with once completed.

I like a bargain but I know some jobs are going to hurt my pocket; I save a great deal of money by doing the jobs myself so I can afford the best materials. Our neighbours get tradespeople in and I always thought the labour would equal if not cost more than the materials used?

I appear to have hijacked your thread Gary but the multi tool will be a huge asset for such a job as replacing double glazed units and if a number of units are involved the cost of the multi tool is acceptable. For anyone on a tight budget it's possible that a multi tool could be bought for a big one off job then after use the multi tool could be sold on to recoup most of the outlay; I've just done this when I bought a cement mixer and used the mixer for a one off job before selling the mixer on.

Before taking the plunge I'll shop around a bit to see if Fein multi tools are on special offer anywhere?

Kind regards, Col.