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The insulated glass panel on the side of this front door has gone bad. Does that mean though
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that we have to replace the entire front door unit to make it look good again? The answer is
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no, because you can in this instance take out this insulated glass. The same is sometimes true for
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windows, but the good news is for me on this particular job, we can get this glass out with
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just a little bit of effort. The trick to taking out the glass is to remove the small
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piece of stomp molding that's right here that holds the edge of the glass in place. And this
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particular molding is very small and thin and fragile. I prefer to use a flexible putty knife
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that has a nice lightweight blade and then a lightweight hammer to tap the putty knife with
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And you have to put it at a slight angle to the glass and actually drive that blade underneath the
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piece of wood trim, there's some putty and sealant there that the knife has to cut through
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Once the wood strips out of the way, the only thing that usually is holding the glass in place
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are some small staples or nails that were put through the actual wood molding. And right here
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you can barely see them, but you have to be careful pulling them out. I like to use a needle
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nose pliers. It does a great job. Once the pieces of wood are out of the way, you can see the piece
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of glass. That's important because you've got to get the right measurements before you order your
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new one. So you simply take the measurements, leave the old glass in place and wait for
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your new glass to be delivered. Once you have it, you're ready to do everything you just
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did but do it backwards and you've got new insulated glass. I'm Tim Carter, Glass the
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