Cracking UP!!!!

[elduderino]

I HAD 2 change a pain of glass (kitchen window) 4 my mum as it had cracked. I started, as i always do,in the best of d.i.y spirits but after 6 hrs of titting around in the cold wind & rain replacing a rotten window sill & makin another from scratch & scrapes,also trying 2 fix up the last bodge repair it had massacred upon it.(not by me)my spirits were well & truly drained.

I finally got the glass moved into it's new home . 1side puttied up i started tappin in a few panel pins to keep it in place until the next day. Unfortunately all i had to knock the pins in with was a bloody great claw hammer. Job done 'hooray';.... 'but i'll just tap that pin in alittle more'....And yes U guessed it, i put a bloody crack in the new piece.

So my Q is this: Is their any way of stopping this small crack from becoming Pat's arse (a big crack).The window is fixed, it does not open but the back door is next to it & is used constantly.

PLEASE HELP...from tired & emotional

[qapmoc]

No chance I would think, Vibration from the door and especially expansion-contraction with day heating and night cooling will eventually make the crack travel until it reaches the ultimate end.

[raysparx]

Take out the cracked glass it will get worse you could put a dab of mastic onto the frame this will hold the glass in place before you put the putty round