- Using a rubber mallet and a strong pallet knife, remove the beading around the window. You might think they’re part of the frame, but they’re actually separate on the inside of the frame and can be taken out by using pallet knife to prize them out. Start with one of the longest beads first and leave the top bead until last.
- Give the glass a little tap to loosen it if it doesn’t come out straight away, then the whole unit should slide out easily. Just make sure it falls towards you and not back out onto the ground below!
- Clear any debris that has found its way into the frame with a brush. Add spacers at the bottom of the frame – these could be pieces of plastic.
- Get your new sealed unit (make sure you measure the glass before you buy one so you know which size to get) and carefully take it out of the packaging. Look for the British Standard mark – that shows you the bottom of the glass.
- Lift the glass into the frame, starting with the bottom first, and make sure that it fits square in the frame before taking the spacers out.
- Use a little washing up liquid to spread along the beads to make it easier when you slide them back into the frame. If they simply push and clip back in, you can use something like a block of wood to help you push them in correctly. Put them back in reverse order to how you took them out.
Avoch
Avoch is a harbour-village located on the south-east shore of the Black Isle, on the Moray Firth. Ormond Castle or Avoch Castle was a stronghold built on the site and also functioned as a royal castle to William the Lion; handed down to the Morays of Petty after that Archibald the Grim, Lord of Galloway, upon his marital relationship to Joanna de Moravia in 1362. Offspring of Archibald, were to take the title of Earl of Ormonde from the castle. Legend has it that the town was founded by survivors of the Spanish Armada. Avoch was in the control of David Chalmers, Lord Ormond from 1560/61 however he forfeited his castle and also control of Avoch in 1568 when he was banished because of his part in assisting the getaway of Mary Queen of Scots. The castle and village after that passed to Andrew Munro of Milntown. Intrepid Scottish-Canadian explorer Sir Alexander Mackenzie, the initial European to discover the excellent Canadian river now referred to as the Mackenzie River, crossing North America two times, to the Arctic Ocean in 1789 as well as Pacific Sea in 1793, retired to Avoch in 1812 where he passed away in 1820 and also was buried in the old Avoch Church cemetery. Avoch was the place of Rosehaugh (Pittanochtie) Home, an enforcing mansion house till it was demolished in 1959. A substantial house existed on this site considering that 1790. Craigie Well at Avoch on the Black Isle has offerings of both coins and also clouties. Dustcloths, woollen as well as human hair were also utilized as beauties against sorcery, and also as tokens of penenace and fulfilment of a vow (Sharp 1998). Much of Avoch's wide range has actually originated from its fishing industry, and it stays a considerable contributor to the village economy, with a number of huge fishing watercrafts owned or crewed from Avoch as well as an energetic anglers's co-operative based there. The harbour is no more used by the larger boats for touchdown yet is made use of by recreation craft and also watercrafts taking visitors to see the dolphins in the inner Moray Firth at Chanonry Point. Along with the fishing sector, commuting to Inverness and also tourist give income to the town. Lazy Corner, called for the youngsters who gathered there to pass the time, has been moved by the roadway widening in the Eighties, and spruced up by a sculpture planned to include character to the town. It is still a meeting place.
