- 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.
Dalwhinnie
Dalwhinnie is a tiny village in the Scottish Highlands. Dalwhinnie lies at the head of Glen Truim and also the north-east end of Loch Ericht, on the western edge of the Cairngorms National Park. Dalwhinnie sits at an altitude of 351 m (1,152 feet). It is just one of the coldest towns in the UK, having an average annual temperature of 6.6 ° C (43.9 ° F), making it suitable for wintertime walking and alpinism. It is north of Drumochter, just off the A9 road from Perth to Inverness as well as has actually been bypassed considering that 1975. It is about 75 miles (120 kilometres) from both Edinburgh and also Glasgow, 25 miles (40 km) from Aviemore, 13 miles (21 km) from Newtonmore as well as 17 miles (27 km) from Kingussie. Dalwhinnie railway station rests on the Highland Main Line from Perth to Inverness. The location is strolling destination along the River Truim as well as in Cairngorm and also Monadhliath Mountains in the Cairngorm National Park. Dalwhinnie gets on the Sustrans National Cycle Course No. 7, Glasgow to Inverness. There are numerous cycle courses in the area including one together with Loch Ericht.