- 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.
Llanbrynmair
Llanbrynmair is a village, area and also electoral ward in Montgomeryshire, Powys, on the A470 road in between Caersws and Machynlleth. Llanbrynmair, in area, is the 2nd biggest in Powys. In 2011, it had a population of 920. The area consists of several communities: Talerddig, Dolfach, Tafolwern, Pandy, Cringoed as well as Pennant. The original centre goes to Llan, on the road to Llanidloes, where the local parish church of St Mary lies. The current centre (formerly called "Wynnstay") at the junction of the A470 and B4518 rose to local prestige with the building of the new turnpike road in 1821 and the arrival of the train line in between Newtown and Machynlleth in 1861. Geographically, the community includes the valleys of three rivers-- Afon Twymyn, Afon Iaen and also Afon Rhiw Saeson-- and the surrounding uplands. The 3 rivers sign up with around the primary town and flow westwards as the Afon Twymyn towards the Afon Dyfi and also Cardigan Bay. The Cambrian train line, built in the 1860s, goes through Llanbrynmair and temporarily supplied an electrical outlet for the mines at Dylife, 8 miles southern. The village station closed in 1965 as part of the "Beeching closures". There was a level crossing next to the station however, following the unintended fatality of an American visitor in October 1999 and also its description as a "blackspot", the going across was closed and the road drawn away. The area is predominantly Welsh-speaking and reliant upon livestock farming. It was lucky to leave the foot and also mouth disease outbreak in Britain in 2001.
