- 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.
Plockton
Plockton is a town in the Highlands of Scotland in Lochalsh, Wester Ross with a population of 378. Plockton is a settlement on the coasts of Loch Carron. It deals with east, far from the prevailing winds, which together with the North Atlantic Drift gives it a mild environment permitting the Cordyline australis palm to prosper. Positioned on a sheltered inlet of Loch Carron, as well as as a result of the collection of hand (New Zealand cabbage palm) trees which have actually dominated Harbour Street since the 1960s, Plockton has a distinctive 'sub-tropical appearance' (Nicholson: 1975). The Church of Scotland in the town (likewise used by the Free Church of Scotland) was made by Thomas Telford. The village is a traveler hotel. The tv collection Hamish Macbeth, starring Robert Carlyle, was shot there, substituting for the fictional Lochdubh. Plockton was additionally made use of for various scenes in the movie The Wicker Man and also the Assessor Alleyn Mysteries television collection furthering its credibility.