- Impact from a stone or other object smashing the glass in a ‘bullseye’ effect
- The result of a break-in
- Extreme weather or changes in pressure causing a crack
- The sealed unit being ‘blown’, meaning that it’s no longer energy efficient due to air leaking out
Watchet
Watchet is a harbour town, civil parish as well as selecting ward in the English region of Somerset, with a population of 3,785. It is positioned 15 miles (24 km) west of Bridgwater, 15 miles (24 kilometres) north-west of Taunton, and 9 miles (14 kilometres) eastern of Minehead. The town exists at the mouth of the Washford River on Bridgwater Bay, part of the Bristol Channel, and on the edge of Exmoor National Park. The initial settlement may have been at the Iron Age fort Daw's Castle. It after that transferred to the mouth of the river and also a small harbour created, called by the celts as "Gwo Coed" meaning Under the Wood. After the Saxon conquest of the location the town created and was called Weced or Waeced and was attacked by Vikings in the 10th century. Trade using the harbour slowly grew, in spite of damages during several extreme storms, with import as well as exports of products consisting of those from Wansbrough Paper Mill until the 19th century when it increased with the export of iron ore, brought from the Brendon Hills using the West Somerset Mineral Railway, generally to Newport for onward transportation to the Ebbw Vale Steelworks. The West Somerset Railway likewise served the town and also port bringing items and people from the Bristol and Exeter Railway. The iron ore profession decreased and also ceased in the early-20th century. The port proceeded a smaller business profession till 2000 when it was converted into a marina. The church is dedicated to Saint Decuman that is believed to have died right here around 706. An early church was constructed near Daw's Castle and a brand-new church was erected in the 15th century. It has a number of tombs and also monoliths to Sir John Wyndham as well as his household who were the lords of the manor. Samuel Taylor Coleridge's poem The Rime of the Ancient Mariner which was written in the location is celebrated by a sculpture on the harbourside.