Thickness of Glass

DidIdothat · Post by **DidIdothat** » Fri Feb 15, 2008 11:57 am

What is the thickness of glass that people have been using for their pond widows?
I want a window 4ft x 2ft, so I intend to get a piece 5ft x 3ft to allow for the overlap.

Also have you used toughened or laminated?

Phil

jason-m · Post by **jason-m** » Fri Feb 15, 2008 2:19 pm

Have a read of this....

[url]http://www.koiquest.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.p ... ght=window[/url]

DidIdothat · Post by **DidIdothat** » Fri Feb 15, 2008 3:57 pm

good call, I'll try that number.

Phil

mstanley · Post by **mstanley** » Fri Feb 15, 2008 4:43 pm

Hi try www.watsons-glass.co.uk

tell them what size you need they will sort you out, they have done loads of window glass for people's ponds
from what i can remember around Â£85 laminated for a standardish size window
regards mark.

jason-m · Post by **jason-m** » Fri Feb 15, 2008 4:46 pm

Forgot to mention Watsons and they are only down the road from me...

Thorny · Post by **Thorny** » Fri Feb 15, 2008 4:59 pm

Unfortunatley Watson Glass is soooooooooo expensive. They will pull Your pants down with there price.
Justin

chaos · Post by **chaos** » Sat Feb 16, 2008 2:08 am

Thorny wrote:Unfortunatley Watson Glass is soooooooooo expensive. They will pull Your pants down with there price.
Justin

LOL, yep agreed, just had the spec and price come back for mine, Â£806, nearly fell over

Thorny · Post by **Thorny** » Sat Feb 16, 2008 8:31 am

Best thing to do is have a phone around Your local Glass shops. I called Watsons for a price it came back at Â£560

and they wanted me to sign all number of contracts blah blah blah

Some lovely lady gave me a contact down our way,(Whitstable Glass) Got the same glass to the same spec for Â£130

I think the trouble with Watsons is they see Koi as a richmans hobbie and just ramp up the price.
Justin

PGREEN1011 · Post by **PGREEN1011** » Sat Feb 16, 2008 11:41 am

Thorny wrote:Best thing to do is have a phone around Your local Glass shops. I called Watsons for a price it came back at Â£560 and they wanted me to sign all number of contracts blah blah blah
Some lovely lady gave me a contact down our way,(Whitstable Glass) Got the same glass to the same spec for Â£130
I think the trouble with Watsons is they see Koi as a richmans hobbie and just ramp up the price.
Justin

Again I have to second what Justin says about Whistable Glass. Very helpful and by far the cheapest quote I had. My glass was approx is approx. 1800mm x 600mm. Total price was Â£180.

Cheers

Paul

chaos · Post by **chaos** » Sun Feb 17, 2008 12:17 am

That sounds better, after all i have the spec now so can just give that to someone else to deal with. Just got to find someone local to do it now....