[JayG]

One of my cold frame lids (now off the frame) blew over in a freak gust of wind at the weekend and broke both glass panes (each one half a standard 2' X 2' greenhouse glass pane.)

Went to a local glaziers today, wondering how much more it would cost than the £5 it cost me the last time I had to buy one a few years ago.

Answer: A LOT MORE! £8.96 to be precise. 

Have I been robbed?

(Think I'll be looking at polycarbonate sheets anyway if that's the going rate for glass these days.)

[Lardman]

Fashionable hobbies cost more 

I think I remember posting at the time, it was cheaper for me to buy another ebay greenhouse (with a bit of glass left) than it was to buy the few bits new I needed for re-glazing my original second hand one.

[compostqueen]

My last sheet was £5, last year, from the double glazing place

[surbie100]

There are various people on fleabay selling it at £2/sheet

[Nikkithefoot]

Since my greenhouses were destroyed in 2014 I have about 40 remaining panes of greenhouse glass that no-one wants. I have tried to offer it for free in the local area but to no avail. Everyone wants it delivered to them.....sorry no can do, or wants it safe for their children......um it IS Glass!!!! If only Sheffield wan't so far away.

[JayG]

Thanks Nikki - as you say Sheffield to Dorset and back is a bit of a stretch, although I would have thought that anyone within a 20 miles or so radius from you would realize it's cost effective to collect a dozen or so free sheets of glass unless they've managed to find an exceptional deal which includes delivery.

Having said that, I must admit that having had one of my original, probably defective, panes break into shards just as I opened the door shortly after putting mine together I can understand those looking for a safer alternative. 

[gremlin]

You had me worried JayG.   
But have just bought 2'x2' glass for £4 each, nicely wrapped in paper (!) and carried to my car.
Got a VAT receipt and all. 

[sunshineband]

You had me worried JayG.   
But have just bought 2'x2' glass for £4 each, nicely wrapped in paper (!) and carried to my car.
Got a VAT receipt and all. 

Yes, we have been able to have a similar service from someone local.

I would check the price of polycarbonate sheeting though JayG. Now that did come as a shock!!

[syks grower]

JayG £8.96 is not the going rate for 2'x2' glass in South Yorkshire.
Rotherham Glazing sell it under a fiver.
Earlier this year replaced 12 pains in a second hand greenhouse which included several pains cut to size for £61.
Local builders merchants also sell it for under  £5
I think you have been charged over the odds

[JayG]

I think you have been charged over the odds

So do I, even though I went to a different glazing firm from the one I'd previously been to because I thought they were getting a bit expensive! 

Touch wood, no further mishaps since I started this thread...