Quotes, warranties and working with glaziers: buy glass work with your eyes open.

Building new lets you pick the whole window; retrofitting means working with the frames you have. How the glass strategy differs.

A lifetime warranty on paper often means a decade on the seal and nothing on breakage. How to read glass and installation warranties.

Good glaziers answer specific questions without flinching. The short list that separates a careful contractor from a smooth talker.

Glass type, thickness, coatings, tempering, labor and disposal all hide inside one number. How to unpack a glazing quote before you compare two of them.