Another shattered window

[Yannis]

I shattered the port sliding window by closing it hard.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/191620136 ... ed-public/


Anyway, yesterday we replaced it with a new tinted one.
The window was first positioned inside the frame and then we slid the top and bottom plastic trims in place with silicone in the window-side groove.
Verdict: As with the rear fixed windows that can be replaced without removing the alu frame, the sliding windows can also be replaced in a similar manner.

Old window removed, plastic bag to cover the void...
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/509 ... ab96_b.jpg

New window placed inside the frame...
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/509 ... 7327_b.jpg

Trims cleaned from old silicone and old felt ...
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/509 ... 229d_b.jpg

Added silicone into trim's groove and slid trim over the window. Same process for lower trim...
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/509 ... 1e90_b.jpg

Done. Mosquito mesh put back in place and mesh's subframe screwed-in too.
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/509 ... 4b46_b.jpg

[Tony Meola]

Yannis

You really need to stop breaking those windows. They are not easy to replace.

[Yannis]

Haha you're right Tony.

I had long removed the forward plastic trim which was on the glass, thinking that it didn't make good contact onto the aluminum frame. Also, I thought that the glass looked better without the trim. Little did I know that the exposed glass extremity is very fragile and prone to shatter if hit at its edge...

I was so lucky that a previous owner had put a grey anti glaze membrane on the inner side of all cabin windows, otherwise the window would have collapsed on the galley and I would have no window at all during the whole summer, as this incident happened the day I arrived to my first island destination.
The rest is history and...some euros spent instead of saved.

I quickly put back the trim to the opposite window too, and forgot all about how cool is a window without a forward trim...