Broken door glass is two problems at once: an injury risk and an open building. They get solved in that order — make it safe, make it secure, then make it right.
First hour: make it safe
- Keep people and pets away from the opening; tempered glass shards travel further than you'd expect
- Don't pull loose shards out of the frame by hand
- Photograph everything before anything is cleaned up — insurers ask
- If it's a break-in, call police before disturbing the scene
How a board-up works
We clear the frame of loose glass, cut plywood or polycarbonate to the opening and fix it so the door still functions where possible. On storefronts, that often means the door stays lockable and the business can trade the next morning. The board-up is temporary but weathertight.
Then the reglazing
Door glass is safety glass by code — tempered or laminated depending on the location and the door type. It is cut to size, which means the permanent panel arrives after the board-up in nearly every case. Sealed units for exterior doors take longer than single tempered panels.
What we need from you on the call
- Rough size of the opening and whether the glass is in a door or a fixed panel
- Whether the door still locks
- Residential or commercial, and whether anyone is on site
