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drb_01
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# Posted: 12 Mar 2020 23:44
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Hello-
Any suggestion appreciated:
I have a French-style patio door and now a single glass pane window has cracked ...badly. Is it possible to replace only the glass pane or will i need to replace the whole door (or just one side of the door)? I have attached image. Thanks for any suggestion! 
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ICC
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# Posted: 13 Mar 2020 00:11
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Are those individual panes of single glass? You may have difficulty in finding glass with a matching pattern.
Is that a storm door or "the" door?
If that is the main weather barrier door, I'd install a new prehung door with modern dual-pane lites to have better insulation values that can be had today.
If that is a storm door I still might give some thought to a new door unless I could match the glass exactly. But then I just hate things that look like a patch up job and that is what it might look like unless the glass was a very good match.
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Brettny
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# Posted: 13 Mar 2020 05:25
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You can buy new window inserts but you may Need to make the hole in the door bigger. This being a single pane window if it's not a storm door I would look into replacing the whole door.
Don't buy a door from a big box store. They suck.
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Princelake
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# Posted: 13 Mar 2020 07:20
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Easy glass replacement. The interior should have screw caps or cover strip. Pop those off and in screw it. The outside may have adhesive so you'll have to run a knife around the frame and push it out. Most building centers have replacements
It's easy with 2 people. One holding the glass from the outside and the other screwing from the inside.
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drb_01
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# Posted: 13 Mar 2020 11:21
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Thanks so much to all. I should mention the damage is in a single pane of a dual-pane door glass. It’s the door that leads to the porch area, so it’s exposed to the elements! Thanks a lot for your helpful suggestions and will follow up on them.
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