Glass and Window Repair in Wakari, Dunedin
Glass and Window Repair Dunedin works throughout Wakari, on the elevated ground below Flagstaff. Sliding window rollers and tracks, friction stays, re rubbering, fogged sealed units, broken glass and retrofit double glazing.
- Housing here: 1950s to 1970s housing on elevated ground
- Most common job: Sliding windows, hardware and retrofits
- 24 hour emergency board up
- Free measure and a fixed written price
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Wakari sits high and open, which gives it two characteristics that show up in every job. It gets colder than the sheltered inner suburbs, because elevation and exposure both work against it. And it catches more weather, so joinery here is worked harder than the same joinery three hundred metres lower down.
Elevation costs you heat
Temperature drops with height, and on a still frosty night the difference between Wakari and the harbour edge is real. Single glazed windows up here spend more of the winter well below the dew point of the room air behind them.
That makes retrofitting a more visible change here than in the sheltered suburbs. It also makes Low E worth the roughly one third premium on the glass, because the coating is working against a bigger temperature difference for more of the year.
Exposure and hardware wear
Open sites load a sash every time the weather comes through. Friction stays take that load, and on an exposed elevation they wear out faster and are more likely to be bent by a sash that was left on the latch.
So on Wakari jobs we look hard at hardware rather than just glass, and on the weather side we fit a restrictor stay as a matter of course. It costs very little at the time and it stops the same repair coming back.
Postwar joinery, straightforward work
The housing here is mostly 1950s to 1970s, which means aluminium sliders and awnings with hardened rubbers and worn rollers rather than heritage timber. That is good news for cost: the frames are usually sound, the profiles are common, and the parts are stocked.
Re rubbering plus retrofitted units transforms how these houses feel for a fraction of what new joinery would cost.
What we get called out for in Wakari
- Window Repair in Wakari, diagnosed before anything is quoted, not after.
- Glass Repair in Wakari, common sizes measured and glazed in 24 to 48 hours.
- Double Glazing Repair in Wakari, failed sealed units replaced, frames retained.
- Thermally Broken Windows in Wakari, insulating strip through the frame stops the cold bridge.
- Low E Glass Upgrade in Wakari, invisible metallic coating that reflects heat back inside.
Wakari sits on the same run as Roslyn, Maori Hill and Green Island, so we are usually in the area anyway.
Window repair in Wakari: common questions
Is it colder up in Wakari?
Measurably, yes. Elevation and exposure both work against you, which is why condensation complaints are more common here than down near the harbour.
Should I add Low E up here?
We would recommend it. The coating adds roughly a third to the glass price and works against a bigger temperature difference for more of the year.
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