WINDOW FITTER
DESCRIPTION OF DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Window Fitter Job Description and Duties:

What window fitter(glazier) could help You the Homeowner with:
Window fitter(glazier) is a skilled tradesman who cuts, installs, and removes glass (and materials which substitute glass, such as plastics). window fitters work with glass installed in various surfaces and settings, such as windows, shower doors, doors, skylights, storefronts, display cases, mirrors, interior walls, facades, ceilings, and tabletops.
Some of the duties performed by window fitters(glaziers):
-glazier follows blueprints and/or specifications;
-glazier removes old or broken glass before installing replacement glass;
-Window fitter cuts glass to the specified sizes and shapes;
-Glazier makes or installs sashes or moldings for glass installation afterwards;
-Window fitter fastens glass into sashes or frames with clips, moldings, or other types of fasteners;
-Glazier adds weather seal or putty around pane edges to seal the joints;
The job of the glazier involves working with dangerous substances and dangerous materials and relevant training is required for them to complete the job in a safe manner.
Occupational hazards encountered by glaziers include the risks of being cut by glass or tools and falling from scaffolds or ladders or lead exposure from old lead paint on antique windows.The use of heavy equipment to move a load of glass may also cause injury.
Securing Your domestic property with windows that are strong and serviceable and will keep the weather out is very important to you the Homeowner.
Glaziers install different types of windows and different types of glass:
-Roof Lights;
-Safety glass;
-Patterned glass;
-Cat Flaps;
-Lead Lights;
-Boarding(temporary blocking of access to the openings in which the windows are to be installed);
-Mirrors;
-Double Glazed Units;
Glaziers provide an emergency service in case the window is broken in non-sociable hours and the glass installation cannot be left till the daylight.
Glaziers work on 24/7 basis sending a specialist as soon as call was received.
Emergency glazier would arrive, assess the extent of the damage and would make a necessary measurements for any glass or any additional materials required. In case the glazier does not have the correct size or grade of glass with him, he would clean up the debris and provide the temporary boarding before returning to his office to order the necessary glass and materials. As soon as the correct sized glass and materials are sourced, the glazier returns to the property to fit the replacement glass. Hiring a professional window fitter/glazier is a very good idea. The glass replacement job requires wide set of special skills, knowledge and experience.