Bellshill is about fifteen minutes from us in Wishaw, straight along the A721 through Motherwell. From the town centre and Orbiston to Mossend, Hattonrigg and the new houses on the old Clydesdale steelworks site, and out to Holytown and New Stevenston, we replace misted, cracked and smashed glass in the windows and doors you already have, from £75 for a hopper sized pane. Dropped doors, failed locks and worn hinges are part of the same work.

Glass replacement in Bellshill

Most glass jobs start with a window that has misted between the panes. That haze is a sign that the seal round the edge of the sealed unit has failed and let damp air in, and it will not clear, whatever the weather does. We measure the unit, have a new one made to size and fit it into your existing frame, leaving the window itself alone.

If the glass has been broken rather than misted, the order changes. The opening is made safe first, and the new unit goes in once it has been made, which our broken window repair page explains step by step. Door glass and the panels beside a door go back in as safety glass, and patterned bathroom glass can usually be matched to what you have. Our window glass replacement page covers the rest.

What else we fix in Bellshill

  • Misted or cracked sealed units, replaced from £75 for a hopper sized pane
  • Smashed glass made safe and reglazed
  • Door glass and obscure bathroom glass
  • Doors that drop, catch on the frame or refuse to lock
  • Worn hinges, stiff handles, failed cylinders and tired seals
  • New uPVC windows and doors when the frames are finished

Glass in upstairs flats

More than a quarter of the homes around Bellshill are flats, and people in upstairs flats often assume a glass job means ladders or scaffolding. Usually it does not. Most uPVC windows are beaded on the inside, so the old unit comes out and the new one goes in from inside the room. Some older windows are beaded on the outside, and those need a closer look before we can say how the glass will come out, which is one more reason a photo on WhatsApp helps.

If you are thinking about new windows for an upstairs flat, reversible windows and tilt and turn windows both let you clean the outside of the glass from indoors.

Mining, steel and the housing that followed

Bellshill started as a weaving village and grew into a mining town in the middle of the nineteenth century, ringed by collieries at Hattonrigg, Orbiston, Milnwood and beyond, with the Mossend iron works opening in 1839. Many of the sandstone buildings in the centre are late Victorian, and the miners’ rows that once stood behind Main Street housed, among others, around two hundred Lithuanian families before the First World War.

After the war the county council built at Orbiston, with hundreds of houses going up in the early fifties, and Viewpark, just to the west, was built over the same years. Much of that housing has since been bought and re-windowed by its owners, so the windows and doors on a single street can be of every age and make.

Bellshill is also building again. The council has put up new homes at Belvidere Road, Caledonian Avenue, Community Road and Thorn Road over the last ten years, Holytown gained the Torrance Park estate in the 2010s, and more than four hundred homes are planned on the former Clydesdale steelworks site. New houses have their own early faults, mostly doors that settle and catch in the first year or two.

What a repair costs in Bellshill

No call out fee, and no charge for coming to look. You pay for the work done.

Glass replacement starts at £75 for a hopper sized unit. Bigger panes, safety glass, obscure patterns and leaded designs cost more, and hardware depends on the part, so a handle and a gearbox are nowhere near the same price. We quote every job on its own. Send a photo on WhatsApp with a rough width and height and we can usually give you a ballpark straight away.

Getting out to Bellshill

Bellshill is about fifteen minutes from the workshop, so it is an easy run for us. We work Monday to Friday, 8am to 5pm. Smashed glass and doors that will not lock get priority, so mention it when you ring.

We do the work ourselves, with no subcontractors, so whoever measures your glass will be the one who fits it.

Not sure what is wrong? Send a photo of the window or door on WhatsApp and we will give you a quick idea of the fix and the cost, with no obligation.

Call 01698 604 278 or message us on WhatsApp for a free quote on glass, window or door repairs in Bellshill.

New windows and doors in Bellshill

Bellshill has no conservation area, so when frames really are past saving, new windows are straightforward. We supply and fit them ourselves, casement windows for most houses and uPVC or Palladio composite doors at the front. There is no charge for measuring or quoting, and our new windows and double glazing page explains the styles.

Questions from Bellshill

A pane has been smashed. What happens first?

Making it safe. Broken glass is cleared and the opening is secured so the house can be locked up, then the glass is measured for a new unit, which goes in when it has been made. If it has happened at night or over a weekend and you need it secured before we can get there, our broken window repair page explains what you can safely do in the meantime.

Our house is in one of the new estates and the door has started catching. Who do we call?

The builder or your landlord first, while the house is new enough to be covered by them. If it is your own house and that cover has run out, call us. It is usually a hinge and keep adjustment.

Is it worth fixing windows that are twenty five years old?

Usually. If the frames are sound, a new unit or a new set of hinges buys you years for a fraction of the cost of new windows. Our guide on how long uPVC windows and doors last sets out what wears and what does not.

Before you call us out

A lot of the jobs we get in Bellshill start as one of these questions. The answers are free to read and there is no sales pitch in any of them.

There are nearly fifty articles in all in our window and door advice section.

We also cover Uddingston and Bothwell, Motherwell, Blantyre and Coatbridge. There is a full list of every town we work in on our areas we cover page.