Emergency Boarding Up in Manchester

It is answered by our own dispatch team, who know the engineers and the area. They can tell you what to do in the meantime and give you a real arrival time, not a script.

Typically within sixty minutes in our twelve priority areas. Elsewhere across Greater Manchester and north Cheshire we tell you a realistic time on the phone. If we cannot meet a time we will say so, not promise and miss it.

Yes. Evenings, weekends and bank holidays carry a higher rate than standard hours, and the pricing page says so plainly. What does not change is that you are told the figure before anyone is dispatched.

We will tell you on the phone if we think it can wait, and what the price difference is. The decision is yours. If you would still like someone tonight, we come.

With 18mm exterior plywood cut to the opening on site and screwed through to the frame, or braced across the reveal with timber battens where the frame itself is damaged. It cannot be levered off from outside without tools and noise. Fixings go into the frame or the reveal rather than the brickwork wherever possible, so there is nothing to make good when the glass goes in. Inside, the boarding is sealed against draughts and rain.

Boarding is weathertight and secure for weeks if it has to be, which matters when a loss adjuster wants to inspect before repairs start or a made-to-measure unit is on order. It is not something to leave for months: it signals an empty property, and some insurers set a limit. We measure for the replacement glass on the same visit and, if you want, hold the order until the insurer has signed off.

Yes, including large single panes and full-height frontages in the Northern Quarter, Didsbury village and Altrincham town centre. A two-person team attends with sheet material and lifting kit, and the boarding is fitted so you can trade behind it in the morning. Our shopfront and commercial glazing team then manufactures the replacement glass and fits it outside trading hours.

Yes. After a break-in the door, frame and lock are often damaged as well as the glass, and our locksmith attends alongside the boarding team so the property is secured in one visit. Locks are changed or repaired, the door is realigned if it has been kicked, and the frame is made safe. Everything is itemised for the insurer on one invoice, and our guide to what to do after a break-in explains the steps.

On the night, usually, because the glass for most double glazed windows and all shopfronts has to be made to order, so boarding is the only option. Where a single pane or a stock size can be fitted immediately, our emergency glazier does that and you avoid a second visit. On the phone we ask about the window and tell you which is the cheaper route for your opening, and quote both if it is not clear.