Hello World! Welcome Friends! Your windows add beauty and light to your home, but they also keep your home insulated and protected from the elements. When a window breaks, it can affect your entire home. Most people don’t have any idea how to deal with a broken window beyond cleaning up the broken glass.
Accidents happen, and your windows could end up in sharp pieces of broken glass in your home in just seconds. It may be a thrown toy, a wayward baseball, or an attempted home invasion that caused your broken window.
The key to safety in these situations is knowing how to act quickly. Calling in a glass expert like vanisleglass.com can quickly help you mitigate the problem. Let’s take a closer look at how to handle a broken window.
Safety First
Beyond the incredible sharpness of broken glass, there are other safety concerns to address when you have a broken window in your home. If you come home and find a broken window in your home, and you suspect an attempted robbery, do not enter the house. Call the police and wait for them to inspect the situation.
Once you have established that you haven’t experienced an attempted home invasion, it’s time to ensure that your family is safe. Check with each one of your family members to ensure that they haven’t been injured.
Clean Up
You don’t want to leave the broken glass out in your home. Once you find a broken window, cleaning up the glass quickly should be your priority. If you have pets or small children in your home, the broken glass can be a serious danger. Keep everyone out of the area with the broken glass to prevent injuries or tracking of glass shards throughout your home.
Using sturdy gloves for protection from the dangerous shards of glass, pick up the larger pieces first and put them in a bucket or cardboard box. Do not use a garbage bag that sharp pieces of glass can easily tear.
On hard flooring surfaces, use your broom and dustpan to clean up the rest of the mess. In carpeted areas, use your shop vacuum to pick up the smaller shards of glass. To ensure that you have removed the smallest shards of glass, use your vacuum on all floor surfaces with a crevice tool to get into the baseboards and around furniture.
Secure Your Windows
It may take a few days to bring in a new window for your home, so you must cover and secure your home. Using wood sheeting, thick cardboard, or plastic sheeting, cover your window area and secure it with duct tape.
Call Your Insurance Provider
Most damages to your home, including broken windows, are covered under your home insurance policy. Once you have secured your home and cleared away the mess of your broken window, it’s time to call your insurance broker. Let them know about your broken window and ask about any applicable deductible.
Whether your window has been broken by accident, during a severe storm, or by invaders, your needs remain the same. You need to repair the window as soon as possible. If you have a broken window in your home, follow these steps to help fix the problem and protect your home.
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