BTM Layout is built tighter than almost anywhere we work. Buildings sit side by side. The lanes are narrow and full of parked cars. A lot of the flats are rented, not owned. None of that changes the glass. It changes when we arrive, how the panels get up, and who has to say yes before we make anything.
Whose permission we need
A lot of the flats here are rented, so this comes first. If you are the tenant, get the owner's agreement in writing before we make anything.
We ask because toughened glass (safety glass) is made to your exact opening and fits nowhere else. It cannot be returned or sold on if there is a dispute later.
Once that is settled, a rented flat is no different from any other job. If the flat is lived in and you are the owner, tell us and we will work around whoever is there.
Getting a panel up a BTM staircase
Very few buildings here have a lift. The staircases are tight, often with a turn at every half landing.
So the staircase decides the largest panel we can carry, not the opening. We measure it on the same visit as the bathroom.
Where a panel will not make the turn, we build the job as two panels with a slim joint. From a few feet away you cannot see it. What we will not do is force a toughened panel around a corner. When it breaks, it breaks all at once, and it cannot be replaced from stock.
The small businesses on the main roads
Along 16th Main and towards Madiwala there are small shops, clinics and food outlets. The work there is entrance doors, front glass and small inside screens.
A shop door is opened far more often than an office door. So it goes on a floor spring (the closer set into the floor) made for that. Lighter fittings cost less and start slamming within a year.
We work before you open or after you close. A door repair fits into a morning. A full front takes a day, done in stages where we can, so you keep trading.
