Vijayanagar is settled housing, and it has been settled for a long time. Almost everything we do here replaces something that has worn out. A framed enclosure gone chalky and rusted. A sliding door off its track. A cracked railing panel. Or a shower that has started leaking into the room below. That is a different job from a new flat. It starts with an honest answer about whether it needs replacing at all.
Repair or replace, answered honestly
It depends which part has failed, and we would rather tell you than sell you the bigger job.
If the glass is sound and only the hinges, seals or handle have gone, that is a real repair. It costs a small part of a new enclosure.
If the frame has rusted, the seals have gone hard and the silicone has failed behind the tiles, that is what twenty years usually looks like. Fixing one of those three only lasts a few months, and you pay for the visit twice. Send a photo of the door edge and the bottom track, and we will tell you which it is before anyone travels.
The jobs that are not bathrooms
The houses here bring work that flats do not. A cracked stair railing panel. A fixed screen at an entrance. A sliding terrace partition off its track. Or a broken window pane.
We measure, make and fit all of it the same way. New glass includes taking the old panel away.
A chipped or cracked toughened panel is worth replacing, not watching. Damage to the edge takes away the strength that toughening gives the glass, and a stair railing is not the place to find that out.
Working in a house people live in
This is different from an empty flat, and it shows in how the day runs.
We cover the floors, sheet off the working area so dust does not travel through the house, and take the old enclosure or panel away with us the same day. We do not leave it on your landing.
A single bathroom is half a day to a day. Then allow about a day for the silicone to set before the shower is used. If it is your only bathroom, tell us and we will fit in the morning, so the setting time falls overnight.
