Damage from a baseball, storm, or vandalism is not covered — that’s a homeowner’s insurance claim if repair cost exceeds your deductible. | Situation | Action | |-----------|--------| | One pane cracked, frame fine, window <15 years old | Replace just the IGU | | One pane shattered, frame fine | Replace the IGU | | Window is old, foggy, or frame damaged | Replace whole window | | Tiny cosmetic crack, no air leakage | Temporary tape, but plan to replace IGU |

You walk into your living room and notice it: a clean crack spidering across the glass, or worse, a hole where the neighbor’s errant baseball made contact. But only one of the two panes in your insulated glass unit (IGU) is damaged.

Don’t live with a broken double-pane window. That one crack is silently costing you heating and cooling money every day. Call a local glass shop — they can order or even fabricate a new sealed unit for far less than a full window replacement. Have you fixed a broken double-pane window before? Share your experience (or ask a question) in the comments below.