John Derbyshire opines:
See, the demon spawn who claims to be my son has managed to break one of our bathroom windows. The age of glaziers and putty is long past, I now learn. The only thing anybody will do is buy a new window and install it. This being the bathroom, the window is tiled in, so there’s a detiling/tiling job involved too. I’m looking at HUNDREDS OF DOLLARS.
WTF? Get a piece of glass cut, buy (or make) some glazier’s putty, and fix it yourself, John…
I realize you’re a Brit, and maybe you call a contractor for that kind of thing, but for crying out loud, I learned how to replace glass panes when I was a kid. I reputtied one myself just last fall, and I have another broken one I need to fix before it gets cold.