Have A Storm Glass Repair Plan In Place
If you live in or plan on moving to an area with a lot of storms, it's a good idea to have some weather damage repairs on reserve. Researching different professionals, rates, and policies is a lot harder when you're in dire need of repairs, especially since you run the chance of attracting price gougers. Here are a few things to consider as you prepare your vehicle, home, and anything else with easily broken glass and exteriors for stormy weather.
Insurance And Repair Opportunities
Many glass repair businesses have a routine process of helping customers who have auto or property insurance. It's guaranteed money for the repair professionals, since they're working with a corporation's mostly automated system with a simple verification of the job done instead of risking their time with individuals only.
For you as the customer, it means that you just need to share your insurance information to get repairs done. If you already have auto or home insurance, look through your policy to figure out if you're already covered for auto glass replacement, weather damage replacement, or some sort of repairs related to common problems in your area.
Contact your insurance company or a new insurance company only after you've verified that your don't have coverage. You don't want to risk getting an insurance sales rep who may sign you up for more policy features than you want. This can happen whether you're buying a package bigger than what you need, or through other unscrupulous activities with banks and insurance companies that have a lot of small fee policies that can "accidentally" slip in.
The key here is to get affordable repairs without needing cash on hand in an emergency, and paying a small fee while avoiding the many pitfalls from insurance systems is a great way to keep you and repair professionals in your area working together in harmony.
Glass Repairs For The Home
Replacing or repairing windshields and windows in a car is usually a simple process, and one that keeps companies on the move as hail storms, pebbles from the highway, or hurricane debris damages entire fleets of vehicles. For the home, you can do a lot more to protect your investment.
Ask a glass repair and replacement professional about hurricane-resistant windows. These windows have multiple layers that include a film similar to the safety glass on vehicle windshields, but with a few more layers to resist heavy impact.
In addition to hurricane impact windows, you can ask about shade and temperature reduction windows that use either a shaded film layer, small notches to create a subtle prism effect, or gas injection to filter out light radiation.
Contact a glass repair and replacement professional to discuss other area of glass protection and replacement in your home, business, and vehicles.