As Warmer Weather Hits Windscreen Cracks Go Down

Since warmer weather has hit the UK in the last couple of month’s windscreen repairs specialists Autoglaze have recorded a drop in the number of callouts.

A large number of cracked windscreens are reported over the winter months as drivers use hot water to try and thaw iced up windows, but it seems that less and less windscreens are getting cracked as the mild spring temperatures prevail.

Gareth Kilburn, Director of Autoglaze, said, “We always see a huge increase in the number of cracked windscreens during the winter months, and things tend to gradually slow down towards the summer. We are still seeing a lot of chipped windscreens, and the number of chips and smashes stays pretty constant throughout the year.”

Autoglaze provide a 24 mobile repair service and will visit you wherever you are, be it at home, at work or any other location. They can also offer same day windscreen repairs, as well as full windscreen replacements where necessary.

Many people ignore small chips in their windscreens, passing it off as insignificant, but small defects can develop into huge cracks at no notice, and it is activities like defrosting a windscreen that can trigger a dangerous crack.

Even a chip from a small stone could develop into a full-scale crack if ignored, in fact driving over a speed bump or breaking too sharply when you have a seemingly harmless chip in your windscreen could be disastrous.

Most small windscreen repairs, if arranged quickly, can be carried out on the spot by injecting a synthetic resin into the glass, and are generally covered by a fully comprehensive insurance policy.

In addition to the dangers of ignoring a chipped windscreen, a chip only has to be larger than 10mm for your car to fail its MOT as 30 per cent of a vehicle’s structural strength is in the windscreen.