I got an opportunity to get some older window with single pane glass. Some of the glass in the small ones are broke. They are 5x5 feet and the pieces of glass are ~ 1 foot in size that make up the 5x5 foot windows. I'm looking to use then in a line shack, so nothing needs to be new or energy efficient etc..

My question is do you know how expensive it is to replace the glass?

If glass is to expensive look into plexiglass maybe.

12x12 panes are probably only a couple dollars each. A tub of window glazing is about 5 bucks, and a package of points about 3 dollars. There is a learning curve, but it's not a difficult skill to learn.

Plexiglass is higher then glass.
Glass is getting spendy also.
Cheapest is to fill those broken panes places with plywood if you don't care how they look?
Of find old windows and save the glass and have it cut to the size.

Window pane glass used to be cheap, any hardware store will cut to your measurements, or you can try to cut it yourself, there's a learning curve to that that I couldn't seem to master, lol

As long as the wood frame is sound, you clean out the old putty, replace glass, install the glass points, small triangular "nails" to hold the glass in place and re putty with a glassing putty...

the wood "channel" for the glass has to be free of any debris or you risk cracking the glass when you putty it.

That's the down and dirty DIY method.....

Have no idea what a window place would charge....

Thanks for the info. It looks like glass isn't high price so that is good. I do have old glass from old windows I can use but I would have someone cut it. I haven't putty in windows for many years, but I have done my share, so I have a clue on that part.

So, with the info I got I will mostly take them. They would look good in the shack and not concerned about energy efficient but I will be heating the place with wood but only there off and on.

Just make sure when measuring the glass to make the panes a little undersize, trying to wrestle a tight pane into maybe not a precise frame will crack them...

Glass ain't cheap here...
I do a lot in the schools and it has went
Up from $3-4 to $12 to 15 per pane.
We go through a lot too.

Good advice!

Donnie H >>> thanks for that. I will see about used glass I have a lot of old panes at the ranch which I have saved through the years. I might even take some out of an old homestead I'm waiting to get demolished.

Last one I replaced was 9.5"x23" and I think index $20. I don't pay much attention to price whan it has to be done so can't remember. Boys threw an orange and it went through that part of the window.

You can get caulk glaze or a pudy that come in a tub. You get a ball of the putty out of the tub and roll it out between your palms like your making a snake. Place it in the window and smothe it out with scraper or similar tool.

Glass has gone up quite a bit in the last two years. On top of that shipping has gong way up. My wife orders a lot of glass. Most of the time over a thousands pounds at a time. But for what you need it will not be too bad in price. When cutting used glass, it needs to be clean on the side you score it on. Old glass does not cut as easy as new glass. It wii often run rather than follow the score. But it can be done.

Really old glass doesn't cut for crap.

not bad about 5 dollars a square foot for the glass at ace
living not that far from an ace hardware I measure my size and drive to the hardware store and let them cut it on their cutting table then wrap it in cardboard and bring it home
you go 1/4 inch smaller than your opening so you have 1/8th inch wiggle room all the way around measure extra times and write it down.

I like the glazing in a caulk tube much easier to put in nice

clean out broken glass and scrape out old glazing these are cheap or an old chisel works
https://www.acehardware.com/departm...nd-supplies/painting-accessories/1014816

glazing points these hold the glass in while you glaze it https://www.acehardware.com/departments/hardware/window-and-screen-hardware/window-glazing/11182

glaze in a tube https://www.acehardware.com/departments/paint-and-supplies/caulk-and-sealants/caulk/12915
I think I was getting about 3 36x48 windows out of a tube but it may have been only 2

you want to re-glaze anything that is dry and easy to remove

I cheated a little and used a wire brush cup on my 1/4 inch angled die grinder to take out loose glaze it it was really stuck I left it in and glazed over it with new

make sure to paint the frames

Ive got lots of old double hung single pane windows, with the old "wavy" glass, I rebuild them a little at a time as I redo each room in the house. Glass is cheap, but, plexiglass is more durable, and not terribly expensive. Also, Ive given up on traditional window glazing putty, and just use a good caulk, smoothed to look like traditional glazing.

plexi glass will crack when it gets cold then gets hit with wind and debris more easily than glass. i use it on my deck a few times and i have to replace it often.

It also "clouds up" from, UV light.