I am surprised by the level of blasé attitude some writers offer in this thread. An oven door shattering is terrifying and should not happen. If the manufacturer knows this to be a common defect, then they need to address this through materials processing. Glass is a very well understood material which we've been perfecting for 2000 years. As a glass blower I know that there are times when materials are not stable because of processing or impurities in the glass, or what the glass is designed to do, but an oven door should be designed to withstand the high heats which we know it will encounter. It is not the same thing as taking a handblown wine glass and having it shatter in the dishwasher. We know the wine glass will shatter because it isn't made of glass that is able to withstand that kind of contraction and expansion. It is outrageous that GE would even suggest charging someone and treat this as a minimal inconvenience. My oven door shattered 8 days after installing a brand new GE Cafe double oven. This is unacceptable, full stop. The glass dust which is now throughout the oven cannot simply be vacuumed away with any level of assurance that would ever make me think I could cook in the oven without glass dust circulating. Glass dust as small as .05µm is dangerous. That's like suggesting I should vacuum off the glass bench and be able to make a sandwich on it. This is absolutely outrageous.

The glass in the Cabrio lid is probably laminated like the windshield in a car. I'm guessing that it's also tempered as well so that the surface of the glass is always in tension. This would explain the thousand cracks. One of the laminations is probably cracked, while the other lamination is probably still intact, accounting for the good amount of rigidity that's remaining. The only way that something like this could reasonably happen is if the glass received an impact somehow, and since the lid is spring balanced, it's not likely that it could drop fast enough by itself to create a big enough impact, unless of course that either the hinge, or the balance spring is broken. Can you tell which of the laminations is shattered? If it's the bottom lamination you can rule out something dropping onto the the top surface.

Hi Michael! (Thought you'd "semi-retired" from the forum!) I'll have to respectfully disagree, to a degree, with the statement of primer protecting for 5 months. Per the link below... Sure, the primer will protect the wood...briefly...but after a winters'-worth of cold, ice, dirt, & grit, it's gonna be too dried-out to recover much "grip". Even if sanded... Plus...the difficulties of resanding, cleaning when they're on the house. Just MY thoughts anyway...;-) Faron Here is a link that might be useful: PQI info on priming...

Love those views and my gosh you must change those windows for the sake of the views!!! New double pane windows are today 1000 times better that what you have in place. Our house, in the SF Bay Area facing SW, had EXACTLY the same problems you have now. We had Aluminum double pane "builder grade" and in the summer, the glare was blinding and they transmitted heat into the house. In the winter, it was cold and produced condensation like crazy on high humidity days. We are on a hillside with spectacular valley views but the drapes were always drawn. What a waste. After switching to new windows 4 years ago, the change is spectacular, literally. New double pane now offers a spectrrally selective coating known as Low-E. There is Low-E II, 3 and up to 4 now. They eliminate glare, keep out UV rays, cut down heat transmission. Better windows also offer Argon gas between the pane to further reduce heat transmission into and out of the house. Low-E II (3 or 4) plus Argon gas keeps you warm in the winter and cool in the summer and it gives you spectacular views out your windows. You may find that interior window treatment is now optional and can simply rely on the exterior solar shades to cut out the setting sun's direct rays into the house. There are fiberglass windows, fiberglass exterior and wood (paint or stain) interior windows, aluminum clad exterior and wood interior windows and vinyl windows. We have had very good experience buying Marvin, Andersen and Milgard. There are others (Pella, Kolbe-Kolbe, Loewen, etc) but I am only familiar with these three and they have all worked well for our homes over many years. You will not regret one bit swithing to new low-E II and argon filled double pane. Your husband will be shocked by the spectacular glare-less views! Geat ready to Enjoy!