unknown glazing bead

A home owner from Goodyear AZ says:
March 15, 2021
Greetings:

I just moved into this house and have noticed a few of the windows have the plastic/vinyl strip either missing or breaking out. I cannot find a window repair place that will even come look at it. I have a few questions: 1 - will my window fall out if this stuff is missing? 2 - It looks like the window isn't in 100% square to the frame so there are larger gaps in some spots where the glazing bead was and much smaller gaps in other areas... this seems like it would be a problem in replacing the bead. 3 - I have no idea what type of glazing bead I need if I were to replace it myself - so I was hoping you can help ID what I have.

Thanks!
Chris
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Tom from SWISCO responded:
March 16, 2021

Hello, Chris! Your windows definitely need glazing bead, yes. These are what hold the glass in the sash frame. If there's no glazing, then your glass will fall out of its own volition. Yours in particular looks like our 55-029, but look over our pictures and dimensions for this product to confirm.

The video below should be of help to you, too. This shows you how typical glazing bead can be replaced.
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