Interestingly, because we weren’t insured we could choose where to go and took it to the garage where we always get our cars serviced, so no issue about how it was done, fortunately.
They are actually required to do the ‘key facts’ apparently. It’s very helpful.
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Yes you have to watch that, people like Carglass will also sometimes tell you they can’t get a heated windscreen etc when that is what you are replacing, need to be aware and push back.
Also worth checking cover has not deteriorated in tbe small print upon renewal.
I wouldn’t worry Vero, Mercedes (nor any other manufacturer) make their own screens. The companies that supply manufacturers are the same ones that supply Carglass etc. My only concern with screen replacement would be in newer cars many of which have cameras, RADAR and LIDAR that may need to be calibrated after screen replacement.
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I’ve been trying to get a rough idea of how much it should cost to replace. . If I lived in Holland or Belgium I could collect a replacement from autoglass for 160 euros or get it fitted at home for 300 euros. It doesn’t seem to be a particularly difficult part to replace so surely any competent garage could do the job. It takes about 1 to two hours to fit so it shouldn’t cost more than 250 euros.? Anyway I think it might be worth trying my local garage and see what they say
Have Carglass not come back to you?
If its an old car it wouldnt have a bonded screen so it would be the old rubber gasket seal type? Those are not too difficult and you use a strong cord wrapped aroung the rubber window gasket. As you pull on the cord it pulls the lip of the gasket open.
2 person job I would suggest. Check if there are any youtube videos.
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Frankly, having the screen replaced professionally… gives their guarantee and takes all the stress out of things…
unless you do not plan to actually drive the car on the roads…
(why not get some quotes and save up…)
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Bit of a damming comment on those who diy. Get a better paid job and employ surfs to do your work 
there’s DIY and there are (perhaps) some tasks best left to the experts…
It’s up to the individual to decide… 
OH has just told me, he’s done that sort of replacement in the past (in his youth) but would prefer to pay someone to do it now… 
(and yes, even if he has to save up)
Yes 50 years ago I would consider DIY on the car. I remember very well trying to change the front shock absorbers on an old Renault without the proper tools but I 'm too old, decrepid and a bit wiser so I would not consider doing it myself but if I can trust a garage to change the clutch etc. on a car then surely I can trust them to change a windscreen. I did manage to book a home fit with car glass but no quote has yet been given so hopefully I will hear tomorrow and if it’s not too exhorbitant than that’ll be fine.
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It comes down to if its a bonded screen which requires the power supply to heat the sealing compound or if its a rubber gasket seal as described earlier that could be done by a competent garagiste, no experts required, whatever an expert is?
and you know full well that that is not what I said… 
I would not dream of making a sweeping generalisation… I was replying to a fellow forumite… re his particular situation…
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Only teasing 
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Thanks Corona you’ve saved me a trip to the garage. Just checked the Haynes manual, it is bonded and should be changed by a window specialist
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and ex is a hasbeen and a spurt is a drip under pressure 
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We used one on a crack in the Dyane windscreen. It didn’t solve the issue but it slowed the rate of growth considerably. It was a 3 cm crack and took about a year to grow another centimetre, at which point we got a new windscreen.
The car would have failed an MOT in the UK…
Still no qoute from Carglass but a quote of 750euros from a company in Saint Junien and in the UK £450. So pretty hefty prices. But not totally unexpected for a comfy old car