Stained glass repair, East London

This pair of quite simple panels, made mainly from low cost regular window glass (Arctic pastern), rather than the 'art glass' often used, had deteriorated such that they were very mobile in the door, plus they were generally undersized, and ill-fitting.  They were removed and the openings securely boarded over, taken apart and the glass washed, then rebuilt with all new lead, and with new glass cut to made them a little longer where they were previously too short for the openings.  We thought the pattern was attractive, showing what can be done with minimal colour.  We turned the job around in 2 weeks.

Fitted July 2012

Streatham stained glass restoration

The main door panel, which incorporates 5 quite heavy, high relief moulded glass pieces, had been previously restored, but had become loose and had a lot of movement when the door was closed.  The narrow reeded glass, which is a feature of these panels, had in parts been replace by a wider (12mm) reed, which detracted from the appearance.  We removed the panel and boarded over the opening.  The panel was taken apart and the glass washed, and the wider reeded pieces re-cut from our (ever diminishing) stock of old and salvaged narrow reed.  The panel was fitted with 3 horizontal support bars.

Fitted July 2012

Stained glass, Beckenham

Neither of these 2 main panels in the door were very well fitting, a painted piece was broken and some of the glass was unsympathetic to the rest, presumably from previous restoration work.  The damaged door panel was rebuilt and both fitted behind new laminated safety glass.  The top panel with the number is new, designed to blend with the door panels.  All panels have steel support rods.

Fitted July 2012

Streatham Common stained glass repair

This panel has become damaged, was removed, new pieces of blue and green glass cut to replace the broken pieces, then rebuilt with new lead, and fitted with a horizontal support bar, previously absent, to help increase its durability.  The curved blue border is an interesting change to the more usual straight one.


Fitted July 2012

Wimbledon Stained glass

We were asked to reproduce this pattern for our client, taken from similar houses locally.  The job included removing the ‘wire-cast’ glass panels that had been fitted in the past, and replacing them with 6.4mm thick laminated safety glass, for security.  We had to increase the depth of the rebates in the door by machining with a router to enable the laminated glass and the new stained glass panel to be fitted properly.  The uncoloured and amber glass are English Muffle.  The new work was then fitted behind the laminated glass and secured with beading

 

Fitted June 2012

Stained glass door, Tulse Hill

We had already rebuilt the leaded glass panels in the frames to the side of the door.  The door  had been fitted with an ugly panel of ‘wire-cast’ glass in the past and this new leaded glass panel made to replace it.

Fitted June 2012

Rebuilt stained glass door panel – Dulwich

As is common with age, the glass in this leaded door panel has become loose in the lead, and the lead joints broken, leaving the panel very loos and floppy.  It was removed, boarded over on the inside for security, then taken apart, the glass washed, and rebuilt into the panel with new lead.  New steel support bars were added on the inside, and the panel held to these with copper tie-wires.

Fitted May 2112