Dulwich renovated stained glass

Unusual octagonal door panel, with number - the client had a replacement door made to the original pattern.  We remove the stained glass from the old door, took it apart and rebuilt it replacing the broken glass.  We fitted it into the new door behind a protective panel of glass...

Fitted April 2015

New and restored stained glass, Kenley

Our client was replacing the door and surround, and wanted to retain the existing leaded glass panels at the sides, and have new panels made for the door.  We refurbished the originals and made the 2 new door panels to the same design.  They are all fitted behind laminated safety glass.  Our client emailed: 'Many thanks for doing the glass and fitting it yesterday, it looks great.'

Fitted November 2014

Stained glass door set in Battersea, SW11

Stained glass door panels, Battersea

We made and installed the 3 panels in the door to blend with the existing top panel with the house number – which while not original had been made in the original style.  The door panels were fitted behind laminated safety glass for protection and durability.   We used our regular set of 4 typical Victorian pastel colours, in English Muffle glass, and some old, salvaged large Muranese pattern for the uncoloured squares.  A flashed red glass was used for added brilliance.  Our client was kind enough to comment: ‘The stained glass looks absolutely brilliant. Thank you so much. You do fantastic work.’

Fitted September 2013

Stained glass repairs and restoration – Norwood, SE25

All of these 3 panels were quite badly deteriorated – broken pieces and sagging.  We had sufficient old glass to fairly closely match almost all of the broken pieces - As you can see the side panel were fitted behind laminated glass, and the centre circle supported by 2 vertical rods, set into the frame and tied to the panel with wires.

Fitted May 2013

Stained glass restoration and security- Morden, SM4

This panel was damaged, despite being fitted behind a pane of (non-security) glass – which was very grimy on both sides.  It was all removed, the leaded panel rebuilt replacing the broken pieces – and where we were not happy with the colour matching we replaced both the broken piece and its opposite unbroken piece.  The panel was fitted behind new laminated glass. 

Our client was kind enough to say: Just a quick email to say thank you for the restoration of our front door window. You said I'd never look at as much as I did on the day it was first installed but we stop and look at it whenever we're in the hallway. It was a talking point at a party when some friends had similar work done by someone else and their's didn't look half as good.

Fitted May 2013

Stained glass door panel repairs – Streatham, SW16

This quite intensively leaded, and therefore heavy, square panel has suffered various repairs in the past, was quite loose as well as having some broken pieces.  Several of the pieces replaced in the past weren’t particularly well cut. We rebuilt it with new lead, and fitted behind laminated glass for both security and durability – in this case there was sufficient depth to fit this without the need to deepen the openings. 

Fitted April 2013

This shot and the one below are
both taken from the outside

Its shows how differently the outer
panels of glass can look depending
on the light and the viewing angle

Stained glass door panels – Sydenham, SE26

This pattern, made up in the 4 traditional pastel shades of coloured glass (English Muffle glass) is proving popular.  Here they are fitted behind laminated glass for protection – this is virtually invisible from the inside, but can be seen from the outside, due to the reflections.

Fitted in February 2013

For reference the colours in the main hexagon pieces are know as:

Princess Blue (4909)
Regency Gold (4917)
Scottish Heather (4905)
Salem Green (4915)

The smaller squares and triangles are in glass from a different range, as is the red border.

Sandblasted fanlight

Design sandblasted onto 6.4mm laminated safety glass - we see so many of these done with just the number in Times font - and its very little extra trouble to some up with something a little more interesting...

Fitted in Wandsworth in February 2013

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

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 panels, Brixton

One of the 2 larger panels had been destroyed and substituted with a pane of plain ‘wirecast’ glass.  The other was beginning to disintegrate and was very dirty, fitted behind a sheet of plain ordinary glass, that wasn’t well sealed into the opening. 

All the glass was removed and new laminated safety glass sealed into the openings.  The intact leaded panel was taken apart and cleaned, and used as a pattern to cut the glass for a new matching panel.  The 2 panels were put together with new lead and set behind the laminated glass, retained with new beading and a support bar.

This is a good example of how laminated glass outer panel can appear in bright light.   

Fitted March 2012

Restored stained glass, Bromley

This pair of leaded front door panel in Bromley had been restored in the past, but had begun to loosen and bow somewhat.  We removed them both and fitted laminated safety glass into the openings.  The panels were taken apart, various broken pieces replaced, then rebuilt with new lead, cemented and fitted behind the laminated glass, supported with horizontal steel saddle bars.

Fitted February 2012

Dulwich stained glass

This pair of panels were fitted in an outer porch door in July 2010. The door had solid panels and when closed provided no light to the hall. We arranged for the panels to be cut out, taking great care to ensure that the detailed moulding (a bolection moulding) around them on the outside was kept intact and the integrity of the door retained. We the fitted laminated glass into the openings for security, and the new leaded panels fitted behind these.

Restored stained glass - Balham

This pair of panels, which had been partly restored in the past, had suffered bowing and a few broken pieces - mainly because they were inadequately retained in the door. Previous work had replaced one of the painted birds (presumably broken) with a plain disc of glass We were asked to restore the panels, and make them more secure. A new bird was provided and the panels partly disassembled and then re-leaded. They were refitted in June 2010 behind panels of laminated safety glass.

Installation of leaded panels behind laminated safety glass affords much greater security, since it is almost impossible to penetrate.  It also provides protection to the leaded panel, particularly for busy households. If installed on the outside – providing maximum deterrent factor, the outer sheet of glass means that the external appearance particularly in daylight is different to an unprotected panel due to reflections.The appearance from the inside is unaffected.  Some clients decide that they prefer the unprotected option, whist others are happy to accept the look, given the security provided; the unchanged appearance from the inside, and that at night the internal lighting, usually from the hall, tends to overcome the reflections, which are quite visible in this shot.