SOUTH LONDON & SUSSEX STAINED GLASS

A WORLD THROUGH DIFFERENT COLOURED GLASSES

Double Glazing - all is not lost! - take a look

There are a lot of advantages in double glazing - and you can get double glazed sealed units with a stained glass effect - using self adhesive lead strips combined with coloured lacquers. BUT they do lack the visual impact of the traditional techniques since they use a single sheet of glass, in a rigid plane and much of the reflection and life of a traditionally made leaded pane is lost.

If you have double glazed windows and would like a stained glass or leaded light, we can usually make up a panel to mount on the inside, next to the glass. These panels are usually framed with a zinc border which sits within the existing frame (uPVC, aluminium or timber) and held in place usually with metal bars (much like the re-inforcing bars on a traditional installation) set into the window reveal (the aperture in the wall in which the window is set).

The effect is pretty convincing - certainly from the inside looking out. It is excellent for partially obscuring the view into the room from the outside, and for all the other reasons why you might wish to have stained glass in your home.