Welcome to our website, we are traditional stained glass lead light makers, designing and making bespoke stained glass from traditional to modern. Our aim is to create stained glass that looks great, that our clients love, and that sits comfortably within the character of it's surroundings, of whatever period.
Creating for example, a traditional stained glass lead light front entrance, in a Victorian home that looks as if it's always been there, is fantastic.
Much of our work is putting stained glass back that at some stage has been taken out, and copying the traditional design, but if you're starting from scratch we hope the many pictures of our stained glass work on this site will inspire you, if a particular photo appeals , with your sizes we can give a costing, but please don't feel confined, stained glass designs and features can be changed, mixed, made less or more complicated, made to fit a different space etc.
Choice of design, glass colour and texture is yours, and we can help and advise you as much as you need. |
Individual glass breaks can sometimes be done in-situ, this is not perfect, as in working the old lead it can get damaged.
If there are too many breaks, or lead structure is damaged, weak, or bowed, the lead light will need to be removed from it`s wood, or metal frame, and the hole temporarily glazed. In our workshop we then strip the panel of it`s lead, clean the glass, replace any broken pieces with the nearest possible match, and rebuild the panel using the original glass, in exactly the same way as it would have been, when first made. |
Here are two basic areas of concern with British Standards and Building regulations. The first and of primary importance is:
1 - Safety
Traditional stained glass lead lights are often glazed in vulnerable/critical areas - doors, sidelights, and at low levels. B.S 6206 through to the Building Regulations 2000
(approved document N1), are very clear in deeming traditional stained glass lead lights as safe (within the definitions of these regulations), and suitable for use in these areas provided the small panes within the lead do not exceed specific sizes, which ours don't.
We are finding that some architects, surveyors, and builders are incorrectly advising that only toughened, laminated, or double glazing can be used in doors, sidelights, and at low levels (i.e critical locations).
The Building Regulations 2000 document, N1, clause 1.2 clearly states:
“Glazing in critical locations should either, a). break safely b). be robust or in small panes.”
It also clearly states in clause 1.5:
“In the context of this approved document a `small pane` may be an isolated pane, or one of a number of panes contained within glazing bars, traditional leaded lights or copper lights.”
2 - Heat Loss
The other area of concern is heat loss, the regulations only apply to new doors, and window frames, not to re-glazing old ones, and state that if the glass area is less than 50% of the door, (which all of the doors on our website are) or window frame single glazing (and therefore traditional stained glass lead lights) is sufficient, if higher than 50% a double glazed unit is required.
Whereas it may be possible to argue that double glazing would not suit the character of the house, it is possible to have traditional stained glass lead lights, and double glazing working together, there are various ways of achieving this to suit different situations, which we would be glad to discuss with you. We hope this section has helped explain the British Standards, and building regulations for use of our traditional stained glass lead lights, but if you do have any further queries, please don't hesitate to call us on
020 8398 1633 |
