Etched Glass Ealing

Founded in 1994, the Leadbitter Glass Studio has been supplying Etched Glass panels to homes and businesses across Ealing ever since, delivering to every other part of the UK too. Ealing Studios has been making films since 1902, the oldest continuously working film studio in the world, and it has never once stopped since it started.

Traditional etched glass reproduction, made for an Ealing home

Etched glass — sandblasted glass, more plainly — permanently frosts sections of clear glass to leave a pattern that becomes genuinely part of the pane. Every panel is built to your own glass sizes, made to keep looking right for years, in the same spirit as Ealing’s own studio that never stopped running. Most orders qualify for free delivery across Ealing.

Overlay stained glass panel design, made for an Ealing customer

It’s one of the oldest decorative glass techniques still in regular use, and one that suits a town that knows how to keep going since it started. Our glass has appeared in a Prime Minister’s home and on Hollywood film sets, though homeowners across Ealing make up most of what we produce. We also build the other three styles of Decorative Glass found on this site, including Stained Glass, Bevelled Glass, and Fused Glass.

See your glass before we create it!

Computer generated Etched Glass design preview

Our Free Client Pages Design Service

Every Ealing order comes with its own Client Page, where a computer-drawn proof appears within a few days, scaled precisely to your glass. Something not quite right? Tell us and we’ll send a revised version — no cap on how many rounds it takes — because we won’t switch the sandblaster on until it’s exactly right.

Etched glass house name and number panel, made for an Ealing home

Perfect For House Names And Numbers

House names and numbers suit etched glass particularly well, and it’s one of the requests we get most for the fanlight above a front door. If your Ealing home has one, we can build a panel showing your number or name, usually with the lettering left clear against a frosted background so it’s readable at a glance.

Charles Rennie Mackintosh style etched glass doors, made for an Ealing customer

How Our Etched Glass Is Made

We begin with a sheet of toughened safety glass and apply a mask cut precisely to your chosen pattern. High-pressure abrasive blasted onto the exposed glass wears it down to a permanent frost, while everything under the mask stays perfectly clear — a process that runs the same way every single time, start to finish.

Because that frost is worked into the glass rather than laid over it, there’s nothing to peel or discolour later — unlike a stick-on “etch effect” film, which tends to yellow and start lifting within a couple of years.

Victorian etched glass design, made for an Ealing home

Got an old etched panel at home that’s cracked or gone missing over the years? A photograph is usually all our glass artists need to reproduce the original pattern closely.

Traditional etched glass pattern, made for an Ealing home

Ready to have Etched Glass, or any other decorative glass, made for your Ealing home or business? Get in touch today for an accurate quote and turnaround time.

Browse Our Etched Glass Galleries

Our website holds one of the largest collections of decorative glass patterns anywhere. Browse hundreds of Etched Glass designs in our main gallery, arranged by theme and by door style, to find the right pattern — or simply for inspiration towards your own. Visit the Main Gallery to see what’s possible.

We supply Etched Glass to Ealing and these surrounding areas…

BrentfordWembleyHounslowTwickenhamRichmondKingston Upon ThamesWestminsterUxbridgeWatfordSloughWindsorGreenwichCroydonEnfieldLeatherheadBromleySt AlbansWokingHatfieldMaidenheadHemel HempsteadLoughtonWaltham AbbeyDagenhamOrpingtonBracknellWelwyn Garden CityHigh WycombeHoddesdonRomfordHertfordGuildfordDartfordWareFarnboroughHarlowLutonAldershotSevenoaksStevenage