Hull Stained Glass

Stained Glass supplier to the Hull area

In the olden days stained glass was manufactured using small pieces of glass connected together with a ‘H shaped’ lead strip and soldered to keep the design together. Although this procedure is sometimes still used today for repair work etc, the modern overlay stained glass technique is a more popular and versatile product. This modern form of Stained Glass can be found all over the country and it is especially popular in the Hull area and has been used on some of Hull’s grand buildings and executive homes.

One of the benefits of Overlay Stained glass is that toughened glass can be used in our stained glass along with 99% lead strip and transparent or marbled overlay colours. These materials produce a beautiful effect that lasts. When using natural lead strip, we can solder the joints of the lead to help make it unrecognisable from the traditional style of leaded lights. For some larger projects in the Hull area we can actually come out and visit you onsite to discuss your aims and ideas for your decorative glass project through our Executive Service. We can also design glass patterns, manufacture the glass and deliver the glass to the Hull area by using our Client Pages service to help keep the costs down for the smaller projects.

What are the benefits of modern stained glass in Hull?

The modern procedure used throughout Hull has many advantages over the original stained glass technique. Energy saving is a very big concern in todays world and with our stained glass design being manufactured as a stained glass overlay onto a single sheet of glass, this reduces the possibility of the cold weather coming into the home through the joints in the glass. Modern stained glass can also be applied directly onto energy saving Pilkington K Glass and this glass is now a building regulations requirement for every new window and door installation throughout the area of Hull and the rest of the UK.

Durability and security are other advantages with the modern day stained glass technique and this is very important to most Hull home owners. Applying the leaded design directly onto toughened glass or laminated glass can provide long lasting and secure decorative glass. In the past people have paid thousands of pounds for the old stained glass products only to find that small coloured sections of the design have cracked within weeks of installation. This isn’t possible with our Leaded Glass technique!

The materials

There are literally hundreds of overlay colours to choose from for use in Overlay Stained Glass and most colours can be combined with a frosted overlay to create an even larger range of colours and textures. Lead strip also comes in many colours with the old favourite through the 80’s and 90’s being natural lead colour (grey). Today the majority of jobs we create in the Hull area is manufactured using antique lead or aged as it is also known which is a dark brown or almost black colour. Leadbitter Glass has many different lead finishes to choose from and you can view these different finishes in our Leaded Glass section. If you are planning to have stained glass or any decorative glass supplied for your Hull home or business, make sure that you contact us today to receive a quick quote and turnaround estimate for your Stained Glass project.

Overlay Stained Glass supplied to all of the Hull area towns including –

Grimsby – Scunthorpe – Beverley – Bridlington – Driffield – Goole – Market Weighton – Hornsea – Withernsea – Hedon – Pocklington – Immingham – Barton-upon-Humber – Hessle – Cottingham – Anlaby – Willerby – Kirk Ella – Brough – Elloughton – South Cave