Reading Etched Glass

The Leadbitter Glass studio was launched in 1994 and we supply decorative glass panels to homes around the Reading area. We also deliver to every other area of the UK and we also send glass around the world. From our owned studio we manufacture and deliver bespoke Decorative Glass and Victorian Etched Glass Panels to homes and businesses. Etched Glass is an older form of decorative glass that is becoming very popular for non traditional applications. Etched Glass is the most popular form of decorative glass requested by our clients today and we can create the glass for any area of the home. Etched Glass can be seen in lots of homes and commercial buildings around Reading. Leadbitter Glass offers free delivery to all homes in the Reading area for almost every job we create.

Our glass studio also provides Stained Glass, Bevelled Glass and Fused Glass to clients in Reading.

See your glass before it is made!

If you order with our studio, you will receive a scale drawing of your preferred design for approval. Our Client Pages Service is how we show you how your glass will look before we make the actual glass. After placing an order, a glass artist will create and send you your very own Computer Generated Proof. When you receive this drawing, you may want to request changes to the layout before work commences on the glass. You may simply want a decorative border moving slightly, or a design element resizing. We will make the changes straight away. If you need any more changes, just let us know. All alterations to your layout are free of charge and it doesn’t matter how many changes you request. We want you to be 100% happy with how your glass will look before we create it.

Your numbers up!

Etched glass is the best type of decorative glass for house names and numbers in door Transoms. Homes all over Reading have glass panels above the front door and this area is commonly known as a transom. This area is also be known as a fanlight or a toplight. If your house has a door transom, why not add your house name or number to it. We can also create matching glass panels for your door if required.

Browse Our Etched Glass Galleries

Leadbitter Glass creates bespoke decorative glass panels to customers requirements. If you haven’t already settled on a specific pattern, view our main Etched Glass Gallery. We have literally hundreds of beautiful patterns to view and they are perfect for windows and doors. There are many categories to browse, such as Traditional, The Edinburgh Range, Repeat Backgrounds, Modern, Victorian and more.

How is Etched Glass made?

We DO NOT simply put stickers on glass and call them Etched Glass panels. We etch the actual glass with an etching machine. Some businesses offer ‘Etched Glass’ but then just add a fake etched effect sticker to the panel. Stickers can and will discolour with exposure to the suns UV rays and stickers will also shrink. Some companies screen-print an ‘Etched Glass Effect’ onto the glass and the print will ‘yellow’ over time. Our etched glass will never discolour or peel after any length of time. Always make sure you are paying for a genuine glass product because as the saying goes – Buy cheap, Buy twice. See a result of ordering fake etched glass.

The process

A special industrial machine cuts your chosen decorative pattern into a temporary mask. This mask is then applied to clear toughened glass with the areas of the design to be etched, being removed from the glass. The templated glass is then sandblasted by coarse grit being fired across the whole area.

Once a uniform finish is achieved, the remainder of the mask is fully removed the glass. The protected areas of the panel are still clear with the unprotected areas now being obscure glass. We apply our protective sandblast coating to single glazed glass for free. If the glass is double glazed units, we do not coat the glass because the etched side is fully protected within the sealed unit.

Etched glass supplied to any home throughout the Reading area:

Wokingham – Bracknell – Maidenhead – Newbury – Basingstoke – Slough – Windsor – High Wycombe – Farnborough – Woking – Camberley – Henley-on-Thames – Thatcham – Crowthorne – Woodley – Sandhurst – Twyford – Ascot – Earley – Tilehurst