Etched Glass Feature Window – Yorkshire
In 2024 we created an etched glass feature window for a client’s home in Richmond near Darlington. The client found the design in our client [...]
Surrey Etched Glass
The Leadbitter Glass Studio, established in 1994, produces Etched Glass and Victorian Etched Glass panels for homes. Etched Glass was one of the earliest forms of decorative glass to be developed. Today, it is often used to craft elegant contemporary designs. Etched panels are a very popular choice for homes in the Surrey area. Almost every panel we manufacture will qualify for free delivery to homes in the Surrey area.
We produce other forms of Decorative Glass for Surrey clients, including Stained Glass, Bevelled Glass, and Fused Glass.
Our services
After placing your order with us, you’ll receive our free design service – known as the Client Pages Service. This is where we create a Computer Generated Proof to show your chosen design in your custom glass sizes. We’ll send you a proof a few days after you place your order. You then have the opportunity to request changes to the layout before we produce the panel, ensuring you’re 100% happy with the final panel(s). You may want to alter a decorative border or increase the size of a central motif. We’ll make these amendments until you’re completely happy with the design and give us the thumbs up to begin production.
Surrey! Your numbers up!
Should you wish to showcase your house name or number in door glass or a fanlight, opting for etched panels proves to be an excellent choice. It’s noteworthy that many homes in Surrey feature top lights (transom lights) positioned above their doors. This particular glazed area offers an ideal location for displaying your etched house name or number. If your door is adorned with a transom window, we stand ready to craft a bespoke etched glass panel specifically showcasing your house name or number.
Given the popularity of this request among our clients, our glass artists diligently produce hundreds of these panels each year. Notably, we can tailor your custom etched panel to your preferences, utilising any font and decorative border of your choice. Furthermore, if desired, we can create etched door glass to seamlessly match the fanlights.
Browse Our Etched Glass Galleries
Our expert glass artists can produce almost any pattern you desire in etched glass. If you’re struggling to find the right design for your home, head over to our extensive Etched Glass Gallery for some inspiration. Within the gallery, there are sub-categories such as Traditional, The Edinburgh Range, Modern and Victorian. We have many more stunning designs in all forms of decorative glass across our various galleries which may also be of interest to you.
How Etched Glass is made
We never use ‘stickers’ on our etched glass panels. We produce our etched glass the right way, by sandblasting the glass to ensure permanent and highest-quality etching. All too often, companies will tell you they offer “Etched Glass” when actually they don’t. They simply place a vinyl sticker onto the glass, so no ‘etching’ has actually taken place. Not only does this result in a poor fake ‘etched effect’, but the stickers can turn yellow. The stickers will shrink on the panel after a few years of exposure to sunlight. Companies may also declare that they use screen-printed glass for their etched glass. This type of glass also suffers from the same dis-colouration issue over time. You should always ensure you’re paying for a true ‘sandblasted‘ etched glass product for quality that lasts. You can see the problems encountered with fake etched glass here.
Our process
To begin, we cut a temporary mask using your chosen pattern and overlay it onto one side of the panel. This initial step ensures that the designated clear areas remain unetched. Subsequently, we place the masked panel inside a specialist sandblasting booth and propel coarse grit/sand at high speed across the panel. Following the completion of the etching process, we carefully remove the temporary mask, revealing the beautifully etched areas.
For single-glazed glass, an additional step involves applying a protective sandblast coating to the etched side. This coating serves to prevent any undesired grease smudges. On the other hand, when it comes to double-glazed glass, we omit the application of a protective coating. This decision is grounded in the fact that the etched side is already safeguarded within the unit.
Leadbitter Glass supplies Etched Glass to all areas of Surrey including:
Banstead – Camberley – Caterham – Chertsey – Chobham – Cranleigh – Croydon – Dorking – Egham – Epsom – Esher – Farnham – Frimley – Gatwick – Godalming – Guildford – Haslemere – Horley – Leatherhead – Lingfield – Oxted – Redhill – Reigate – Staines – Sunbury – Sutton – Warlingham – Weybridge – Woking
Notable Etched Glass Commissions from the Surrey area…
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Victorian Etched Glass Bay Window – Sunbury
Hi Gordon, below are 2 versions of your chosen 1253 design. Both have been created using Stippolyte textured glass as the base glass. Version A [...]
Etched Glass Gothic Repeat Pattern – Woking
Hi James, thank you for sending us your damaged etched panel which you want us to make an Etched Glass Reproduction. Having the actual panel [...]
Etched Glass Tree Panels – Farnham
A client in Farnham approached us to create etched panels running across the front elevation of their new lobby. They sent us a vector image [...]
Sandblasted Glass Leaves – Surrey
Hello Michael, below I have created four different versions of our Hallhill Leaves design. I thought you may want a slightly different version of the [...]
Etched Glass Room Names – Surrey
Hi Kayleigh, below are your drawings for the Bathroom, Dressing Room and Laundry Room glass panels. The grey will be etched and all of the [...]
Etched Glass Art Deco House Number – Surrey KT2
Hello Paul, here is your etched glass house number using our Font 4 as requested. The background of the glass shown in grey will be [...]
Traditional Arched Etched Glass Door – Epsom
Hello Jane, here I have added the two Victorian Etched Glass panels in the door so you can see if you are happy with the [...]
Trailing Leaves Etched Glass Window – Surrey
Hello Lorna, here is your drawing showing how your chosen Shadows Of Nature design will look using your glass sizes and using Satin Glass. The [...]
Etched Glass Vestibule – Surrey
Hello Sian, here is your etched glass vestibule design with the number displayed being a size of 145mm. The grey areas would be etched glass [...]
Etched Glass Circles – Epsom Surrey
We were approached by Epsom College to create an etched glass circles panel based on an art students design. This design was to form part [...]
Etched Glass Bubbles on Satin Glass – Surrey
Hello John, as requested here are your etched glass Bubbles designs in 4mm toughened Satin glass with standard etched bubbles (no colour) All of the [...]
Sandblasted Fused Glass Door – Guildford
Hello Alicia, we have created this sandblasted fused glass door image in your exact glass sizes of 350mm wide x 450mm high. The majority of [...]
Deep Sandblasted Coloured House Number – Surrey
Hello Nick, here we have the deep sandblasted coloured house number in black and you can either have the rest of the background in clear or lightly [...]
We supply Etched Glass to Surrey and these surrounding areas…
Leatherhead – Kingston Upon Thames – Woking – Guildford – Richmond – Croydon – Crawley – Brentford – Bromley – Farnborough – Aldershot – Westminster – Windsor – Slough – Wembley – Bracknell – Greenwich – Orpington – Sevenoaks – Maidenhead – Watford – Dartford – Royal Tunbridge Wells – Dagenham – Reading – High Wycombe – Romford – Loughton – Worthing – Basingstoke – Brighton – Waltham Abbey – Gravesend – St Albans – Hatfield – Bognor Regis – Hoddesdon – Welwyn Garden City – Maidstone – Rochester