Forum Archive: Glass

I need to have a large piece of glass made/cut to go on top of a table. (28 inches wide by 70 inches tall). It doesn’t have to be fancy – just a simple piece that has had the edges sanded down. Anyone know the most affordable glass place around?

Hi Folks,

Am completing a new shower space that requires custom shower glass, hardware and installation.

Anyone have experiences with this good & bad, and perhaps references.

Will appreciate any and info.

Thanks

harrytrav

Hey, out there, I need to get a frameless shower door rehung (the one on the left doesn’t close all the way), and have the rubber lining of the door replaced. I can’t remember where we got the setup (and the guys who installed it were subcontractors hired by the glass people). Anyone know who can do this work? I’m in Cobble Hill.

I was in the process of posting the following comment to a post on Wheel Cut Glass by Tomas Tisch (the post was removed):

I don’t normally comment on posts by vendors etc but this is a special case. Tomas reproduced 3 panes in our house that we needed to complete the sets in our parlor floor entrance & pocket doors (2 missing when we got our house & 1 I broke during our renovation *$&%*##!). Because he uses the same tools/techniques used in making the originals (& knows how to use them no less), the results are outstanding / indistinguishable. The glass is a pleasure to look at with its play on light passing through the cut design.

I did research (incl with Brownstoner) on alternatives both in terms of cheaper more approximate reproductions and also other wheel-cut glass specialists. Some alternatives would have cost less (though I feel his pricing was reasonable) but would not have matched at all / been very poor substitutes. I believe we are very lucky in Brooklyn (if I remember correctly the next closest alternative was in Pennsylvania somewhere) to have someone who has the skills & tools to do this dying art.

PS one of my old question posts on brownstoner is below (though the photo doesn’t do justice to the end result):

http://www.brownstoner.com/forum/archives/2008/01/glass_copper_wh.php#comments

Can anyone recommend anyone who specializes in hanging mirrors? I have a large, heavy mirror that I want to hang over a stairwell, which has my handyman very leery. I think using a pro is the best way to go. There was one recommendation in the archives that was about 3 years old, so I thought I’d do a more recent inquiry. Thanks!

Can anyone recommend a good, hopefully reasonably priced stained glass artisan? I have two items in need of repair.

Action Glass now charges $65 to come out and give you an estimate. It will be deducted off your bill if you decide to go with them, but really, what up with this??? They should see an immediate drop off in business.

We just had a frameless shower glass enclosure installed (3 feet x 4 feet X 8 feet tall)-two full walls of glass with a swinging door. It looks amazing and the pricing was very fair, we would highly recommend the company. They also provided us with a piece of frosted glass for a pocket door, installed that –everything they did looks great!
Paradise Glass and Mirror
5712 Third Ave
Brooklyn, NY 11220
718-765-0779

Based on forum look ups, I see Parthenon, ABC and RB Wyatt . Who else should we contact for a frameless glass shower enclosure? Is there anyone to avoid? Thanks.