Custom Glass Installation

What counts as a custom glass job

If it is flat glass, it has to fit a particular space, and it is not one of our standard partitions, it usually belongs here. Common pieces:

Table and counter tops, on a dining base, a study desk or a reception counter.

Shelves in alcoves, display units and shop fixtures.

Mirrors, from a bathroom mirror to a full-height dressing mirror.

Kitchen splashbacks in back-painted glass behind a hob or along a counter.

Basin and wet-area screens, small fixed panels that stop splash beside a wash basin.

Cabinet and wardrobe panels, in clear, frosted or tinted glass.

Some jobs that sound custom are better served by a standard product. A glass panel for a walk-in shower is a fixed frameless shower screen, with its own fittings and rate. A broken window pane is plain glass replacement. And a glass balcony or terrace railing is a structural job with its own page: glass balcony railing, with costs in the glass railing price guide. The full repair and custom range is in the glass repairs catalogue.

Choosing the right glass for the piece

The right glass depends on what the piece has to do, and the team recommends it from your description.

Table tops usually need toughened glass thick enough not to flex across the base, with polished or bevelled edges that are pleasant to touch.

Shelves need toughened glass sized to their span and the load they carry; a bookshelf and a perfume display are very different.

Bathroom mirrors are best in copper-free mirror, which resists the black edge spotting ordinary mirror develops in damp air.

Splashbacks behind a hob must be toughened to take the heat. Back-painted glass is coloured before toughening, so the colour is fixed at order stage.

Edges can be flat polished, bevelled or rounded at the corners, and any piece people will brush against should have no raw edge.

One rule runs through all of it: holes, notches and socket cut-outs must be decided before toughening, because toughened glass cannot be drilled or cut afterwards. A splashback has to know where every switch plate goes before it is made.

Measuring it yourself, and how the quote works

Because the measurements come from you, accurate measuring is the most important step. A few rules that prevent most problems:

Measure in three places. For an alcove shelf or splashback, measure the width at the top, middle and bottom (or front, middle and back) and give the smallest figure. Walls are rarely parallel.

Check the corners. If a recess is visibly out of square, a paper or cardboard template of the space is more reliable than numbers.

Mark every cut-out. For splashbacks and basin panels, measure each socket, switch and tap position from two fixed edges.

Note the thickness you want, or describe the use and let the team suggest it.

Then send on WhatsApp: the sizes, photos of the space or the furniture the glass is for, and how the piece will be used. The team confirms the glass, edge finish and fixing, and prepares a quotation. Toughened pieces are made to order, and toughened glass production generally takes 7–10 days; the fitting is then arranged with you.

Fixing and fitting it properly

A made-to-measure piece is only as good as the way it is fixed. The fixing is chosen for the piece and the surface behind it.

Table tops usually sit on clear bumpers or pads so the glass never touches metal or stone directly. Shelves go on brackets or concealed studs rated for the load, fixed into solid wall rather than plaster alone. Mirrors are commonly fixed with studs, clips or a mirror-safe adhesive, depending on the wall and the mirror's weight; the wrong adhesive can damage the mirror backing. Splashbacks are typically bonded to a flat, sound wall with a suitable adhesive and sealed at the counter line.

In wet areas, edges are sealed with neutral-cure silicone so water does not creep behind the glass.

If the wall behind a planned shelf or mirror turns out to be hollow, damp or crumbling, the team flags it before fitting rather than fixing into it regardless. For background on how glass work runs in the city, read glass door and partition repair in Gurugram, and for location details see glass repairs in Gurgaon and glass repairs in Noida.