Complete Stained Glass Restoration
When a window has reached the point where simple repairs are no longer sufficient, the panels may need to be removed and rebuilt.
Before disassembly, the original window is carefully documented.
Individual glass pieces can then be removed, cleaned, inspected, and reused whenever practical.
Original glass is especially important in historic windows because older colors and textures can be difficult or impossible to reproduce exactly.
Broken or missing pieces are replaced with glass selected to match the original as closely as practical.
The window is then rebuilt using new structural materials while maintaining the original pattern and visual character.
New lead came, solder, reinforcement, and weatherproofing can return structural stability to a window while allowing the original artwork to remain intact.
Commercial and Church Stained Glass
Stained glass can do more than decorate a building. In the right setting, it becomes part of the identity of the space.
At Regal Glasswork, we work with churches, businesses, architects, building owners, contractors, and organizations to design, fabricate, repair, and restore architectural stained glass for commercial and institutional spaces.
Projects can range from a new stained-glass entryway for a restaurant or tasting room to the complete restoration of a large historic church window.
Every project begins by understanding the building, the purpose of the space, and what the finished glass needs to accomplish.
Custom projects may include:
Entry doors and sidelights
Transom windows
Restaurant and tasting-room windows
Hotels and hospitality spaces
Offices and conference rooms
Decorative privacy glass
Donor or commemorative installations
Retail storefronts
Interior partitions
Bars and private dining rooms
Reception areas
Historic commercial buildings
Preserving Historic Character
Restoration does not mean making an old stained-glass window look newly manufactured.
Older glass often has waviness, bubbles, variations in thickness, hand-worked textures, and irregularities that contribute to its appearance.
Those characteristics should be preserved whenever possible.
Likewise, an old window may contain small differences in painted details, lead lines, or glass colors that are part of its history.
Restoration requires judgment.
The goal is to correct deterioration without removing the character that makes the window historic.
