Guides
Numbered, practical reads written in the workshop. What to measure, what the regulations ask for, and what to check before you order.
6 guides published
Latest guide
19/08/2026 · 4 min read
The Building Regulations call them critical locations. These are the seven places in an ordinary house or shop where standard glass will not do, what a compliant pane is marked with, and how to check glass that is already in the building.
19/08/2026 · 4 min read
An alcove is never as square as it looks. These are the ten things that most often turn a confident measurement into a panel that will not go in, and the check that catches each one while it is still a pencil line rather than cut glass.
19/08/2026 · 4 min read
There is no single price for a splashback, because a splashback is made to one wall. These are the eight things that move the number, roughly in the order they move it, and where to see our live rate for the panel you actually want.
19/08/2026 · 4 min read
Both are safety glass, and they fail in completely different ways. Toughened turns into blunt granules, laminated holds together on its interlayer. Here is what that difference means job by job, from a shower screen to a rooflight.
19/08/2026 · 4 min read
Cloudy shower glass is almost never dirt. It is limescale that has been left to build up. These are the habits that keep glass clear, and the four things that mark it permanently, so no amount of later cleaning brings it back.
19/08/2026 · 4 min read
Made to measure glass is not picked off a shelf, it is made. Here is what happens after you order, in the order it happens, what we need from you at each step, and the exact point after which nothing about the panel can change.
