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Stained Glass Repair and Restoration
Traditional Stained Glass Windows ('Leaded Lights') can last for hundreds of years, but they can be adversely affected by vibration, physical damage, and shrinkage and expansion, due to temperature changes, pollution, or water damage. The result can be broken leads, failing cement, loose and broken glass and a build up of deposits making the glass dull or discoloured. The 'saddle bars' (metal rods tied to the panel with wire) can become detached, losing their effectiveness as supports.If a window is to last and remain in sound condition, then periodic maintenance is required. It is easy to see repair lines which have been added over the years to old windows. Some will have been removed and rebuilt several times.
Ramoyle Glass Studio offers a full Repair and Restoration service, including removal and refitting. We will assess the damage and provide guidance and estimates for remedial work prior to undertaking any agreed work.
- Windows are usually removed for repair, although some minor repairs can be done in situ. Badly deteriorated leading may require a window to be dismantled and rebuilt, using the original glass.
- Painted panels can be reproduced or repaired, as appropriate.
- We are able to source a wide range of traditional glass samples in order to match original glass which is broken or missing.
- A full Restoration service, including removal and replacement of windows, is provided by Ramoyle Glass Studio.
- Where Conservation standard work is required, the aim is to retain as much original lead and glass as possible and to document the restoration work.
- Repairs can also be carried out to Tiffany style (copper foil) glass items.
Dunblane Masonic Lodge 2011
Made up of four panels, the window was made in 1891 and features two large figures with masonic emblems in the panels above. The panels are finely painted and silver stained, with some breakage and a general deterioration in condition of the leadwork. The restoration involved reproducing some painted sections, UV Gluing to repair breaks, and rebuilding the panels with new leads. The window sashes were removed with the leaded panels in place. These were then taken out of their frames at the studio. Because of external glazing, thre was no need for temporary glazing.
This picture shows damage to the original panel.
The central motif being rebuilt.
This is the repaired top panel - the two bottom right pieces are reproductions of the original broken painted glass.
Below are the restored lower panels. The inscription at the bottom of the right panel had been broken and a replacement was painted and fitted.
Callander CARS Main Street Improvements
Ramoyle Glass Studio has restored a series of historical leaded windows at two shops in Callander's Main Street - Desirables and The Shell Centre. The work involved a total of 11 panels, which were removed to the studio for restoration. To complete the work and replace broken and lost glass with matching types, handmade glass was sourced from Germany and France and clear glass roundels specially made. The improvement work was grant aided by Loch Lomond and Trossachs National Park and CARS.
Alan working on the restoration
The finished restored panel from Desirables shop
This fine painted panel had been comprehensively broken. A reproduction was painted and fitted in its place. The very high standard of painting was carried out by an associate, Brian Waugh.
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