Glazing and Glass Services

All toughened glass supplied from Cornwall Glass is kite marked to BSEN12150. We toughen from 4mm to 19mm in thickness and up to 4,500mm x 2,150mm in size in house.

Toughened glass is used in a variety of demanding applications such as stairs or balustrading. At Cornwall Glass, we have a state-of-the-art production sites that ensure all our products are produced with maximum strength. This together with our technical expertise allows us to deliver specialist oversize units for your commercial, trade residential and architectural projects.

Giving colour to glass, back painting is a stylish and durable solution that can be applied to a variety of your interior glass requirements. Cornwall Glass can provide back painting for glass panels of sizes up to 6m x 3.2m to any given colour, either in BS or RAL numbers. Used predominantly for glass splash-backs for great effect, back painted glass can also be applied in double glazed units. Our back painted glass can also be used for structural bonding.

The great design factor of back painted glass is complimented by its easy cleaning and tremendous durability. When painted on toughened glass, it is also heat resistant to approximately 200 degrees centigrade, ideal for customising your kitchen and bathroom spaces.

The width of the bevel can be varied depending on the desired effect. The Bevell finish acts as prisms creating an interesting colour diffraction which both highlights the glass work and provides a spectrum of colours which would ordinarily be absent in clear float glass.

It is a process recommended for glass used in high risk areas where breakage may result in serious injury; sloping overhead canopies (inside pane only), bolt fixed structural glass assemblies and free standing balustrading. The risk is greatly reduced but due to the nature of glass it can never be completely eliminated. To read more about our heat soaked glass please click here.

The strengthening process increases the mechanical and thermal strength of the glass making it twice as tough as annealed glass.

The glass is heated to a uniform temperature of approximately 650 °C to 700 °C in our Efco furnace. Ceramic rollers move the glass through the furnace at a regulated speed to ensure temperature uniformity and minimal distortion.

This gives the glass a translucent surface, which is usually rougher than that obtained by etching. During sandblasting, areas that are to remain transparent are masked for protection. The depth and degree of the translucency of the sand-blasted finishing vary with the force and type of sand used.

The sandblasting technique is used to obscure visibility through glass, but the glass continues to still transmit light as it is diffused through the surface. Patterns and designs can be created using a mask which resists the abrasive force of the grit from the sandblaster. The mask can be hand cut or computer cut depending on the design.

Feeling safe in your home is paramount, so leaving a door or window open for your beloved pets to come and go may not be a very secure solution. With many chip operated dog and cat flaps available you can have peace of mind and happy pets. We can produce a sealed glass unit with a cut out hole (also sealed) so there is no compromise with your windows glass efficiency. The cat or dog flap will fit securely within the cut out unit. For any advice on cat and dog flap, glass door and window installations please do get in touch.