What You Need to Know About Beveled Glass

Should you choose beveled glass for your next home improvement project? If this is your first experience with glass or window replacement, take a look at what you need to know about the beveled option.

What Is Beveled Glass?

Beveled glass has angled edges that are cut and polished, creating a kaleidoscope-like or prismatic type of effect. This creates a colorful look that plain panes won't have. A beveled piece of glass, window, or mirror adds a sense of style and visual interest. You can choose glass with a beveled outer edge or a complex beveled design.

Where Can You Use Beveled Glass?

This glass option has an impressive array of applications. You can use beveled glass in decorative windows, doors (as a window insert), tabletops, cabinet doors, or as a purely decorative wall hanging pieces or artwork. Some homeowners also use beveled pieces in ornate leaded glass windows. Along with translucent (clear) glass, you can also choose a beveled style for mirrors.

Where Can You Get Beveled Glass?

You can buy stock pieces of beveled glass or ready-made beveled windows. While these have elegance and an aesthetic value, a custom-cut pane is a standout option to consider. If you have your own design in mind or want a one-of-a-kind window, you need help from a custom glass contractor. The glass professional can turn your home décor dreams into reality, creating specialty windows or decorative artwork.

Even though windows are traditionally interior-exterior panes of glass, some windows are indoor-only additions. An interior transom window is used over a doorframe. This option adds extra light to a room and creates a decorative effect. While not all interior transom windows are made from beveled glass, angled and patterned panes create visual interest and can coordinate with the room's existing décor.

Who Should Install Beveled Glass?

A glass professional can do more than design and create beveled glass panes and pieces. These experts have the experience necessary to install glass and windows in your home.

Glass installation is never a do-it-yourself type of job for homeowners with little to no experience in the area. Failure to correctly install a window (whether it's purely practical or a decorative piece) or a glass door insert can allow the elements into your home. This reduces energy efficiency, increase home heating and cooling costs, and can result in rain, snow, or ice damage.

Before you hire a glass installation contractor, ask the company for references. These should include written references from past or current customers and photos of the contractor's work. The photos can help you to better understand what the glass professional can do for your home and the quality of their designs. It can also showcase the contractor's expert installation techniques.

Why Should You Choose Beveled Glass?

Now that you know what beveled glass is, where you can use it, and who should create or install these panes, it's time to take the next step and learn more about the benefits. The intricate aesthetic of beveled glass is a primary reason to choose this option.

This type of glass offers a diverse array of designer choices. Not only can you select a clear design, but you can also opt for frosted, tinted, or stained beveled glass.

Along with the decorative style the angled construction and prismatic colors offer, beveled glass is also a practical choice. Insulated beveled glass can keep the cold out, hold heated or air-conditioned air inside your home, and protect the interior space from the elements.

Are you ready to update your windows or create custom glass pieces for your home? Contact Wadsworth Glass Inc. for more information on designs and installation.