Bahill Glass
Stained Glass
Huntly, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.
Stained Glass Restoration and Repairs in North East Scotland
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Stained glass panels can last for hundreds of years in the best of circumstances but weathering and accidental damage mean that repairs and restoration are necessary.
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In-situ repairs are usually quicker, often taking a few hours, whereas a full restoration can take months. Offering a free initial assessment (if not too far away!), I can give expert advice on the work required and costs involved, whether it's one broken piece of glass or a larger restoration project.​
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Where appropriate, I leave undamaged lead and glass alone and where necessary, I choose replacement glass and lead to match as close as possible to the original and use these to restore the panel.​
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Advice can be given on how to look after lead and (tinted) glass panels, especially those with painted detail.
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I supply detailed recommendations and estimates for my customers and these can be provided for insurance companies if required.
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This stained glass window was the brunt of some vandalism, with damage to the glass and the lead work disfigured as well. I removed the panel, dismantled it, sourced closest match glass for the missing and broken sections - some of which required painting, silver-staining and firing, re-leaded and installed the finished window. Its not always easy to match the original glass and even harder to match the painting style, but I am pleased with the how this looks.
Completed repairs on two doors. This style of timber door frame is seen quite a lot locally, but due to the design and the extremes of weather, especially by the coast, the woodwork can swell, shrink and move and the leaded glass panels will take the brunt of this over time. It's a straight forward job to take a panel out, board it up and make repairs.
I love that my work takes me to beautiful places around Scotland. This stained glass window in Inverness needed one cracked pane replaced, but also needed support tie-bars adding. At some point in it's life, the window had been removed and installed again with out these important bars.
Public buildings and large scale projects
I restore and repair large stained glass panels in public and private buildings, often alongside other skilled tradesmen and with fellow stained glass artisans, in order to bring a project in on time and with the craftmanship required.
Take a look at the difficult access for this job - a laylight above a stairwell. It was one of the smaller pieces of glass that needed replacing and we could access it without going out on to the roof. The replacement piece of glass was cut to size, painted, stained and fired by colleagues in Glasgow.
Lampshades and Cabinet Door Panels.
I carry out repairs to all sizes of glass and lead or copperfoil items. These can be brought to my workshop in Huntly, Aberdeenshire by appointment, or collection can be arranged if local. Small items can often be posted if necessary.
Glass and copperfoil lampshade repaired and back in use. Luckily, not too many pieces to put back in.
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Simple but beautifully made cabinet door, needing some replacement glass. Very delicate thin lead and glass to work on, no room for bad craftsmanship.
Re-sizing and repurposing
Salvaged stained glass panels can be re-sized to fit new framework, as an in-situ piece or as a movable 'picture' in a frame. Or the individual pieces of tinted glass can be used to make a new panel. They are great to use as small, one-off pieces in doors and windows around the home or in sheds, workshops or garden rooms.