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Specialist Glass Restoration for chips, shells and impact damaged glass

Restoring the panel’s profile and structural integrity, helping you avoid costly replacement, reduce site delays and minimise waste.

Chicago Glass (UK) Ltd provides professional on-site glass restoration for commercial properties, construction projects, shopfronts, balustrades and architectural glazing across mainland UK. Using specialist glass restoration techniques, our technicians repair chips, shells, edge damage, slithers and other types of impact damage whilst the glass remains in-situ. This improves structural integrity of the panel, making it safe again. Call 01634 735 616 to discuss your impact damaged glass and request a free no obligation written quotation.

What type of glass panels can be repaired?

What type of glass panels can be repaired?

Our highly skilled team of glass restoration technicians fix glass panels with chips, edge damage and shells on-site to panels such as:

  • Balustrade panels
  • Curtain walling
  • Bi-fold / Patio doors
  • Residential & Commercial Windows
  • Shopfronts

Our ‘magic man’ of glass restoration technicians will use the process suited to the damage, use the correct resin for the glass, and the technicians own experience with repairing impact damages.

How do We Repair Chips, Edge Damage and Shelled Glass?

How do We Repair Chips, Edge Damage and Shelled Glass?

The Process

All repairs are undertaken on-site whilst the glass is in-situ, using UV cured resins and tools especially designed for this job.

Where the damage is located on the edge of a glass panel, such as shells and slither damages, our resin repair system enables the technician to rebuild the damaged glass using tabs and resins, before shaping and polishing it back to match the profile of the glass.  For damages located within the panel, such as bullseyes and star chips, we use a vacuum tool (an injector) designed to remove air and moisture from the void before filling the break completely with the resins.

Both of these processes leave the damaged area with a smooth, clear and safe finish that is both structurally stable and with the original profile restored.

What Type of Damages can our Resin Repair?

Each impact damage is unique.  The images you see below, provides you with an idea of damages we can repair for you.

Edge Chips

Edge Chips

These can be multiple chips along the edge, or just a singular chip.

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Edge Slithers

Edge Slithers

Unlike chip, an edge slither, removes a long thin shard of glass from the profiled edge. Often with a deeper area of impact in one point.

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Multiple Shells to Edge

Multiple Shells to Edge

Like a shell impact, there are multiple small 'shells' along the edge of the glass.

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Shells

Shells

The glass has chipped from the edge, and taken a 'shell' piece off the glass frontage. 

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Star/Spider Impact

Star/Spider Impact

Located within the main part of the panel, not on the edge. A star/spider impact sees small multiple cracks coming from the point of impact. Much like spider legs.

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Bullseye Impact

Bullseye Impact

Located within the main part of the panel, a bullseye impact damage looks like an eye, with the pupil being the main point of impact. 

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Removing the PVB layer

Removing the PVB layer

On occassions the PVB layer does not sit as it should within the glass. Using a special tool we can remove unwanted PVB.

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Cracks

Cracks

Often caused when the glass is under stress, or an impact has occured.

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Regrettably, we are unable to repair the damage where the impact damage i.e., chips, shells or cracks are on:

a vehicle window (please visit our sister company www.glaswelduk.com who will be able to assist you), the crack goes edge to edge/corner to corner, on kitchen appliances, single-pane shopfront windows, on mirrored glass, or where the glass is broken or shattered.

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Our Sectors

Construction Companies

Construction Companies

Keep your project on track, and quality levels high. If you have glass or metal framework defects on your snagging list / site , think about restoration instead of replacement.
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Facade Manufacturers & Contractors

Facade Manufacturers & Contractors

Facade Contractors, Architectural Metal Framework Fabricators and Glass Manufacturers. We can repair your glass and its framework, either before it reaches site in your warehouse or once it is out on-site.
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Commercial Properties

Commercial Properties

If you own, manage, or look after either office spaces, retail premises, or leisure and hospitality locations, and have come across damaged glass or metal framework, read on for how we can help.
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Fit Out Companies

Fit Out Companies

Single interior refurbishments to a complete internal and external multi-floor fit out. Glass & Metal framework defects can be repaired, ensuring you project is finished on time and at your clients expectations.
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Facilities Management

Facilities Management

Unexpected damages and a quick reaction time required, to ensure your clients business keeps running effectively. Give us a call.
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Residential Property Maintenance

Residential Property Maintenance

Are you a landlord, tenant, letting agency, or do you work as a building concierge or within the aftercare department? This section is about how we can help you.
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Marine Glass

Marine Glass

From private owners, to commercial companies, we can restore not only glass all glass on the vessel.
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Homeowners

Homeowners

Helping homeowners restore damaged glass within their property.
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Accreditations

We hold CHAS Elite, along with being members of the Glass and Glazing Federation (GGF). 

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Chas Elite
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