Residential glass
This is the service for a cracked or dark edged mirror
Roxy Glass cuts and installs wall mirrors, vanity mirrors, mirrored closet doors and full mirror walls. Mirrors are measured and cut to the real opening, including cut outs for outlets, sconces and switches, then fixed with mirror adhesive and clips or hung on a cleat depending on the wall and the weight.
Free estimates, no obligation. Request a free mirrors and closet doors estimate.
If any of the following describes what you are looking at, this is the service that handles it.
Specifying it
A mirror is one of the few pieces of glass in a house that people look at every single day, so these details are worth a minute of thought.
A flat polished edge is clean and modern and is the usual choice for a frameless wall mirror. A bevelled edge cuts a shallow angle around the perimeter that catches the light and reads as more traditional. A pencil edge is softly rounded and sits between the two.
Mirror can only be made and handled up to a certain size, and getting a very large panel through a doorway and up a stair is often the real limit. A long wall is usually done as matched panels with tight joints, and we plan where those joints fall rather than leaving it to chance.
Standard mirror is right for most bedroom and hallway walls. Safety backed mirror is the right answer over a bath, in a gym, in any commercial space and anywhere a fall would put broken glass where people are.
De-silvering nearly always starts at the edges, because that is where moisture reaches the reflective coating on the back. In a bathroom, keeping the edges out of standing water, running an extractor fan and avoiding cleaning sprays applied directly to the edge all extend the life of the mirror considerably.
The work itself
These are the stages the job actually runs through, from the first look at the opening to the finished glass.
What happens next
Call the line for your area or send the estimate form. A photo of the damage and a rough measurement lets us tell you straight away whether it is a glass only repair or a full replacement.
Glass is cut to the opening, not to a catalog size, so the measurement has to be exact. For most jobs we measure on site. For a simple pane you can measure it yourself and we will tell you how.
The estimate is free and it sets out the glass type, the thickness, whether safety glazing is required and what the work involves. Nothing is ordered until you approve it.
Standard glass is usually cut at our Newark shop. Sealed double pane units, tempered glass and made to order shapes are fabricated to your measurements, which is what sets the lead time.
We fit the glass, check that it seals and operates properly, and take the old glass and packaging away with us.
Cost
Roxy Glass does not publish a fixed price for this work, because the price depends on the opening in front of us. Estimates are free, so the fastest way to get a real number is to send the measurements and a photo, or to have us come and measure.
Where we do this work
This work is carried out from our Newark shop across Santa Clara County, San Mateo County, Alameda County, Contra Costa County, San Francisco and southern Marin County.
Santa Clara County from San Jose out to Los Gatos and Cupertino.
San Jose, Sunnyvale, Santa Clara, Cupertino, Campbell, Los Gatos, Saratoga, Milpitas.
San Mateo County and the northern Santa Clara Valley.
Palo Alto, Mountain View, San Mateo, Los Altos, Los Altos Hills, Menlo Park, Atherton, Redwood City, San Carlos, Belmont, Foster City, Burlingame, Millbrae, San Bruno.
The Tri City area, the Hayward and Oakland corridor and the shoreline cities.
Fremont, Newark, Union City, Hayward, San Leandro, San Lorenzo, Castro Valley, Alameda, Richmond.
Inland Alameda County and central Contra Costa County.
Walnut Creek, Pleasanton, Dublin, Livermore, Sunol, San Ramon, Danville, Alamo, Lafayette, Moraga, Orinda, Pleasant Hill, Concord, Martinez.
San Francisco, northern San Mateo County and southern Marin County.
San Francisco, South San Francisco, Daly City, San Rafael, Mill Valley, Larkspur, Corte Madera, San Anselmo, Tiburon.
Send your details on the free estimate form and the team that covers your address will answer. You can also call the Newark shop on (510) 400-7788, which is where every Bay Area job is dispatched from.
Questions
That is de-silvering. A mirror is glass with a reflective metal coating on the back, protected by a layer of paint. When moisture reaches that coating, usually at the unsealed edges in a bathroom, the metal corrodes and you get the dark spotting or cloudy border. It cannot be repaired or polished out, because the damage is to the coating behind the glass. The mirror is replaced.
Yes, and it is a normal part of the job. We measure the exact positions of outlets, switches, sconces and tap fittings and cut the mirror around them. That work is done at the shop before the mirror comes to site, so the positions have to be measured accurately, which is why we measure rather than working from a sketch.
It depends on the wall and the weight. Mirror adhesive bonds the mirror to the wall and is often combined with clips at the bottom edge to carry the load while the adhesive cures. Heavier panels can be hung on a cleat. J-channel and clips suit a mirror that may need to come off again. We choose based on what the wall is made of and how heavy the panel is, and we will tell you which method we are using.
Safety backed mirror has a film applied to the back so that if the glass breaks, the pieces are held on the film rather than falling. It is used where a broken mirror would be dangerous, such as above a bath, in a gym, in a commercial space or anywhere children are close to full height glass. It costs more than standard mirror and it is worth it in those locations.
Usually yes. The panel is measured, cut and fitted back into the existing door frame, which is much less expensive than a new door set. Where the frame itself is bent or the rollers and track have failed, we will tell you, because a new panel in a door that does not run properly does not solve the actual problem.
Frameless, semi frameless and framed shower glass, measured and fitted to the opening you actually have.
Read about shower doors and enclosures
Full height mirror walls for gyms, studios and salons, installed with safety backing.
Read about gym mirrors and mirror walls
Sliding patio doors, French doors and bi-fold doors, including tempered glass replacement and rollers that no longer glide.
Read about glass doors and patio doors
Next step
Send the wall measurements and a photo showing any outlets, switches or fittings the mirror has to work around. We will tell you how it should be made and fixed.
Estimates are free. Tell us what broke, send a photo if you have one, and we will tell you whether it is a glass only repair or a full replacement before any work is booked.
Leave a message or use the estimate form and we will reply when we open.
