Lead Designs

Whether your home already has traditional leaded windows or you fancy a complete change of style we can reproduce any traditional lead pattern using self adhesive lead.

Self adhesive lead is available in 4mm, 6mm, 9mm, 12mm widths in silver, aged effect, black, gold along with some other colours. Profile is available either as flat or oval and we can solder all the joints for that special finish.

Traditionally Lead lites were made up of individual panes of glass held together by lead came.

Modern sealed units saw the arrival of self adhesive lead that is applied to the glass to form the required design, This is normally applied to both sides of sheet one of the sealed unit,( one side being exposed the atmosphere the other side enclosed within the cavity of the unit) The properties of lead are such that they will darken with time when exposed to the elements, new lead is naturally shinny and will darken with time, but the lead inside the glass is effectively sealed so will remain preserved. Some people are ok with this others want the aged authentic look inside. We can achieve this by the use of a specially treated aged effect lead that is so much darker.

You must be aware that when lead is newly exposed to the atmosphere it will go through a natural staining process where white deposits form on the lead and you may even see white streaks running down the glass. In time this will end as the lead ages and becomes sealed...

One way to mask this - is to apply Patination Oil to the lead surface.

If the lead is self adhesive, then in time will it peel off?

Good question: These are specialist produced products, the glass surfaces must be very clean before the lead is applied, and it is then rolled with a special tool to force the adhesive to bond with the glass. It will of course be covered by the warranty details with your contract. So there should be no reason why this should happen; yes there are inferior quality products out there so price can become the issue. The cleaning of the products is important so if chemicals are used this could affect the adhesion of the product or prolonged heavy rubbing (see our maintance and cleaning tips page)

How do you clean them?

They are in fact easier to clean then original leads as the areas are flat, just a wipe over is normally all that is required with the bonus that the room side glass is clear as the leads are sealed in between for life.

LEADED DESIGNS

Designs available are normally diamonds, squares or simple borders; these can be expanded to produce any geometrical effect required. The examples below are just a few to choose from, various suppliers may call them by different names:

See examples of our work

Elizabethan or Diamond	Georgian or Square	Queen Anne
Queen Caroline	Cleveland	Cumberland
Jacobean (Tudor)	Northumberland	Stewart (Stuart)

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