Broken glass insert on display cabinet.
During a recent renovation, one of the side glass panels (small) shattered on my tall glass display cabinet. We removed the broken piece, and left it. Short of spending a fortune to get the glass replaced, any ideas on what to do?
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Is it a typical size? You can find replacement glass pieces at your local home improvement store. Or, if it's a little outside that, a glass place can make the size and shape you need. Neither are too terribly expensive. Or you can take all the glass out and replace it with fabric or caning.
I agree actually our local glass place is REALLY inexpensive. Last time I had glass cut there was for an old door (about 36x34 roughly) and it was less than $20. So I would definitely check in just getting a piece cut.
Home Improvement stores will often cut a piece of glass for free. Look in you area for places that will give you exact size. It should not be expensive. Not hard to remove what was holding the original glass in, remove it, put new piece in and replace wood or what ever was holding glass in place. I am sure there are a ton of videos online to show you how. IF you get someone to come to your house to do it I get the cost would be MUCH more. DIY should not be expensive at all. p.s. WEAR GLOVES
You can buy glass cut to fit at Ace Hardware or percut glass at Menards, Home Depot. You can also replace the glass with acrylic sheets.
Of course you can replace the glass quite unexpensively, also you could put in something like chicken wire as a replacement, but you'd have to do the opposite side as well to keep it matching.
Or make a cardboard template and decoupage fabric on it.
Lowes, and Home Depot cut glass and it is not expensive.
Unless you glass is beveled, it shouldn't be very expensive to have a home improvement store or even Ace Hardware to cut a piece the correct size.
You can craft some kind of metal screening to replace it, if not too big, you can go buy a second hand picture frame with glass and buy a glass cutter to make your own panel, you can cover cardboard with fabric, wallpaper or contact paper to make a decorative panel.
You could cut it yourself at home.
https://www.instructables.com/How-to-Cut-Glass/
The hardware store should be able to cut you a matching piece and then you may be able to find a handyman if you need one to replace it.
We get glass cut all the time and it's not that expensive. If however, it's a special type of glass, etched or beveled and needs to match, that can get pricey. You could put fabric behind the glass doors and camouflage the break. It's a different look, but it would salvage the piece. https://www.exquisitelyunremarkable.com/2015/03/creating-charm-with-fabric.html
Some hardware stores cut plain glass fairly inexpensively. If it's not etched or beveled you might inquire about pricing there.
Your local hardware store should be able to cut a new piece of glass for you. I had it done for a china cabinet I refurbished.
well the glass shouldn't be that expensive if you measure it correctly and have someone to cut it for you then you can insert it yourself
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WVsIBdULGMo
Hi Violet, you'd be surprised how cheap glass can be, take the measurements and a piece of the glass to a home store or glass store and they can cut one for you
Try going to a hardware store and have a piece of glass cut. If you can replace it yourself, it's surprising how cheap getting a piece cut somewhere like that is.
Getting glass cut to size isn't expensive usually. This video has some tips for replacing the glass yourself.
Sorry forgot the link to the video!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gAUBG8y-hu4
If you buy a piece of replacement glass if the store can they usually cut it to size for you even if they charge a few dollars to do this is would be worth it.