Frameless glass
Fixed to discreet stainless spigots or standoffs with no top rail, for the clearest, cleanest line and the most open view.
Glass balustrades
Keep the view, keep everyone safe
Frameless and semi-frameless glass balustrades that meet the rules without interrupting your view, in quality toughened safety glass. Designed and installed to suit your deck height and setting, with fixings chosen for a coastal environment.
Why glass
A safe edge you can see straight through
A balustrade has a job to do: keep people safe at the edge of a raised deck. Glass does that job while letting the view carry on uninterrupted, so the deck feels bigger and the outlook stays the reason you built it.
The craft is in the detail: glass set plumb and even, gaps held to the standard, and stainless spigots or standoffs fixed into sound structure. Get those right and you have an edge that is both safe and almost invisible.
- Frameless & semi-frameless glass
- Toughened safety glass
- Compliant heights & gap spacing
- Stainless spigots & standoff fixings
- Coastal-grade, corrosion-resistant hardware
- Designed to suit your deck height & setting
What we fit
From a deck edge to a pool surround
Semi-frameless glass
Slim posts and an optional top rail: a touch more structure and handhold for a friendlier price, still wonderfully open.
Deck & verandah edges
The safe edge to a raised deck or verandah, set to the right height and gaps and matched to the boards and the house.
Pool & stair glass
Glass pool fencing and stair balustrades that keep sightlines open where you want to see what is going on. (Pool fencing TBC.)
Built to last by the sea
The hardware is what keeps it looking sharp
Glass shrugs off salt air, so the long-term look of a balustrade comes down to the metal that holds it. We use stainless spigots, standoffs and fixings chosen to resist corrosion in a coastal or high-UV climate, set into structure that can carry the load.
Common questions
- Frameless or semi-frameless: what is the difference?
- Frameless glass fixes to discreet stainless spigots or standoffs with no top rail, for the clearest possible view. Semi-frameless uses slim posts and often a top rail, which costs less and adds a handhold. Both use toughened safety glass; we match the look to your deck and budget.
- Will a glass balustrade meet the building rules?
- Yes. Balustrades have rules on height, the gaps around and under the glass, and the grade of glass itself. We design and install to those rules so it is safe and signed off, while keeping the view as open as the standard allows. (Specific figures confirmed against the current standards. TBC.)
- Is glass a good idea so close to salt air?
- Glass itself loves a coastal setting: it does not rust or rot, and a quick wipe keeps it clear. The part that matters is the hardware, so we use stainless spigots and fixings chosen to resist corrosion, which is what keeps a glass balustrade looking sharp for the long haul.
- Can you add glass to an existing deck?
- Often, yes. If the deck structure is sound and the edge can carry the fixings, we can retrofit a glass balustrade to a deck you already have. We check the framing first and tell you plainly what it needs, so you get a safe result rather than a guess.
Want to keep the view?
Tell us about your deck and outlook and we’ll work out the right glass balustrade, frameless or semi-frameless, designed to suit and built to last.