Alpha BrothersGlass
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Ogden, Utah

Storefront glass in Ogden

An Ogden downtown frontage has usually been through several owners and at least as many alterations.

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Historic frontages that have been altered before

An Ogden downtown frontage has usually been through several owners and at least as many alterations. The opening you are looking at is rarely the one the building was built with, and it is almost never a standard size. Anyone quoting from a previous invoice or a photograph is guessing.

So these get templated. It costs an extra visit and it is the reason the glass fits. On an old commercial building we are also checking what the opening will actually take, because modern safety glass is heavier than whatever came out, and an original stop detail does not always suit it.

Where a building is in a historic district there can be constraints on what the frontage is allowed to look like. We are glaziers, not your planning consultant, but we will tell you when something you are asking for looks likely to run into that, instead of fitting it and letting you find out.

A completed commercial storefront with dark framing and double entrance doors

How we handle it here

Templated every time

An old frontage has been altered before. The current opening is its own shape and gets recorded as one.

We check what the opening will take

Modern safety glass is heavier than what came out. An original stop detail does not always suit it.

Straight talk on historic constraints

If what you are asking for looks likely to run into a district rule, you hear it from us before it is fitted.

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Storefront glass in Ogden: questions

Will a modern insulated unit fit an old Ogden shopfront?
Not always, and it is checked before ordering. Older commercial frames were built for thin single pane glass, so the rebate is often too shallow for a modern insulated unit. Sometimes the frame takes a thinner double glazed unit, sometimes it does not, and we measure the rebate depth rather than assuming.
Can replacement glass match the look of an existing frontage?
In most cases yes, and on a run of original frontage it matters. Tint, thickness and reflectivity all vary between products, and a pane that is technically correct but visibly different is worse than the break was. We match against the adjacent glazing rather than ordering the nearest standard spec.
How much does it cost to replace glass in an older commercial frontage?
It is quoted per opening, and older frontages carry two extra variables: whether the frame can take a modern unit, and whether the pane is an odd historic size that has to be cut to a template. We price it after measuring rather than before.

Get your Ogden storefront glass measured

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