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Be an educated consumer. Know a little about what you are buying. Most stained glass windows look fine from a distance. Does the one you are considering hold up under a close–up inspection?
Who said, "You get what you pay for"? There are no building inspectors to check the work of a stained glass shop. Anyone with a little talent can open a shop and become a "professional." Hey, he did! They did! We all did! Some of us take more pride in our work than others.

There is no provision in any building code for good workmanship or quality. Caveat emptor! Let the Buyer Beware!

Does craftsmanship vary? You be the judge!

1. Assembled lead before solder is applied.

2. Joints are soldered.

3. Looking into the joint.
Solder should not flow inside of the joint. This would put a bind on the glass, which should float inside the lead channel for flexibility; otherwise, it can crack under the stress.

4. Rebar attached to window adds strength.
Rebars are affixed at intervals on windows over 22".
The size of this rebar is 1/8" x 3/8", with the narrow edge facing the viewer.

5. This is a view of a rebar looking directly at its edge. We don’t want it to interfere with the beauty of your window any more than necessary.

Solder should not flow into the inside of the joints nor onto the glass. Since the glass cannot flex in the lead, the glass can chip or crack. This is not our work.

Sloppy assembly. Sloppy solder.
Panel has not been cleaned.
Richard said I should point out the errors with arrows.
I don’t think that is necessary.
This is NOT our work.

Sloppy assembly. Sloppy solder.
Panel has not been cleaned properly.
This is NOT our work.

Sloppy assembly. Sloppy solder.
Panel has not been cleaned and was shipped to the customer in this condition.
A piece of metal not normally used for rebar has been placed on this window as a rebar. See #4, #5. Can you see where the glass does not reach the lead?
That black trash is putty which the person who made this window did not clean off and you can see greasy flux on the glass.
This is NOT our work.

The window from a distance.
There’s that fat rebar offset on the window.
This is NOT our work.

This person wanted to work for our company — claimed to be a professional!

He cracked many bevel points by not controlling the temperature of his soldering iron.

That lead line should go straight out from the point of the bevel.
The red arrow points to a hole where the glass did not fit into the lead!

This came from a working studio in Houston. They promised fine craftsmanship, said we would not be able to tell their work from ours!
The arrows point to where the glass was cut short of the lead channel. They tried to fill it with putty, but the putty started falling out! Putty is supposed to weatherproof a window, not fill holes in the work!

This came from the same studio in Houston. Scratch on background glass; the light green edge of the bevel shows where it was not properly fitted into the lead channel.

We got this as a repair job. Artist unknown. Sloppy assembly. Sloppy solder.

Sloppy solder.

This window is sized poorly. It is barely caught under the door molding.

This window is sized poorly. It is barely caught under the door molding.

What a mess they made of this. This window is sized poorly. It is barely caught under the door molding.

Congratulations! If you made it this far, you should be able to spot garbage when you see it!

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