Revamp Your Deck: How Glass Balustrades Elevate Outdoor Living Spaces

With the sun (mostly) shining in the Great British Summertime, it’s the ideal time to look at revamping your outdoor living space.

Glass balustrades make a great addition to outdoor spaces like balconies or decking, adding character and style along with a more modern aesthetic than you could get with wood or metal.

Here are the key reasons glass balustrades are the perfect choice for revamping your decking.

1. Unobstructed Views

Your balcony or decking should give you a view of your garden, not obstruct it. Putting metal or wooden poles between you and this view takes away from the appearance of your outdoor space. Glass panels help you make the most of whatever view you’ve got, whether it’s a landscaped garden, ocean view, or bustling cityscape.

2. Maximising Natural Light

Natural light offers a brilliant visual appeal, setting the ambience and atmosphere of your outdoor space. Glass balustrades are brilliant for maximising every bit of natural sunlight, allowing it to pass through to the balcony or decking and creating a brighter, more open space.

3. Enhancing Safety

Let’s not forget that while a balustrade can be a design feature, ultimately, it’s a safety feature. Toughened or laminated glass makes the best choice as they provide all the aesthetic benefits while providing the robust safety you need. These glass types are designed to withstand higher impacts without breaking, and even if they do, they break into dull pieces to reduce further injury.

Make sure you choose the right glass thickness to meet the safety standards for your glass balustrade.

4. Modern and Versatile Design

Glass balustrades are very versatile and fit in with both contemporary designs, and more modern, minimalist appearances. You can choose frameless or semi-frameless balustrades to further improve the visual appeal of your glass balustrade.

5. Low Maintenance

Glass balustrades also make a great choice for balustrades because they require less maintenance than alternative materials like wood and metal. Wood and metal can require regular painting or treatment to reduce fading or rust. Glass, on the other hand, only needs the occasional wipe-down to maintain its appearance. Glass is also more versatile because you can use it inside and outside, and it will withstand the elements without deteriorating.

Get Your Outdoor Space Summer Ready with a Glass Balustrade

Glass balustrades are the perfect solution when revamping your outdoor space. They provide unobstructed views, maximise natural light, enhance safety, offer modern design, and require less maintenance.

If you’re looking to elevate the aesthetic and functionality of your outdoor living space, consider incorporating a glass balustrade into your design.

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Andrew Cooke

Superb customer service from the Express Toughening team – when I made a mistake on my order online, they dealt with the issue quickly organising partial refund immediately. My order arrived quickly and their courier messaged me before delivery to check I was in. Quality product at the best price I found online.

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Kiron Kular

A massive Thankyou to Helen from Express Toughening for being so patient, co-operative and helpful with my orders. She resolved a re-make without any fuss and in an extremely timely manner. If you want glass – go to Express Toughening and ask for Helen!

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Andy Beviere

Extremely easy company to deal with, glass ordered weeks ago and asked for a specific delivery date due to glass testing and no one being onsite. Delivered on time and when asked for other types glass stated they couldn’t help but recommended an equally helpful company!!

Wouldn’t hesitate to use again.

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Brian White

I’ve used Express Toughening twice now and have been very impressed with the glass they have supplied and also the helpfulness of the staff. The first job was a couple of years ago when they supplied me with a 6mm satin frosted toughened glass door for our shower room. From my measurements they supplied a fabulous door which had the hinge and lock holes cut out and also took into account the out of square measurement of the door frame. It fitted a treat and is stunning to look at.

More recently (late last year) they supplied me with painted toughened glass splash backs (7 items altogether in 6mm glass with the biggest being 2.1 metres long), all cut to my sizes and with numerous switch and socket cut-outs. My local glass supplier said they could not cut out the close together sockets and switches, but Express did and got it spot on!

As with the glass door, the splash backs were delivered to me by Expresses’ own transport and without any problems and quality issues.

After the scary bit of fitting them all the result is faultless and stunning. Thanks go to Alex who helped me with the ordering process and technical aspects of glass splash backs.

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David Convery

4mm toughened glass for greenhouse. Although slightly dubious about ordering from a company I’ve never heard of and not local (300mile away) I’m so glad I took the plunge. A great customer service from Helen and the team from start to finish, clearly there was nothing for me to worry about.

Their website is easy to use and made ordering online a doddle and for those shapes, they don’t have on their website a quick email and rough diagram sorted any issues there. All glass arrived on time well packed and with no breakages.

It’s a company I wouldn’t hesitate to use again and I’d definitely recommend it to others who need quality glass cut to size.

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Tony Fields

Excellent product.
Exactly what it says on the tin.
Brilliant, friendly service from Helen.
Definitely recommended.
(And we’re on the Scottish border)

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Tony Owen

Fantastic service, fantastic prices and fantastic products – I could not recommend Express Toughening highly enough – I got an immediate response to my request for a quotation, and Helen was so helpful in answering my questions. Order placement was easy and everything arrived exactly on time and as promised. I won’t look anywhere else for my next order – great prices (way cheaper than other quotes) and great service!

Thank you!

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Sam Richardson

We have been using Express toughening for a number of years, mainly for glass screens and Toughened Glass for balustrade. The company are always reliable, deliveries always on time and friendly helpful service.

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