Epsom's windows come from three different centuries
Stoneleigh was fields until 1931, so its bays are all 1930s timber and the sealed units dropped into them decades later are the ones misting now. Reglazing those, and the tall sashes on the Woodcote and College Road villas, is most of what a glazier in Epsom is asked for. JM Glass & Glazing come out from Waddon in Croydon, CR0 4JT, seven miles east on the A232.
Epsom is really three towns as far as glass goes. Around Church Street, Chalk Lane and the Market Place you get the survivals of the Georgian spa town: brick frontages, timber box sashes, fanlights over the doors. South and east of the centre is the villa suburb: Woodcote, College Road, the Downs Road Estate and Burgh Heath Road, large detached houses with tall Victorian and Edwardian sashes, bays and oriels, and a fair amount of original stained and leaded glass still sitting in the frames.
The KT17 side is a different animal. Stoneleigh was fields until 1931 and the first houses went up in 1933, so it's almost wall-to-wall 1930s semis: curved timber bays, leaded top-lights, the odd Crittall-style metal casement. Plenty of those bays were double glazed in the 1990s and those units are now failing. Ewell Village next door keeps its 17th to 19th-century cottages around Church Street and Bourne Hall. A few jobs come up here more than any others.
- Blown units in a 1930s bay. A Stoneleigh or East Ewell bay is usually four or five separate panes, and the misted one is rarely the one you'd guess. We measure each pane, make the unit up and swap it. The frame, the beads and the leaded top-light all stay where they are. That's our misted double glazing work.
- Cracked glass in a timber sash. On the Woodcote and College Road villas the sashes are usually worth keeping: it's the glass that's gone, not the box. We take the pane out, reglaze and re-putty rather than talk you into a new window. See glass replacement.
- Leaded and coloured top-lights. These are the ones people worry about. Send a photo before we quote. Some can be saved and some are better replaced with a new unit made to match, and we'll tell you honestly which one you're looking at.
- A door or a window put through. We board up first so the house is secure, then glaze once the pane is made. That's the emergency glazier side of it.
Glass replacement, window repairs and glass cut to size in Epsom, KT17
Most of what we do in Epsom is glass rather than frames. A cracked, misted or missing pane can usually be put right in the frame you've already got, which is quicker and cheaper than a whole new window: that's the bulk of our window repair work. We also cut glass to size for table tops, shelves, cabinet doors and greenhouse panes, make up made-to-measure mirrors for the deep hallways in the Woodcote and College Road houses, and fit toughened glass splashbacks in kitchens. Rough sizes over the phone are fine to start with; we template before anything is cut.
Where we're not the right call, and we'd rather say it here than at the end of a job: we're not on a Building Regulations self-certification scheme. If you're replacing whole windows and doors in Epsom you'll want either an installer who is, or a building notice to Epsom & Ewell Borough Council. Glass into existing frames is a different matter and it's what we're best at.
We're rated 5.0 on Google. The one outside credential we'll claim is from Edge Building Products, who made us their Installation of the Month for July 2025: a roof light refurbishment, 44 shaped double-glazed units into Edge 50mm capped aluminium glazing bars. That's a supplier feature rather than an accreditation, and we'd sooner describe it accurately than dress it up.
Shop front glass on Epsom High Street and Stoneleigh Broadway
Epsom's commercial glazing splits the same way its housing does. The High Street and Market Place mix the national chains with a strong independent trade, and the Ashley Centre (opened by Queen Elizabeth II in October 1984), adds an enclosed mall and the offices around it. Stoneleigh Broadway is something else again: an intact 1930s parade of independent shops with the Grade II listed Stoneleigh Hotel, open since November 1935, anchoring the end of it. Ewell Village has its own short run of shops.
A put-through shop front is a trading problem before it's a glazing one. We board up so you can open in the morning and come back with the toughened pane once it's made: shop front glass replacement and emergency board-ups are both things we'll come out to Epsom for, and we aim to make a property safe the same day where we can. There's steadier commercial work around Epsom General Hospital, Epsom College and the UCA campus too: door glass, partitions and the rest of our glazing services.
Conservation areas: what you can and can't change
Epsom and Ewell has a lot of conservation area for a town this size. Epsom Town Centre, Church Street and Chalk Lane cover the Georgian core. Woodcote, College Road, the Downs Road Estate and Burgh Heath Road cover the villa suburb. Ewell Village covers the old cottages by Bourne Hall. Inside those boundaries, and on anything listed, changing how a window looks from the street is a planning question as much as a glazing one. Check with Epsom and Ewell Borough Council before you order anything.
In practice that pushes most period work towards repair, which suits how we work anyway. Reglazing a box sash, or making up a slim sealed unit to drop into an existing frame where the frame allows it, changes far less than a new window and is usually the easier conversation with the council. On a listed building you'll need listed building consent whatever the glass is, and that is not something we can shortcut for you.
How we get to Epsom from Croydon
Straight answer: Epsom is roughly seven miles west of our yard at Waddon, and we come out along the A232 through Carshalton, Sutton and Cheam, into Ewell and on to the town centre. Half an hour or so in normal traffic. We're not going to pretend we have a shop on Epsom High Street, because we haven't: we're a Croydon glazier and Epsom is the outer edge of where we work. What that buys you is honesty about timing rather than a promise we can't hold. On big race days the roads around Epsom Downs and Tattenham Corner get busy, so if you're up that end, say so when you ring and we'll plan around it.
Frequently Asked Questions
Epsom is about seven miles west of our base at Waddon in Croydon. We come out on the A232 through Carshalton, Sutton and Cheam, which is usually around half an hour in normal traffic. For emergencies we aim to make a property safe the same day where we can, and we'll give you a realistic time on the phone rather than a guess.
Almost never. A 1930s Stoneleigh bay is made up of several separate sealed units and usually only one or two have failed. We measure each pane, make up new units and fit them into the frame you already have. The timber, the beads and the leaded top-light all stay put. It costs a fraction of a replacement window.
Usually yes, but check before you order. Epsom Town Centre, Church Street, Chalk Lane, Woodcote, College Road, the Downs Road Estate, Burgh Heath Road and Ewell Village are all conservation areas, and Epsom and Ewell Borough Council controls what changes at the front. Reglazing an existing sash is far less contentious than a new window. Anything listed needs listed building consent.
Yes. KT17 takes in the town centre, Stoneleigh, Ewell and East Ewell. KT18 covers Woodcote, College Road, Chalk Lane, Epsom Downs, Tattenham Corner and Langley Vale. We work across both. On big race days the roads around the Downs get busy, so if you're up that end mention it when you ring and we'll work around the traffic.
Yes. Table tops, shelves, cabinet doors, greenhouse panes, picture glass and toughened splashbacks all get cut to size. Give us rough sizes over the phone and we'll tell you what's possible and what thickness it needs. For anything that has to fit exactly we'll come out and template it in Epsom before a single piece is cut.
Yes. If a window or a shop front has gone in, we board up first so the property is secure, then glaze once the replacement pane is made. Ring 020 8680 8334 in the day or 07956 138 582 out of hours. We aim to make a property safe the same day where we can, and we'll say honestly if Epsom has to wait until morning.
Yes. Laminated is what most Epsom shop and office fronts want, because the interlayer holds the pane together when it is hit rather than letting it drop out of the frame. We measure on site, board up so you can open in the morning, and fit once the pane is made. That covers the High Street and Market Place, the units around the Ashley Centre, and the intact 1930s parade on Stoneleigh Broadway.
Only the glass. In Epsom that is nearly always what is needed: a Stoneleigh bay is four or five separate units and usually one has misted, so we make that one up and leave the timber, beads and leaded top-light alone. On the Woodcote and College Road sashes the box is sound and only the pane has gone. If the frame itself has failed, we are not a replacement-window company. That is an installer's job, or a building notice to Epsom and Ewell Borough Council.