What we fix in Streatham's bay-fronted terraces and hillside villas
Five miles up the A23 from the JM Glass & Glazing workshop in Waddon, Croydon CR0 4JT, Streatham runs from the Vale up to the hill and the glass changes as you climb. As glaziers in Streatham we reglaze tall sashes in the Leigham Court Road villas, lift misted units out of the interwar bays in Streatham Vale, and cut panes for the steel Crittall-type frames on the High Road.
Streatham filled up fast after the railway arrived in 1856, and you can still read the build dates straight off the street. Most of SW16 is Victorian and Edwardian terraces and semis in stock brick with square and canted bays: the Sunnyhill Road conservation area is almost nothing else. Go up the hill and it changes: large late 1800s villas along Leigham Court Road with tall sashes, and the laid-out suburban plots of Telford Park. Then there is the Leigham Court Estate, model artisan housing built by the Artizans, Labourers & General Dwellings Company between 1894 and 1905, with small-pane cottage windows. Streatham Vale and Streatham Park are interwar semis. Along the High Road sit the 1930s Art Deco blocks with steel Crittall-type frames.
Two of those are half a mile apart and could not be more different as jobs. A Leigham Court villa sash takes one big pane cut and beaded into a frame that has moved for 130 years. A Leigham Court Estate cottage window takes a dozen small ones, and getting them consistent matters more than getting them done quickly. We measure both the same way: on site, off the actual rebate, never off a drawing.
Window repairs in Streatham are often cheaper than replacement and we will say so. A dropped sash, a failed hinge on a 1930s casement, a handle or locking mechanism on a 1990s uPVC unit. That is a window repair, not a new window. Keeping the original frame matters a great deal in the conservation areas up the hill.
The glass jobs that come up most in SW16
- Misted double glazing. The units retrofitted into Victorian bays and 1930s semis around Streatham Vale from the 1980s onward are well past their seal life. We template the old unit and fit a new one into the same frame, misted double glazing replacement.
- Sash and casement glass. Cracked panes, failed putty lines, and sashes that have dropped onto the sill. Glass replacement in the original timber, cut to size.
- Steel Crittall-type windows. The Art Deco blocks on Streatham High Road and Streatham Hill were built to a horizontal glazing line. New glass has to keep it, or the elevation looks wrong from the pavement.
- Secondary and acoustic glazing. The A23 runs the full length of Streatham and the noise in the flats above the High Road is real. Laminated glass and secondary units make a difference you can hear.
- Conversion flats and HMOs. A lot of the Victorian stock in SW16 is split into flats. Access, communal stairs and who is actually authorising the work all need settling before we cut anything.
Jason has spent his working life in the glazing trade and still measures the awkward ones himself. If a window is broken now rather than next week, ring the mobile on 07956 138 582 and we will tell you honestly whether we can reach Streatham today or whether an emergency glazier boarding it up is the sensible first move.
Streatham High Road is one of the longest shopping streets in south London. It runs from Streatham Hill down to Streatham Common, and behind the Argos and the Lidl there is a very long tail of independent shops, takeaways and small units. It is also where Britain's first supermarket opened, a 2,500 sq ft Express Dairies Premier Supermarket, in 1951.
A parade that long throws up two kinds of glass work. There is damage: a shutter forced overnight, a cracked toughened pane in a door, a front that needs boarding before the shop opens. And there is the refit, where an empty unit changes hands and the whole front comes out. We do both. Shop front glass replacement is usually 10mm or 12mm toughened, and we template on site, because very few older Streatham shop fronts are square. Same on the secondary parades: Mitcham Lane, Streatham Vale, Streatham Hill and the London Road end at Norbury.
Nine conservation areas, and what they mean for your windows
Lambeth has nine conservation areas inside Streatham, which is a lot for one district: Streatham High Road and Streatham Hill (CA54), Streatham Common (CA43), Streatham Park and Garrads Road (CA12), Streatham Lodge (CA62), Telford Park (CA44), Sunnyhill Road (CA15), Leigham Court Estate (CA31), and Leigham Court Road North and South (CA60 and CA28).
If your house sits in one of them, changing a window's material, glazing bar pattern or opening style is a planning question, not just a glazing one. Frederick Wheeler's Queen Anne Revival shop houses of 1884 to 1891 on the High Road are the sharp end of it: the shopfront and the sashes above it are both controlled. We are glaziers, not planning consultants, so ring Lambeth before you order anything. What we can do is put new glass in the frame you already have and match a pane to what is there.
Made-to-order glass for Streatham homes
Beyond repairs we make glass to size: splashbacks for kitchen refits in the interwar semis, made-to-measure mirrors for the deep hallways in the Leigham Court villas, frameless shower enclosures, glass balustrades for loft conversions and rear extensions, and one-off glass projects. Edge Building Products picked one of our roof light jobs as their Installation of the Month for July 2025, 44 shaped double glazed units into 50mm capped aluminium glazing bars. There are photographs of finished work in the gallery.
Getting to Streatham from our Croydon base
We work out of 24 Waddon Close in Croydon, and Streatham is a straight run north up the A23 through Thornton Heath and Norbury. The Norbury and Pollards Hill end of SW16 is roughly three miles from us. Streatham Common is nearer five and Streatham Hill about six. We will be straight with you: Croydon and South Croydon are our home ground and most of our work is there. Streatham is a regular run rather than a doorstep, so on anything urgent we will tell you on the phone what is realistic instead of promising a time we cannot hold. Parking is the other honest constraint: most of SW16 is a controlled zone and there is next to nothing on the High Road itself, so a bay or a permit for the van saves everybody time. If something is not right after we have been, we come back and sort it.
Glazing services we provide in Streatham
Same glass, same van, whether it is a broken pane on Mitcham Lane or a new frameless screen in a Telford Park bathroom. Here is what we do across SW16, and you can see the full list of our glazing services.
Areas near Streatham
We also cover Croydon, Sutton, Beckenham, Clapham, Wandsworth, Wimbledon. See every area on our areas covered page.
Frequently Asked Questions
Streatham Common is about five miles from our base at Waddon in Croydon, straight up the A23 through Thornton Heath and Norbury. The Norbury and Pollards Hill end of SW16 is closer, roughly three miles. Traffic on the High Road decides the rest. Call 020 8680 8334 and we will give you a realistic time rather than a promise we cannot keep.
Yes. Putting new glass into the frame you already have is normally fine. What brings Lambeth's planning department into it is changing the frame itself: a different material, different glazing bars or a different opening style. Nine conservation areas cover Streatham, so check with Lambeth before you order new windows. We will replace the pane either way.
Usually. Those artisan cottages from the 1894 to 1905 build have a lot of small panes, and the job is about consistency across all of them rather than speed. We measure every opening off the rebate on site. Where original textured or drawn glass is involved we will tell you what we can and cannot match before we start.
Yes, and it is one of the most common calls we get from SW16. The interwar semis in Streatham Vale and Streatham Park had double glazed units retrofitted into their bays from the 1980s onward, and those seals are now going. We template the failed unit and fit a new one into the same frame, so the window itself stays put.
We take emergency call-outs and we aim to make a property safe the same day where we can. Streatham is about five miles from us, so we will not quote a time on the phone that we cannot hold. Ring the mobile on 07956 138 582. It takes WhatsApp as well and it is the quickest way to get a straight answer.
Yes, we cut glass to size. Give us the exact sizes, or better, let us measure: most Victorian and Edwardian openings in Streatham are out of square and a plan measurement will not fit. We cut float, toughened, laminated, obscure and mirror. We are at 24 Waddon Close, Croydon CR0 4JT.
Yes. Toughened is what most of the shop front work along Streatham High Road takes, usually 10mm or 12mm, and we also cut it for doors, display panels, table tops and shower screens. Very few of the older Streatham fronts are square, so we template on site rather than work to a drawing. Same on the Mitcham Lane, Streatham Vale and Streatham Hill parades. Toughened is made to size and cannot be trimmed afterwards.
Not complete windows, no. Most SW16 calls that come in as window replacement turn out to be glass: a blown unit in a Streatham Vale bay, a cracked pane in a Leigham Court sash, a hinge or handle that has given up. New glass in the frame you already have is quicker, costs less, and in the nine conservation areas keeping the original frame is usually the point. We do not sell or install new windows or frames, so if the frame itself has failed you need a window company.