{"id":2308,"date":"2017-12-15T17:03:45","date_gmt":"2017-12-15T17:03:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kettonglass.co.uk\/?p=2308"},"modified":"2017-12-15T20:18:06","modified_gmt":"2017-12-15T20:18:06","slug":"leaded-light-rebuild-exposed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kettonglass.co.uk\/index.php\/leaded-light-rebuild-exposed\/","title":{"rendered":"Leaded light rebuild exposed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Montague Road in <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cambridge\" onclick=\"javascript:_gaq.push(['_trackEvent','outbound-article','http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org']);\" target=\"_blank\">Cambridge<\/a> has seen several leaded lights come to my workshop<\/p>\n<p>Here is the leaded light apart with the central portion still to be stripped<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kettonglass-co-uk.stackstaging.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/IMG_0114.jpg\" onclick=\"javascript:_gaq.push(['_trackEvent','outbound-article','http:\/\/kettonglass-co-uk.stackstaging.com']);\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2296 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/kettonglass-co-uk.stackstaging.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/IMG_0114-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_0114\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kettonglass.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/IMG_0114-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/kettonglass.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/IMG_0114.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Cracked glass needs to be matched and replaced &#8211; this is all caused by the distortion of the leaded panel. As the door slams shut the glass and lead have weight which gradually makes the panel creep &#8211; the further from the hinge the greater the force applied.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kettonglass-co-uk.stackstaging.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/2017-10-18-20.56.17.jpg\" onclick=\"javascript:_gaq.push(['_trackEvent','outbound-article','http:\/\/kettonglass-co-uk.stackstaging.com']);\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-2313\" src=\"https:\/\/kettonglass-co-uk.stackstaging.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/2017-10-18-20.56.17-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"2017-10-18 20.56.17\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kettonglass.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/2017-10-18-20.56.17-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/kettonglass.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/2017-10-18-20.56.17-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kettonglass-co-uk.stackstaging.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/56E1BBA4-55A1-4E3E-9989-9DEBB03632CB.png\" onclick=\"javascript:_gaq.push(['_trackEvent','outbound-article','http:\/\/kettonglass-co-uk.stackstaging.com']);\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-2311\" src=\"https:\/\/kettonglass-co-uk.stackstaging.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/56E1BBA4-55A1-4E3E-9989-9DEBB03632CB-155x300.png\" alt=\"56E1BBA4-55A1-4E3E-9989-9DEBB03632CB\" width=\"155\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I added some <a title=\"draft excluder\" href=\"https:\/\/www.homebase.co.uk\/stormguard-ultraseal-self-adhesive-foam-draught-excluder-white_p568325\" onclick=\"javascript:_gaq.push(['_trackEvent','outbound-article','http:\/\/www.homebase.co.uk']);\" target=\"_blank\">sponge draft excluder <\/a>to the door surround to soften the closing. Client had this to say on completion: &#8216;All looks good and hopefully will last a good long time.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Here is another from Sherlock Road in Cambridge receiving the same treatment:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kettonglass-co-uk.stackstaging.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/IMG_0125.jpg\" onclick=\"javascript:_gaq.push(['_trackEvent','outbound-article','http:\/\/kettonglass-co-uk.stackstaging.com']);\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-2300\" src=\"https:\/\/kettonglass-co-uk.stackstaging.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/IMG_0125-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_0125\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kettonglass.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/IMG_0125-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/kettonglass.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/IMG_0125.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This was how it looked before I started the strip down of the old leadwork<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kettonglass-co-uk.stackstaging.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/IMG_0123.jpg\" onclick=\"javascript:_gaq.push(['_trackEvent','outbound-article','http:\/\/kettonglass-co-uk.stackstaging.com']);\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-2298\" src=\"https:\/\/kettonglass-co-uk.stackstaging.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/IMG_0123-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_0123\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kettonglass.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/IMG_0123-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/kettonglass.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/IMG_0123.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Reinstalled back into the front door the client had this to say: &#8216;<span style=\"text-align: left; color: #000000; text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; word-spacing: 0px; float: none; display: inline; white-space: normal; background-color: #ffffff; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;\">We greatly appreciate your work and love the result.&#8217;<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kettonglass-co-uk.stackstaging.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/IMG_0123.jpg\" onclick=\"javascript:_gaq.push(['_trackEvent','outbound-article','http:\/\/kettonglass-co-uk.stackstaging.com']);\">\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Montague Road in Cambridge has seen several leaded lights come to my workshop Here is the leaded light apart with the central portion still to be stripped Cracked glass needs to be matched and replaced &#8211; this is all caused by the distortion of the leaded panel. As the door slams shut the glass and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":2313,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,7,4,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2308","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-conservation","category-current_projects","category-stained_glass_restoration","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kettonglass.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2308","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kettonglass.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kettonglass.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kettonglass.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kettonglass.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2308"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/kettonglass.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2308\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2327,"href":"https:\/\/kettonglass.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2308\/revisions\/2327"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kettonglass.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2313"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kettonglass.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2308"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kettonglass.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2308"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kettonglass.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2308"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}