Stained Glass 

Studios, Inc.

     In 2000, Frank L. Blum Construction Company was doing a renovation at Augsburg Lutheran Church in Winston Salem, NC.  During the renovation, Laws Stained Glass Studios restored two of the stained glass windows, provided new aluminum frames, and 1/4" Lucite acrylic as the protective covering for them. One window (size 34" wide x 158" high with a gothic top) had a hand-stained glass pictorial scene where a number of the pieces like the hands, face, and feet were broken.  Laws remade the broken pieces and re-leaded the entire window.  The other window (size 24" wide x 129" high with a gothic top) was made of opalescent glass and in reasonable good shape.  It did not have any bulges and just a few pieces of broken glass.  Laws replaced the broken glass.  These windows with their new frames were installed into the new openings provided by the contractor.

     In 2015, Laws Stained Glass Studios returned to Augsburg Lutheran Church.  Laws inspected all the leaded windows and found them in good shape.  Only one window had a missing brace that had fallen off.  But the old protective covering was in poor shape.  3/16" Lexan polycarbonate had been installed previously and had yellowed and became milky white.  It had been screwed up directly to the exterior wood frame which did not allow for expansion and contraction.

     In 2016, Laws Stained Glass Studios came to the church to provide new protective covering and fix the one missing brace.  The scope of the work included:

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    • Removing the old discolored protective covering.
    • Remove all loose putty and re-glaze the leaded windows into the frame.
    • Scrape off loose paint, prime and paint (1) finish coat of paint.
    • Clean windows on the outside.
    • Provide and install an almond color aluminum angle frame with stops for all windows, except the D Window.  The new protective covering will be installed over the D Window as it is because there is not enough room for a frame or stops.
    • Install new 1/4" Lucite acrylic protective covering into the new almond aluminum angle frame.  The Lucite will be caulked using a clear silicone caulk.
    • New almond aluminum t-bars will be installed to divide the sections of Lucite.
    • 1" aluminum vent buttons will be installed into the Lucite protective covering to allow air flow between the protective covering and the stained glass windows.