Glass/acrylic companies in New York?

[Swizylstik]

I am trying to find a glazier in the New York/Bklyn/Queens/LI area that can help me replace a piece of glass. My (now broken) piece is 7' X 18" X 1/2". I would also be interested in maybe replacing this piece with acrylic.

I would like to either replace the broken piece or shorten the piece (by cutting at the break) and cut down the other pieces to make say a 4 foot tank. The glass is 1/2 inch and I am told that 1/2 inch glass can be tricky to cut.

Does anyone here know a place that can replace the broken piece or cut these pieces down for me?

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

 

[nanoreefer22]

Welcome To Manhattan Reefs!!

If your close by there is a glass shop on 3rd avenue btwn 13th and 14th streets. It's a very discreet place, took me a whole 15 years to notice it. It's right across the street(2 way street) from the gas station. No store front just a door thats always open, when their open. I have their number somewhere if you'd like I could get it for you later today.

-Kris

 

[bad coffee]

Swizylstik (GREAT name btw)

Welcome to MR! WHich pane of glass broke on your tank? I"m digging the 7' length.

You're going to have to rebuild the tank anyway, so get the size you want.

Honestly, I think you'd end up losing money if you went through the trouble of cutting down the tank and re-assembling it. For the same time and effort, you can just buy a used 4' tank.

You won't get away with putting an acrylic side on a glass tank. Silicone sticks very well to glass, but not to acrylic. The new acrylic side will pop off and you'll have a wet floor.

If it's the back of the tank (and you don't need to view it from both front and back) you could just get a 'patch piece of glass and silicone it over the old one. Then seal the edges well, and it should be good to go. I had a 6' long 100 gallon tank that someone tried to drill. They broke both tries. So they just put a new bottom in the tank. Two 3' pieces of glass the same thickness as the bottom. and lots of silicone. In the 2 years I had the tank it never leaked.

Just a few thoughts for you.

BC

 

[Swizylstik]

Great advice!

Thanks so much for your post! The piece that broke is the back panel which will be against the wall and very likely have a colored background anyway. I don't particularly want to cut down the tank so this patching idea might be a great idea.

I actually had the dimensions wrong on my original post. The piece is 7 feet by 26 inches (not 18") and the break is confined to the last three feet of the piece. It didn't shatter. It is broken in three pieces. Do you think it is possible to silicone these pieces back together and then silicone on like a 4 foot patch over the back or front of the entire break? That would really be sweet because not only is a replacement piece of glass this large expensive, but I would hate to just waste this gorgeous glass!

Thank you so much for your advice!