Backing Glass
Backing glass is an option available for the majority of our composite and UPVC external doors in addition to the main glass design.
What exactly is backing glass?
It is the name for a layer of glass on the inside or back of a glass panel, and can be included with several of our door styles.
It’s part of a double-glazed unit
With clear glass or a design in the front, backing glass makes up the back part of the double-glazed unit.
It adds privacy
Each design offers a different level of privacy to obstruct viewing into your home.
It adds decoration
With different textures and decorative patterns to choose from, you can enhance the look of your front or back door with more subtlety than a main glass design.
The benefits of backing glass
The inclusion of backing glass can make a difference to your home’s entrance in terms of appearance and privacy.
It provides more privacy than clear glass
With different levels of obscurity, there is less risk of passers-by looking into your home. This is especially helpful if you live on a busy street.
It allows in more light than solid panelling
While solid panelling can also obscure viewing indoors, it has the drawback of blocking out light. Backing glass on the other hand maintains privacy without compromising on natural light, leaving your hallway brighter.
It offers a greater degree of decoration
If you want to enhance a glass panel, backing glass can do this. There are various designs that can perk up a normally clear glazed door, and they offer more decoration that solid panelling.
What are the different obscurity levels?
It is important to consider how much visibility you are happy with when choosing a backing glass option.
Privacy Level 0
Full visibility, i.e. Clear
Privacy Level 1
Minor distortion with near-full visibility
Privacy Level 2
Greater distortion, but more decorative than obscure
Privacy Level 3
Balances decoration with obscurity
Privacy Level 4
Blurs viewing significantly, good for bathrooms
Privacy Level 5
High-end obscurity, but still allowing light to shine through
What backing glass styles do you offer?
In addition to Clear and the near opaque Sandblast, we offer designs from the Pilkington Texture Glass range, from elaborate patterns from beauty to simple textures for a more subtle accent. Each offers a different privacy level to blur and obscure viewing indoors from outside.
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Clear
Untextured glass. Provides maximum visibility.
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Arctic
A simple pattern of hammered effect indents.
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Autumn Leaf
A pattern of large ovate leaves, and a texture of small vertical lines making up the empty spaces
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Chantilly
An elaborate floral pattern with cross-hatched shapes against clear.
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Charcoal Sticks
A series of freehand vertical lines.
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Contora
Close set vertical lines similar to running droplets of rain.
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Cotswold
A vertical texture that looks like graphite stone.
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Digital
An abstract assortment of small squares and rectangles with dotted surfaces of various degrees.
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Everglade
Large organic curving vines against fine dimples.
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Florielle
Close-knit pattern of leaves with a stippled effect and thick clear outlines.
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Mayflower
Close-set petalled flowers among blades of grass.
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Minster
A hammered pattern, cruder than Arctic and with a dimpled effect.
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Oak
Indented oak leaves close together, with fine dimples making up the remaining space.
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Pelerine
An intricate pattern of close-set, fan-like leaves with clear outlines and crosshatching.
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Stippolyte
Our most popular backing glass style. A simple option that consists of small stipples.
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Sycamore
Large overlapping sycamore leaves with crosshatched rendering, and clear in the empty spaces.
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Taffeta
Like runny toffee. Organic but not overly decorative.
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Sandblast
Near opaque, with virtually no visibility but still allowing light to be seen.
What products are able to have backing glass?
It is available for a wide range of our front and back doors, and can be included when you place your order.
All double-glazed doors have the option
Any of our double-glazed composites or UPVCs can have a backing glass design, making up one of the two parts of the double-glazed unit.
Triple-glazed doors cannot have it
You cannot choose one for a triple-glazed style, which will already have some textured elements within the design.
It can be added to a top light
Whether rectangular or arched, a top light can have one of our backing glass patterns within it, perfect for complimenting a door with the same pattern.
It’s available for side panels and flag windows too
Match what’s in your door, or keep some light in your hallway if you choose a solid front or back door style.
It cannot be added to existing glass panels
Unfortunately, it is not possible to add a backing glass pattern to an existing glass panel. The whole panel would need to be replaced. However, ours are energy efficient, using warm edge spacer bar technology to retain heat indoors.
Place your order
Getting your new composite or UPVC door with one of our backing glass is easy, and there are several ways you can do this.
Call our Sales Team
Give us a call free on 0800 910 1122, and our Sales Team will be glad to answer any of your questions. They will also keep in touch regarding your order spec.
Send a message online
You can contact us via the We Do Doors website and include an image file should you have specifications for a Supply Only order, or a photograph of your home if you have a specific query for placing a Fully Fitted order.
Order online
The most direct way is to simply place your order online. Our Sales Team will be in contact soon after, in case you have any requirements.