Glass Textures for Interior and Exterior Doors

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glass choices for prehung doors

Exterior doors

   We have picked the choices of glass textures that provide the best backgrounds for glass etching and have eliminated the confusion of choices that just don’t work. The chart below applies ONLY to exterior door inserts.

  It will tell you if it comes in the right size for you and if it’s offered in Impact glass or just standard tempered.

Interior doors

Interior doors are only offered in clear or frosted glass textures options at this time so the chart below applies ONLY to EXTERIOR doors. 

The glass choices for EXTERIOR door inserts

  The images are very close ups so the glass texture is smaller than depicted.  

By far the most popular is Microgranite. It has a small texture and offers sufficient privacy.  Vapor is very pretty glass and has a large watery ripply texture. It does distort the view into the home but less than the Microgranite or Rain.  Streamed texture is so dense it can be recommended for bathrooms also.

    Clear is used when you do want a view to the outdoors through the door insert. Clear is the most often used perhaps because many people want to be able to see their view when inside the home. This would be especially true for back entry doors.  Oftentimes, coastal homes want to maintain their view outdoors also.

clear glass for doors
microgranite glass for etching on doors
vapor rippled water glass for etching
textured glass for etching
rain glass for etched glass doors

TEXTURED Privacy Inserts are for EXTERIOR doors only

(But clear is available if privacy is not an issue)

Interior Door Options

  Since interior doors are single layered, the etched design will show on the glass. Therefore, we can offer frosted glass for our interior doors but not for the exterior door inserts.

  Exterior door inserts are 2 layers with an airspace, therefore the design will not show.  The following images reflect options for interior doors only. The exterior door insert image options are shown above.

frosted glass for doors
clear glass for doors

Some Recent Etched Glass Door Projects

See some etched glass doors with a variety of different designs. Glass doors can be the unique feature in your home or the design feature within the indoor space. Glass doors also break up the monotony of standard solid doors.  Use something unique to define your home. 

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