Glazing for Tauranga's biggest new-build belt.
Fogged sealed units once the builder has moved on, shower screens, mirrors, splashbacks, pool fencing and pet doors cut into new glazing. First Glass Solutions is a family-owned Tauranga glazing company, about fifteen minutes up Pyes Pa Road.
First Glass Solutions is based in Tauranga, and Pyes Pa is about fifteen minutes up Pyes Pa Road, where State Highway 36 heads south toward Rotorua. It is also the direction we take for Tauriko and the business estate, so residential and commercial jobs out this way tend to land in the same run rather than each needing a separate trip. Standard repairs here are usually same-day, and for anything urgent the 24/7 emergency line gets the property secured first regardless of the hour.
Pyes Pa is where a large share of Tauranga's growth has actually gone, and The Lakes is the biggest single piece of it. The bulk of it was built in the 2010s, and the population has more than quadrupled since 2006, which flips the glazing work on its head compared with the older suburbs. Nobody in Pyes Pa needs perished putty raked out. Double glazing is the standard here rather than the upgrade, so what fails is the sealed unit itself, and the fix is a new one into the frame you already have, matched to the original spec so the house still looks right from the street. More in our double glazing guide.
The flip side of a long building boom is the warranty tail it leaves behind. Once the building company has closed out the stage and moved on to the next block of sections, a fogged unit, a scratched pane the painters left behind, or a shower door that never sat square becomes the homeowner's problem to sort. We quote and fix that directly, with no builder in the loop and no waiting for someone to come back. It is one of the most common calls we take from this part of Tauranga, and it is very rarely as expensive as people expect.
The rest of the work here is fit-out, because new houses get finished by their owners rather than by their builders. A frameless shower screen instead of the base-spec one, mirrors cut to the actual bathroom rather than a stock size, a glass splashback to finish the kitchen, pool fencing once the pool goes in out the back, and a pet door once the dog or cat arrives. None of it is urgent the way a smashed window is, but it follows a very predictable pattern as each new pocket of The Lakes and Pyes Pa West fills up. Behind all of it is 40+ years of combined glazing experience in a family-owned business, a 5.0-star Google rating, a free onsite measure, and glass that meets NZ safety standards.
All replacement glass meets NZ safety standards (AS/NZS 2208).
The full First Glass Solutions range, from warranty-age defects to finishing a brand-new house properly.
Based in Tauranga, working right across the region.
We do. Once the building company has handed over, a fogged unit becomes yours to sort, and you do not need to chase anyone. We measure the opening, order a matching sealed unit and fit it into your existing frame.
Yes. Frameless and semi-frameless glass pool fencing is a large part of what we do out here, because the pool almost always goes in after the house is finished. It has to meet the New Zealand pool barrier requirements for height, gaps and gate hardware rather than simply look tidy, so we measure onsite, work out the run and the spigot or channel fixing, and quote the whole barrier rather than just the panels.
Not into the existing unit, and any glazier who says otherwise is guessing. A sealed double-glazed unit cannot be cut without destroying the seal, and toughened glass cannot be cut at all once it is toughened. What we do instead is supply a new toughened panel with the pet door opening already in it, or fit the door into a suitable single-glazed panel nearby. We work out which applies at the measure, before you commit to anything.
Yes. We come out to your property in Pyes Pa, The Lakes, Pyes Pa West or Tauriko, measure up and give you a firm quote before any work starts, at no cost.
Tell us what you need. We'll come back to you within a few hours during business hours.
Call the Tauranga-based team for a free measure and quote.
