Yes. A broken glass table top can be replaced on the base it sat on, with a new top cut to the base itself, to an intact old top, or to a tracing, at a thickness and edge that suit the base's clips, pads or recess. Accurate Glass & Mirror, a Bergen County NJ glass shop, cuts and edges replacement tops in its Lodi shop.
The shape of a replacement table top comes from whatever survives. When the old top broke into a few large pieces, or only chipped, it can still show the outline and the edge profile. When a tempered top fails, the National Glass Association notes that fully tempered glass broken by impact breaks into small particles, so nothing of the old shape is left to trace and the base becomes the template. A paper tracing of the base's top rim or supports also works, and custom shapes and templates are walked through in the tabletop cutting guide.
The base can also come to the shop: furniture brought in to the Lodi showroom at 80 Industrial Rd can be measured there. Before the base is measured anywhere, clear every fragment from its pads, clips and recess, since a sliver left in a clip or on a pad throws off the measurement. A cracked top is a replacement rather than a repair, and the guide to scratches and chips draws that line.
A replacement top has to seat on the base the way the old one did. A top that drops into a recess or sits under clips was sized to one thickness and one edge, so the order starts from that fit rather than from a thickness chart. Edge quality matters beyond looks: the National Glass Association says glass strength is significantly reduced by edge damage or poor edge quality.
On a metal base that bolts through the glass, the hole positions are taken from the base itself, not from a drawing, because the National Glass Association says all cutting, hole drilling, notching and edge treatment must happen before glass is heat treated. A top that will be tempered is cut and edged in the Lodi shop and then sent out for tempering, and nothing about its shape can change afterward.
A tempered top usually arrives with a temper stamp as well, which the answer on tempered safety glass describes. Where that stamp should sit, and whether a top can be ordered without a visible one, are questions to ask before the order is placed. One case calls for a different answer: a base that rocks or no longer holds its supports level will pass the problem to new glass, so the base is worth putting right first.
Not always, but the base decides. A top held in a recess or under clips was built around one thickness, so a different one sits proud or will not seat. A top resting on pads or a pedestal leaves more room to choose, and the range sits in the thickness guide. A thicker top also weighs more, and what the base can carry is the base maker's call.
Yes, during walk-in hours at the Lodi showroom. Clear the broken glass off the base first, and bring any intact piece of the old top that still shows its edge profile, so the new edge can be matched to it. A base that is too big to move is measured at the free in-home measure instead.
A replacement top starts with the base it will sit on, its clips, pads or recess, and any piece of the old edge. Bring the base to the Lodi showroom, open to walk-ins Monday to Friday 9 to 5 and Saturday 9 to 4; if the base stays home, book the free in-home measure instead.
