Where to get glass in Vancouver
 

I am costing out building my own 180gal. Does anyone know the best place to get glass near Vancouver. Also is it worth it to go with a Starfire front pane?

Any help is appreciated.

Joe.

I got some small panes at Delta Glass and Mirror in Surrey. They were half the price I was quoted at White Rock Glass!

glass
 

I had Vancouver glass cut some glass for me that I used to cover a tank with. http://www.vancouverglass.ca/

crystal glass - real cheap and good services. They have shops in Richmond and Burnaby.

This is where I buy my glass as well, great prices and if you want they can polish the edges for a real nice finish, definatley go with starfire for the front pane, well worth the extra $$$$$ What dimensions are you thinking? a 180 that is 6x2x2 is going to take 44 square feet, last time I bought 1/2" it was $26 per square you're looking at $1144.00 just for tank glass not including bracing,starfire,drilled holes,overflow,silicone or any edge treatments, I only paid $1100 for a ready built 180 with dual overflows. Would be a fun project but you won't be saving any money building your own. I may have some old 1/2" pieces in the shop from other projects, you are welcome to them free but you would have to come and get them. Good luck, have fun and post pics!

Hey don't listen to any of these people (sorry). I bought my glass in van
6x2x2, polished edges, 4-2" holes and tempered bottem pane. No starfire though. for $387. PM me and I will tell you how.

Thats info worth sharing! how thick was the glass you used? that works out to less than $9.00 per square!! my local shop quoted me $36.00 for 1/2"

It was $3.50 a square + drilling + polished edges. Tempered for free.
I don't think they were allowed to sell to me so pm me for the info
sorry I used 1/2" as well. I also got 2, 4x24" pieces for cross braces

Now that is one screaming deal!! good for you, my local shop wouldn't even sell scrap 1/4" for less than $8 per square.

I went to a different glass shop and they wanted to know where I found that price. They couldn't even get glass for that cheap:mrgreen: It took some work but I got it

I find that with glass under 3/8" you won't notice any appreciable difference in clarity between regular float and Starphire/low iron. At 3/8" you'll start to see a difference and at 1/2" it is significant. So for a 180 gallon using 1/2" glass Starphire is a good investment if you are planning to keep the tank long term.

Oh do share please.

He is probably buying if from the larger outfits like Bronco, Tempa, or Garibaldi but they won't sell to the public you need an account. This is where the other outfits buy it from.:wink:

It is actually a small manufacturing plant by the Port Mann, and I am the public

Oh the other outfits wanted to know where I got that price because it was less than they pay.

Ya $3.50 for 1/2" is very good better than what I can get it for.