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Gatsby Glass offers Glass Installation Services to residential and commercial customers within a defined protected territory on a year-round basis.
About Us
What started out as a two-man shower door operation in Lincoln, Nebraska during the 90's has now evolved into a nationwide glass solution franchise that covers everything from bathrooms to offices. When Gatsby Glass first got started, the custom work industry was rather small with jobs few and far between.
However, as the size of homes, and bathrooms, began to increase, so did the need for quality products and technically advanced shower door and enclosure installations. That's when Gatsby Glass really started to find its spotlight. An increase in demand for custom and larger bath-related work brought along a need to increase our operations, which eventually branched out to multiple offices and showrooms in Lincoln and Omaha.
Now, we've taken the brand nationwide.
Gatsby Glass offers Glass Installation Services to residential and commercial customers within a defined protected territory on a year-round basis. Specifically, Glass Installation Services include: shower door installations, shower door kits, custom shower doors, custom residential interior glass, mirrors, countertops, railings, enclosures, repair, and parts; commercial walls, partitions, enclosures, repair, and parts; and glass cleaning and maintenance products and services and other products, services and events that we may approve and modify from time to time.
Why do customers choose to raise their glass with Gatsby? Over the past thirty years, we've taken up the mantle on providing excellent, prompt customer service with quality glass and a long history of installations done right.
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