Mirrors in Hobart.

A well-cut, well-fitted mirror does a lot of work in a room, opening up a small space and bouncing Hobart’s often-low winter light around. The two things that separate a good mirror job from a poor one are the edge finish and the fit. A raw-cut edge looks unfinished and can chip; a polished or bevelled edge looks deliberate and is safer to handle. And in a city with as much older housing as Hobart, fitting a heavy mirror level on a wall that has shifted over a century is a real skill, not an afterthought.

The most common call we get is the old bathroom mirror that has gone black around the edges. That is the silver backing corroding where moisture has crept behind it, which is rife in older, poorly ventilated Hobart bathrooms around North Hobart, New Town and West Hobart. We replace it with a quality mirror suited to damp areas and fit it with the clearances and fixings that stop moisture sitting behind it again.

What we make and fit.

• Bathroom and vanity mirrors: cut to size, damp-area rated, with the cut-outs you need around lights and cabinets.
• Wardrobe and dressing mirrors: full-length, fixed to the wall or door, with safety backing.
• Gym and dance mirrors: large wall runs fitted level and securely for home gyms and studios.
• Feature and hallway mirrors: bevelled-edge or shaped mirrors to open up a space.
• Polished and bevelled edges: a clean finished edge on any mirror, plus safety backing on request.

A worked example.

A Bellerive home gym, owner wants a 2.4 x 1.2 metre wall mirror for form checks. We cut a single 6mm mirror to size, polish the edges, apply safety backing, and fix it level and secure to the wall. Around $560 supplied and fitted, fixed and written after the measure.