B & R Glass

B & R Glass is the kind of shop Arlington calls when something made of glass breaks — a cracked storm window, a shower door that won't slide right, a church window pane shattered by weather. The Better Business Bureau lists the company as established in 1976, though a 2022 reviewer remembered it going back further, to 1970, calling it a business run by 'multiple generations of hard working individuals.' The thing that keeps coming up in its Google reviews is speed: an August 2026 review describes a homeowner who cut himself trying to fix his own storm window frame, brought it to B & R, and had it fixed on the spot rather than waiting a week. Shower door work draws similar praise — a 2024 review credited Mike and his crew with coming back repeatedly at no charge to fine-tune a glass shower door installation until it worked exactly right. Other reviews describe a 2025 quote and repair for a cracked church window pane, safety glass swapped into four interior doors in 2024, and mirrors installed quickly for a personal training studio in early 2025 — a wide range of glass work for a small shop. Across the 17 Google reviews on file (4.6 stars from 39 ratings, spanning 2021 to 2026), the four posted in the past six months are all positive. Two things worth knowing before calling. The state registry shows the company's Massachusetts home improvement contractor registration, #111285, is expired — worth asking about directly if the job needs that registration. And a review posted in December 2025 called the shop 'a bit hard to get a hold of,' though it added the service was worth the wait once someone answered. A separate, older one-star review from 2022 is entirely about a company driver's unsafe driving, with no mention of any glass work. For a same-day glass fix — windows, shower doors, mirrors, screens, or a custom cut — this is a small shop with decades of history and customers who keep coming back for one project after another. Confirm the registration status and try more than one way to reach them, since getting through can take persistence.