Smart Glass Installation
Smart glass installs like ordinary glass. The switchable layer is sealed inside the panel, so any glazier or contractor can set it — the only difference from regular glass is two wires that connect to a transformer.
Smart glass installs like ordinary glass
Here's the part most people don't expect: installing smart glass is barely different from installing a normal pane of glass. The switchable PDLC layer is laminated and sealed inside the glass panel at the factory, so on site it behaves exactly like any premium architectural glass unit. Your glazier, your general contractor, or our own LA crew sets it into the opening or frame the same way they'd set any other glass — no specialized "smart glass installer" required.
The only real difference: two wires
A regular glass unit has nothing to connect. A smart glass panel has two thin low-voltage leads coming out of the edge. On install, those two wires are routed to a concealed transformer — and from the transformer to your wall switch, app, or voice control. That's the one and only step that separates installing smart glass from installing ordinary glass.
Why it's easier — and lower-risk — than smart film
Smart film is applied to existing glass, and a clean film install is a genuine skill: it has to be squeegeed on flat, perfectly aligned, and sealed at the edges. Done poorly, you can get bubbles, lifting corners, or trapped dust, and the film can eventually peel.
Smart glass skips all of that. Because the PDLC is sealed between two sheets of glass at the factory, there's nothing to apply, align, or squeegee on site — nothing to bubble, and nothing to lift. The switchable layer is protected by glass on both sides for the life of the panel. It's why a contractor with no smart-glass experience can install it with confidence.
How a smart glass install goes
- We fabricate to size — panels built to your exact opening, the PDLC laminated inside, with the two leads pre-attached and factory-tested.
- Set the glass — your glazier, GC, or our LA team glazes the panel into the opening like any other unit.
- Connect two wires — route the leads to the transformer, and wire the transformer to a switch, app, or smart-home control.
- Switch it on — power on is clear, power off is frosted. Done.
Who can install it — and where we install
Any competent glass installer or contractor can set smart glass. Because the smart part is sealed inside the glass, there's no smart-glass certification or special training needed — which is exactly why we can fabricate panels here and ship them anywhere in the country for a local glazier to install with simple wiring guidance.
Want us to handle it? Our own team installs across the Los Angeles metro and travels for larger residential and commercial projects throughout Southern California — including San Diego, Palm Springs, Las Vegas, and the Bay Area. Local to LA? See smart glass installation in Los Angeles.
Smart glass or smart film?
Building new or replacing glazing? Smart glass — it installs like regular glass and seals the switching inside. Keeping the glass you already have? Smart film retrofits the same switching onto your existing windows. Both are compared, with numbers, on our cost page. See finished work in our projects.
Get a free estimate
Tell us about your project. Request a free estimate or call (866) 728-9888 — we'll confirm the right configuration, send fabrication-ready specs, and quote it.