Welcome to Cleveland Glass Block…we’re more than just a regional glass block installer.

Below are people we’re honored to help with glass block projects.

• Homeowners with projects big and small – Basement, bathroom and garage windows or shower walls, partitions, or a glass block bar for your rec room are jobs we’ve been doing since 1977. In fact, with glass block shower walls we’ll not only design and build the glass block wall, but also the entire shower for you!
• Home builders and remodeling contractors – If you need a glass block window or wall, we can design and install it for you.
• Architects and building owners for commercial or residential projects – If you need old windows replaced in a factory or are designing a stylish entrance for a prestigious firm, we’re here to help.

You have options for prefabricated and installed glass block windows, shower walls or bars. So, why choose Cleveland Glass Block? Here’s 10 reasons (besides the fact our Mother’s still love us):

• Reason #1 – We’re not rookies – With over 1,000,000 windows installed since 1977 in Ohio, you’ll know this isn’t ‘our first rodeo.’ We’ve ‘been around the block.’ Yes, this bad pun was intended.
• Reason #2 – Award winning service – We’ve won Angie’s List Super Service Award for countless years. Check out our service by clicking ‘Google reviews.’
• Reason #3 – We offer professional installation or simple-to-install DIY systems – We want to make glass block windows or walls simple for you. If you’re in Cleveland or Akron we can provide professional installation service, or we’ll prefabricate windows and shower walls for you to DIY the job (no matter where you live in the United States).
  
  

  

  
  
  
• Reason #4 – We stand behind our work (warranties to make you feel safe and secure) – You’ll get a lifetime warranty with our installations and products. Rest easy.
  
  
• Reason #5 – We work hard to educate you – We understand a successful project begins with education. If you want to learn about glass blocks, you’ll find over 250 articles on glass block windows, shower walls, partitions and commercial jobs on our News from The Block blog. We even get over 200,000 visitors to our blog every month now! What’s maybe more amazing is I started writing these articles before I had gray hair.

• Reason #6 – No pushy salespeople – Who likes high-pressure home improvement salespeople? This would be no one! That’s why our goal is to educate you, provide solutions to your problems and let you decide without having to ‘sign today.’ Our sales process begins by learning what you don’t like. We answer your questions. We provide straightforward answers (not technical mumbo-jumbo).  
• Reason #7 – Largest inventory of glass blocks and accessories in Ohio – Visit our 15,000 square foot facility in Cuyahoga Heights and you’ll see we’re serious about glass blocks.
• Reason #8 – Strongest (and most waterproof) glass block prefabricated windows available– Ask about our Protect-All Glass Block Windows. They’re 21% more energy efficient. They’re stronger than standard mortar or silicone windows. They seal better.
• Reason #9 – We want you to know who you’re dealing with – Before sales appointments we’ll send a bio of who will be showing up on your doorstep. We want you to feel secure every step of the way.
• Reason #10 – Our experience goes beyond ‘glass blocks only.’ While we’re certainly glass block specialists (and have been doing this work since 1977), we’ve learned a lot more about remodeling along the way. For example, if you have a shower, we’ll not only design and build the glass block walls, but also provide durable solid surface shower pans and waterproof grout free shower wall panels. There’s no need to coordinate with multiple contractors to get the glass block shower and bathroom remodeling project you desire.

(1977) Cleveland Glass Block was started in the Flats area of Cleveland. It started in the garage of a commercial masonry company owned by my late father, Joe Foti. You see Dad was recruited by a glass block manufacturer to launch this product in Northeast Ohio. They saw an opportunity to grow glass blocks to not only be used in schools and factories, but also in homes for basement and bathroom windows or shower and partition walls. However, there were challenges.

1. Simple to install systems didn’t exist.
2. Qualified installers were nowhere to be found.
3. Products to make the product more useful (like air vents for glass block basement windows) or fun (with etched and colored glass blocks) were as invisible as Casper the Friendly Ghost.

Joe Foti

An innovative company was needed to grow glass blocks in Ohio (and beyond). Enter my Dad. He wasn’t simply an Italian immigrant. And he wasn’t simply a doggone smart guy (which he was). He was determined to grow. He was determined to make homes and businesses better with glass blocks.

(1990) Opened West Side Glass Block. West Side Glass Block was started to provide local supply to Cleveland’s ‘West-siders.’ We combined our East Side and West Side locations into our current home at 4566 East 71^st St. in Cuyahoga Heights. 

(2002) We start offering vinyl replacement windows and doors. Many of our glass block basement and bathroom window customer asked for help with their upper floor vinyl replacement windows and doors. This resulted in us launching Cleveland Window and Door and Clear Choice Window and Door (in Columbus Ohio), regional window and door installation businesses.

(2007) We add a bathroom remodeling division. We go beyond window and door installations. When we opened our Bath Doctor division, we built the team to not only do the glass block bathroom window or shower wall installation – but remodel entire bathrooms. We knew this strategic direction would make it easier for our customers.

(2008) We start selling our glass block windows and shower walls nationwide. The growing popularity of glass block pre-made windows and walk in shower walls (and our work educating through blogging and videos) helped us build a nationwide market for our glass block walls and windows. We started a nationwide wholesale supply program.

(2012) We bring all our brands together under one name – Innovate Building Solutions.

As we saw our products and services used together (for products we install and wholesale regionally and those we shipped nationally) we recognized the time had come to ‘bring everything together’ under one site and one name.

And since our goal is to offer innovative building products (not the ‘same-old, same-old’ building products most ‘stuck-in-the-mud’ contractors want to force you to use)– we chose the name Innovate Building Solutions.

We’ve kept our local names to respect our history and make it easier for 180,000 past customers to find us. But Innovate is about much more than a single product or service. Our overreaching goal is simply one thing…

Today, Innovate Building Solutions is about much more than products or services. Our overreaching goal is simply one thing…it’s to help you!

Thanks for taking the time to learn about us. It’s our pleasure to serve you. Call me any time.

Mike Foti
President, Innovate Building Solutions