Anti-bandit glass in Dorchester

What is the price of anti-bandit glass in Dorchester?

Our guide range for anti-bandit glass in Dorchester is £450 to £2,995 plus VAT (£540 to £3,594 inc VAT) per pane, including fitting. The survey is free for new installations and your fixed price follows in writing.

Anti-bandit glass is a heavy laminated glass built from several sheets and interlayers to resist a determined manual attack with tools. Under BS EN 356 it is classed P6B, P7B or P8B by how many hammer and axe strikes a machine needs to cut a 400 by 400 mm hole through it. The class belongs to the manufacturer's tested makeup, and their test evidence comes with your quote.

Choices you can make

Manufacturer's test evidence supplied with your quote
Internal beads and anti-tamper fixings
Single panes for shopfronts, screens and doors
Low-iron glass to keep thick panes clear
Multi-ply makeups with several thick interlayers
BS EN 356 classes P6B, P7B and P8B

Fitting in Dorchester and nearby

We can arrange anti-bandit glass anywhere in Dorchester, and in nearby Weymouth, Bridport and Yeovil. Tell us your postcode and we will offer dates.

Dorset covers Bournemouth and Poole's seafront hotels, offices and shopping streets, Georgian fronts in Weymouth, and stone market towns such as Dorchester, Bridport and Sherborne.

This glazing suits:

Jewellers, watch dealers and pawnbrokers
Phone, electronics and designer retailers
Reception screens in higher-risk premises
Cash offices and counting rooms

Questions we will ask at the survey

P6B, P7B or P8B

P6B is the usual step up for high-value retail. P7B and P8B are chosen where a risk assessment or insurer points to a sustained, equipped attack.

Glass alone or glass and frame

The class only means something if the frame, beads and fixings hold the glass for as long as the glass resists. We will tell you if the frame needs replacing.

Building regulations and safety in England

England

Planning permission

Changing the glass in an existing window or shopfront does not usually need planning permission, because the building looks much the same afterwards. A new or altered shopfront, or security features added to the outside of a building, may need planning permission from the council. Bollards or barriers on the pavement need the highway authority's consent, which is normally the council.

Glazing in workplaces

Regulation 14 of the Workplace (Health, Safety and Welfare) Regulations 1992 requires windows and transparent surfaces in walls, partitions, doors and gates to be of safety material or protected against breakage where health or safety makes that necessary, and to be marked so people notice them. The employer or the person in control of the premises decides what is needed through their risk assessment.

How it works

Guide price online or by phone
Survey in Dorchester
Accept the fixed quote
Fitted by glaziers working under our contract

Anti-bandit glass in Dorchester: questions

Which areas near Dorchester do you cover?

We can arrange work in Dorchester and in nearby Weymouth (7 miles), Bridport (14 miles) and Yeovil (18 miles). Dates depend on installer availability.

What is the difference between anti-bandit and laminated glass?

All anti-bandit glass is laminated, but not all laminated glass is anti-bandit. The term is used for the P6B to P8B classes, which resist hammer and axe attack rather than just a dropped weight.

Does my insurer require anti-bandit glass?

Some insurers name a glass class for certain stock or cash limits. Send us the policy wording and we will quote to it. The insurer decides whether a product meets their conditions.

Can anti-bandit glass go into my existing shopfront?

Sometimes. Many older shopfront frames are too shallow or too light for thick glass. We check the rebate depth, bead strength and fixings, and price new framing if the existing frame would be the weak point.

Anti-bandit glass in nearby towns

Other glazing in Dorchester

Tell us about the glazing and we will come back with a guide price.