What is the price of anti-ram-raid glazing in Dorset?
Typical prices for anti-ram-raid glazing in Dorset are £1,495 to £6,995 plus VAT (£1,794 to £8,394 inc VAT) per shopfront, supplied and fitted. Use the quote tool for a guide figure, then we survey and confirm a fixed price.
Anti-ram-raid glazing is heavy laminated or anti-bandit glass fitted in strengthened, deeply rebated frames so that, if a vehicle or heavy tool hits the shopfront, the opening is not simply cleared. Glass and frames delay entry; stopping the vehicle itself needs bollards, posts or barriers in front of the shop.
What goes into anti-ram-raid glazing
- Fixings designed back to the structure
- Advice on bollards and barriers, priced separately
- Night-time stock layout advice
- Deep glazing rebates and bonded or mechanical glass retention
- Manufacturer's test evidence supplied with your quote
- Steel-reinforced or heavy-section framing
Covering Dorset
We can arrange surveys and fitting anywhere in Dorset, including Bournemouth and Poole. Dates depend on installer availability. Choose your town below for local details.
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:
- Phone, electronics and tobacco retailers
- Jewellers and pawnbrokers
- Convenience stores with cash machines inside
- Shops on corners or with open forecourts
Towns in Dorset
Questions we will ask at the survey
Insurer requirements
Insurers often set conditions after a raid. Get their wording before ordering so the scheme meets it.
Consent for bollards
Bollards on the public highway need the highway authority's agreement, and forecourt barriers may need planning permission.
Building regulations and safety in 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
- Send sizes or use the quote tool
- Free survey at your Dorset address
- Fixed price in writing
- Glass made, then fitted
Anti-ram-raid glazing in Dorset: questions
Which towns in Dorset do you cover?
We can arrange work anywhere in Dorset, including Bournemouth, Poole, Weymouth, Christchurch and Bridport, and in other towns across the area.
Can you strengthen my existing shopfront?
Sometimes, with reinforced mullions and better glass retention, but many frontages need new framing to make the glass upgrade worthwhile.
Can glass stop a ram raid?
No. Glass cannot stop a vehicle. Strong laminated glass in a strengthened frame delays entry after impact; bollards or barriers are what stop the vehicle reaching the glass.
Do I need permission for bollards outside my shop?
Usually. Bollards on a public pavement need the highway authority's agreement, and forecourt barriers or new shopfront framing may need planning permission. We tell you what to check.
Other glazing in Dorset
- Laminated roof and conservatory glass
- Security secondary glazing
- Anti-bandit glass
- Commercial reglazing
- Shopfront security glass
- Patio and bifold door security glass
Ready for a price? Use the form or call 0800 088 6248.