Anti-ram-raid glazing in Gillingham

What should anti-ram-raid glazing cost in Gillingham?

Our guide range for anti-ram-raid glazing in Gillingham is £1,495 to £6,995 plus VAT (£1,794 to £8,394 inc VAT) per shopfront, including fitting. The survey is free for new installations and your fixed price follows in writing.

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 you can specify

Anti-bandit glass in P6B to P8B classes
Deep glazing rebates and bonded or mechanical glass retention
Stallriser and threshold strengthening
Steel-reinforced or heavy-section framing
Night-time stock layout advice
Fixings designed back to the structure

Fitting in Gillingham and nearby

We arrange surveys and fitting in Gillingham and across the ME7 postcode district, as well as in nearby Chatham (1 mile) and Rochester (2 miles). Dates depend on installer availability.

Kent ranges from Canterbury's listed city centre and the Regency fronts of Tunbridge Wells to the Medway towns, Ashford's growth estates and coastal Margate and Folkestone.

Good candidates for anti-ram-raid glazing:

Jewellers and pawnbrokers
Shops on corners or with open forecourts
Premises that have already been rammed
Phone, electronics and tobacco retailers

Before the glass is ordered

Consent for bollards

Bollards on the public highway need the highway authority's agreement, and forecourt barriers may need planning permission.

Stop the vehicle or delay entry

Bollards and barriers stop vehicles; glass and frames delay entry afterwards. Most sites need both, and we explain which layer does what.

Glazing rules in England

England

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.

Insurer requirements

Insurers set their own conditions for shops, offices, stock and cash, and some name a glazing class such as BS EN 356 P6B in the policy wording. Ask for that wording in writing before you order. The insurer decides whether the glass meets their policy; we provide the glass manufacturer's test evidence with the quote.

How it works

Send sizes or use the quote tool
Free survey at your Gillingham address
Fixed price in writing
Glass made, then fitted

Anti-ram-raid glazing in Gillingham: questions

Do you cover Chatham as well as Gillingham?

Yes. As well as Gillingham, we can arrange surveys in nearby Chatham, Rochester and Strood. Dates depend on installer availability.

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.

What glass is used against ram raids?

Usually anti-bandit laminated glass in the P6B to P8B classes, held in deep-rebate, reinforced framing so the pane does not fall out when the frame is struck.

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