What should blast-resistant glazing cost in Aberdeen?
Typical prices for blast-resistant glazing in Aberdeen are £450 to £1,495 plus VAT (£540 to £1,794 inc VAT) per m², supplied and fitted. Use the quote tool for a guide figure, then we survey and confirm a fixed price.
Blast-resistant glazing is laminated glass fitted in a frame and fixing system designed to stay in the opening, or fail safely, when hit by the pressure wave from an explosion. Its purpose is to stop glass becoming high-speed fragments, which cause most injuries in a blast, and it is designed from a threat assessment rather than chosen off the shelf.
Glass and fitting options
- Sealed units with a laminated inner pane
- Blast-resistant net curtains as a fragment-catching layer
- Deep-bite frames and structural silicone or mechanical retention
- Glazing classed to BS EN 13541 or tested to ISO 16933 and 16934
- Anti-shatter film with edge-retention systems for existing windows
- Manufacturer's test evidence supplied with your quote
Fitting in Aberdeen and nearby
We can arrange blast-resistant glazing anywhere in Aberdeen (AB10). Dates depend on installer availability.
This area runs from Aberdeen's granite city-centre offices and shops to Aberdeenshire towns such as Inverurie and Peterhead and Elgin in Moray, with hard North Sea weather on the coast.
Good candidates for blast-resistant glazing:
- Transport hubs, venues and stadium frontages
- Embassies, courts and police premises
- Offices in city centres and near potential targets
- Laboratories and industrial sites with process risks
Before the glass is ordered
Who sets the level
The design pressure comes from a threat and risk assessment by a security adviser or blast engineer, not from the glass supplier.
Fragment hazard
Some designs accept that glass will break but keep it in place; others allow controlled failure into a catching system. Both aim to stop flying shards.
Glazing rules in Scotland
Fire-rated glass is different
Glass in fire doors and fire screens must be fire-rated glass tested within that system, under section 2 of the Building Standards technical handbooks and the Fire (Scotland) Act 2005 for non-domestic premises. Security and laminated glass are not fire-rated unless the product is tested for it.
Planning permission
Under the Scottish planning system the council decides whether a new or altered shopfront needs planning permission; changing the glass in an existing frame usually does not. Bollards or barriers in a road or footway need consent from the roads authority, which is normally the council.
How it works
- Tell us about the glazing
- Survey, measuring and frame check
- Written quote naming the glass
- Fitting and handover
Blast-resistant glazing in Aberdeen: questions
Do you cover Stonehaven as well as Aberdeen?
Yes. As well as Aberdeen, we can arrange work in nearby Stonehaven. Dates depend on installer availability.
Does blast glazing affect fire doors and fire screens?
Glass in fire-rated doors and screens must stay fire-rated glass tested in that system. Blast measures there need fire-rated products or a specialist design, never a swap to plain laminated glass.
Who decides what level of protection we need?
Your security adviser, insurer or a blast engineer, based on a threat and risk assessment. Government guidance from the National Protective Security Authority covers the approach.
Can existing windows be made blast-resistant?
They can often be improved. Anti-shatter film with an edge-retention system, laminated replacement glass in strengthened frames or internal secondary glazing can cut the flying-glass hazard, depending on the threat.
Blast-resistant glazing in nearby towns
Other glazing in Aberdeen
- Anti-bandit glass
- Security window film
- Security double-glazed units
- Anti-ram-raid glazing
- Safety glazing for schools and public buildings
- Toughened safety glass
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