Blast-resistant glazing in Elgin: what will it cost?
As a guide, allow £450 to £1,495 plus VAT (£540 to £1,794 inc VAT) per m² for blast-resistant glazing in Elgin, supplied and fitted. Size, glass makeup, access and frame condition move the price, which is confirmed in writing after the free survey.
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.
What goes into blast-resistant glazing
- Laminated glass with thick or stiff interlayers
- Deep-bite frames and structural silicone or mechanical retention
- Anti-shatter film with edge-retention systems for existing windows
- Work planned from the threat assessment and engineer's design
- Blast-resistant net curtains as a fragment-catching layer
- Sealed units with a laminated inner pane
Fitting in Elgin
We arrange surveys and fitting in Elgin and across the IV30 postcode district. Tell us your postcode and we will offer dates.
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.
Typical settings for blast-resistant glazing:
- Laboratories and industrial sites with process risks
- Offices in city centres and near potential targets
- Government, council and civic buildings
- Embassies, courts and police premises
Getting the right glass for your building
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.
Frame and fixings
The frame must hold the glass and the fixings must hold the frame. Upgrading glass alone can move the failure to the frame.
What the rules say 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.
Glazing in workplaces
Regulation 14 of the Workplace (Health, Safety and Welfare) Regulations 1992 applies in Scotland. Windows and transparent surfaces in walls, partitions, doors and gates must be of safety material or protected against breakage where health or safety requires it, and marked so people see them. The duty holder's risk assessment decides where.
How it works
- Guide price online or by phone
- Survey in Elgin
- Accept the fixed quote
- Fitted by glaziers working under our contract
Blast-resistant glazing in Elgin: questions
Do you cover Nairn as well as Elgin?
Yes. As well as Elgin, we can arrange work in nearby Nairn. Dates depend on installer availability.
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.
What does ER1 to ER4 mean?
They are explosion-pressure classes in BS EN 13541. Glass samples are tested in a shock tube, with higher classes meaning higher pressures. The class applies to the glass, so the frame must be designed to match.
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.
Blast-resistant glazing in nearby towns
Other glazing in Elgin
- Broken glass replacement
- Toughened safety glass
- Kiosk and booth security glazing
- Anti-bandit glass
- Shopfront security glass
- Security secondary glazing
Tell us about the glazing and we will come back with a guide price.