How much should I budget for blast-resistant glazing in Argyll and Bute?
Expect £450 to £1,495 plus VAT (£540 to £1,794 inc VAT) per m² for blast-resistant glazing in Argyll and Bute. The written quote names the glass makeup, the price and the lead time before you commit.
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.
Choices you can make
- Sealed units with a laminated inner pane
- Work planned from the threat assessment and engineer's design
- Anti-shatter film with edge-retention systems for existing windows
- Manufacturer's test evidence supplied with your quote
- Deep-bite frames and structural silicone or mechanical retention
- Blast-resistant net curtains as a fragment-catching layer
Covering Argyll and Bute
We can arrange surveys and fitting anywhere in Argyll and Bute, including Campbeltown and Dunoon. Dates depend on installer availability. Choose your town below for local details.
Argyll and Bute is mainly coast and islands, centred on Oban, Dunoon, Campbeltown and Helensburgh, with many island homes and businesses reached only by ferry.
Common uses:
- Government, council and civic buildings
- Transport hubs, venues and stadium frontages
- Offices in city centres and near potential targets
- Embassies, courts and police premises
Towns in Argyll and Bute
What to think about first
New glazing or retrofit
New facades can be designed as a full tested system. Existing buildings often get film with edge retention, internal secondary glazing or curtains instead.
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.
Consents and safety: 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 Argyll and Bute
- Accept the fixed quote
- Fitted by glaziers working under our contract
Blast-resistant glazing in Argyll and Bute: questions
Which towns in Argyll and Bute do you cover?
We can arrange work anywhere in Argyll and Bute, including Campbeltown, Dunoon, Helensburgh and Oban. Island and remote addresses are arranged individually.
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.
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.
Other glazing in Argyll and Bute
- Security glazed doors and screens
- Laminated glass retrofit
- Misted unit replacement with laminated glass
- Glazing bead security upgrades
- Counter and reception security screens
- Toughened safety glass
Tell us about the glazing and we will come back with a guide price.