What is the price of blast-resistant glazing in Oban?
Our guide range for blast-resistant glazing is £450 to £1,495 plus VAT (£540 to £1,794 inc VAT) per m², supplied and fitted. Work in Oban is arranged individually, so travel and glass delivery are confirmed in your written price before anything is booked.
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 you can specify
- Laminated glass with thick or stiff interlayers
- Glazing classed to BS EN 13541 or tested to ISO 16933 and 16934
- Deep-bite frames and structural silicone or mechanical retention
- Blast-resistant net curtains as a fragment-catching layer
- Sealed units with a laminated inner pane
- Anti-shatter film with edge-retention systems for existing windows
Fitting in Oban
Work in Oban (PA34) is arranged individually. Send your postcode, sizes and a photo, and we will confirm what is possible and when.
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.
This glazing suits:
- Embassies, courts and police premises
- Laboratories and industrial sites with process risks
- Offices in city centres and near potential targets
- Transport hubs, venues and stadium frontages
Questions we will ask at the survey
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.
Building regulations and safety in Scotland
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.
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.
How it works
- Send sizes, photos and your postcode
- We confirm what is possible and when
- Fixed price in writing
- Glass made, delivered and fitted
Blast-resistant glazing in Oban: questions
Can you work in Oban?
Work in Oban is arranged individually because of travel. Send your postcode and details and we will confirm what is possible.
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.
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.
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.
Other glazing in Oban
- Security window film
- Security glazed doors and screens
- Laminated glass retrofit
- Security glass for doors
- Broken glass replacement
- Counter and reception security screens
Send sizes and photos with the form, or call 0800 088 6248.