Blast-resistant glazing in Maidenhead: what will it cost?
Guide prices for blast-resistant glazing in Maidenhead are £450 to £1,495 plus VAT (£540 to £1,794 inc VAT) per m² for supply and fitting. We confirm a fixed price in writing after a free survey, before any glass is ordered.
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
- Glazing classed to BS EN 13541 or tested to ISO 16933 and 16934
- Manufacturer's test evidence supplied with your quote
- Work planned from the threat assessment and engineer's design
- Laminated glass with thick or stiff interlayers
- Sealed units with a laminated inner pane
- Deep-bite frames and structural silicone or mechanical retention
Fitting in Maidenhead and nearby
We can arrange blast-resistant glazing anywhere in Maidenhead, and in nearby Slough, Windsor and High Wycombe. Tell us your postcode and we will offer dates.
Berkshire pairs the glass-fronted offices of Reading, Slough and Bracknell with Victorian and Edwardian housing and listed riverside buildings in Windsor and Eton.
Typical settings for blast-resistant glazing:
- Transport hubs, venues and stadium frontages
- Laboratories and industrial sites with process risks
- Embassies, courts and police premises
- Government, council and civic buildings
Getting the right glass for your building
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.
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.
What the rules say in 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.
Fire-rated glass is different
Glass in fire doors, fire screens and protected escape routes has to be fire-rated glass tested as part of that door or screen system, under Approved Document B and the fire safety duties of the building's responsible person. Laminated and security glass are not fire-rated unless the product says so. Where a pane needs both fire and security performance, it must be a product tested for both.
How it works
- Guide price online or by phone
- Survey in Maidenhead
- Accept the fixed quote
- Fitted by glaziers working under our contract
Blast-resistant glazing in Maidenhead: questions
Which areas near Maidenhead do you cover?
We can arrange work in Maidenhead and in nearby Slough (5 miles), Windsor (6 miles) and High Wycombe (7 miles). Dates depend on installer availability.
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.
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.
Blast-resistant glazing in nearby towns
Other glazing in Maidenhead
- Display case security glass
- Kiosk and booth security glazing
- Security glass for home windows
- Anti-ram-raid glazing
- Security glazed doors and screens
- Security window film
Tell us about the glazing and we will come back with a guide price.