Blast-resistant glazing in Cambridgeshire

What is the price of blast-resistant glazing in Cambridgeshire?

Expect £450 to £1,495 plus VAT (£540 to £1,794 inc VAT) per m² for blast-resistant glazing in Cambridgeshire. 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

Work planned from the threat assessment and engineer's design
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
Manufacturer's test evidence supplied with your quote
Sealed units with a laminated inner pane

Covering Cambridgeshire

We can arrange surveys and fitting anywhere in Cambridgeshire, including Peterborough and Cambridge. Dates depend on installer availability. Choose your town below for local details.

Cambridgeshire has listed college streets and shopfronts in Cambridge and Ely, Peterborough's Victorian terraces and modern retail, and science-park offices with large glazed facades.

This glazing suits:

Transport hubs, venues and stadium frontages
Laboratories and industrial sites with process risks
Embassies, courts and police premises
Offices in city centres and near potential targets

Towns in Cambridgeshire

Questions we will ask at the survey

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.

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.

Building regulations and safety in England

England

Planning permission

Changing the glass in an existing window or shopfront does not usually need planning permission, because the building looks much the same afterwards. A new or altered shopfront, or security features added to the outside of a building, may need planning permission from the council. Bollards or barriers on the pavement need the highway authority's consent, which is normally the council.

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.

How it works

Send sizes or use the quote tool
Free survey at your Cambridgeshire address
Fixed price in writing
Glass made, then fitted

Blast-resistant glazing in Cambridgeshire: questions

Which towns in Cambridgeshire do you cover?

We can arrange work anywhere in Cambridgeshire, including Peterborough, Cambridge, Wisbech, St Neots and Huntingdon, and in other towns across the area.

Is blast film enough on its own?

Film helps hold glass together but works much better when the film is anchored to the frame so the whole pane cannot fly in. Plain film without retention offers less.

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.

Other glazing in Cambridgeshire

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