Blast-resistant glazing in Cheshire

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

Budget £450 to £1,495 plus VAT (£540 to £1,794 inc VAT) per m² for blast-resistant glazing in Cheshire, supplied and fitted. Larger panes, thicker makeups and difficult access cost more; the price is fixed in writing after the 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

Blast-resistant net curtains as a fragment-catching layer
Anti-shatter film with edge-retention systems for existing windows
Deep-bite frames and structural silicone or mechanical retention
Glazing classed to BS EN 13541 or tested to ISO 16933 and 16934
Sealed units with a laminated inner pane
Work planned from the threat assessment and engineer's design

Covering Cheshire

We can arrange surveys and fitting anywhere in Cheshire, including Warrington and Chester. Dates depend on installer availability. Choose your town below for local details.

Cheshire mixes Chester's Rows and listed black-and-white frontages with Victorian terraces in Crewe and Macclesfield, and business parks and newer estates around Warrington.

This glazing suits:

Embassies, courts and police premises
Offices in city centres and near potential targets
Laboratories and industrial sites with process risks
Government, council and civic buildings

Towns in Cheshire

Questions we will ask at the survey

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.

Building regulations and safety in England

England

Listed buildings and conservation areas

In England, listed building consent from the council may be needed to replace historic glass such as crown or cylinder glass, or to alter glazing bars, sashes and frames. Historic England publishes guidance on traditional windows. Secondary glazing and window film are often easier to agree because they can be removed later, but the council's conservation officer makes the decision.

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

Guide price online or by phone
Survey in Cheshire
Accept the fixed quote
Fitted by glaziers working under our contract

Blast-resistant glazing in Cheshire: questions

Which towns in Cheshire do you cover?

We can arrange work anywhere in Cheshire, including Warrington, Chester, Crewe, Ellesmere Port and Widnes, and in other towns across the area.

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.

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.

Other glazing in Cheshire

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