Blast-resistant glazing in Lisburn

What should blast-resistant glazing cost in Lisburn?

As a guide, allow £450 to £1,495 plus VAT (£540 to £1,794 inc VAT) per m² for blast-resistant glazing in Lisburn, supplied and fitted. Size, glass makeup, access and frame condition move the price, which is confirmed in writing after the free 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.

Specification at a glance

Work planned from the threat assessment and engineer's design
Sealed units with a laminated inner pane
Deep-bite frames and structural silicone or mechanical retention
Manufacturer's test evidence supplied with your quote
Laminated glass with thick or stiff interlayers
Blast-resistant net curtains as a fragment-catching layer

Fitting in Lisburn and nearby

Whether you are in central Lisburn or at the edge of the BT28 district, we can arrange a survey. Nearby Belfast and Newtownabbey are covered too.

County Antrim includes much of Belfast's Victorian commercial centre, Titanic Quarter offices and suburban high streets, plus Lisburn, Ballymena and the towns of the north coast.

Good candidates for blast-resistant glazing:

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

Before the glass is ordered

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.

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.

Glazing rules in Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland

Glazing in workplaces

The Workplace (Health, Safety and Welfare) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1993 contain an equivalent requirement to Great Britain's: windows and transparent surfaces in walls, partitions, doors and gates must be of safety material or protected where health or safety requires it, and marked so they are apparent. The employer'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 Technical Booklet E and, for non-domestic premises, the Fire and Rescue Services (Northern Ireland) Order 2006 and Fire Safety Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2010. Security and laminated glass are not fire-rated unless the product is tested for it.

How it works

Postcode and a few photos
On-site survey
Fixed written price and lead time
Fit, check and explain

Blast-resistant glazing in Lisburn: questions

Do you cover Belfast as well as Lisburn?

Yes. As well as Lisburn, we can arrange surveys in nearby Belfast, Newtownabbey and Lurgan. Dates depend on installer availability.

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.

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.

Blast-resistant glazing in nearby towns

Other glazing in Lisburn

Start with a guide price online, then we survey and fix the price in writing.

Free quote in Lisburn