Blast-resistant glazing in Comber

How much should I budget for blast-resistant glazing in Comber?

Our guide range for blast-resistant glazing in Comber is £450 to £1,495 plus VAT (£540 to £1,794 inc VAT) per m², including fitting. The survey is free for new installations and your fixed price follows in writing.

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

Anti-shatter film with edge-retention systems for existing windows
Work planned from the threat assessment and engineer's design
Sealed units with a laminated inner pane
Blast-resistant net curtains as a fragment-catching layer
Deep-bite frames and structural silicone or mechanical retention
Laminated glass with thick or stiff interlayers

Fitting in Comber and nearby

We arrange surveys and fitting in Comber and across the BT23 postcode district, as well as in nearby Newtownards (4 miles) and Holywood (7 miles). Dates depend on installer availability.

County Down mixes south Belfast suburbs and Bangor's seafront with Newry's busy shopping centre, Downpatrick's historic streets and coastal towns under the Mournes such as Newcastle.

Common uses:

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

What to think about first

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.

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.

Consents and safety: Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland

Listed buildings and conservation areas

Listed buildings in Northern Ireland need listed building consent from the council for works affecting their character, which can include historic glass and sash windows. The Department for Communities' Historic Environment Division advises on these cases. Conservation areas bring extra scrutiny of shopfronts and external changes.

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

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

Blast-resistant glazing in Comber: questions

Do you cover Newtownards as well as Comber?

Yes. As well as Comber, we can arrange surveys in nearby Newtownards, Holywood and Belfast. 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.

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.

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Other glazing in Comber

Tell us about the glazing and we will come back with a guide price.

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