How much should I budget for blast-resistant glazing in Enniskillen?
Typical prices for blast-resistant glazing in Enniskillen are £450 to £1,495 plus VAT (£540 to £1,794 inc VAT) per m², supplied and fitted. Use the quote tool for a guide figure, then we survey and confirm a fixed price.
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
- Manufacturer's test evidence supplied with your quote
- Deep-bite frames and structural silicone or mechanical retention
- Blast-resistant net curtains as a fragment-catching layer
- Sealed units with a laminated inner pane
- Glazing classed to BS EN 13541 or tested to ISO 16933 and 16934
- Laminated glass with thick or stiff interlayers
Fitting in Enniskillen and nearby
We arrange surveys and fitting across Enniskillen and the BT74 postcode district, and in nearby Irvinestown (9 miles), Lisnaskea (10 miles) and Omagh.
Enniskillen, set on an island between the Erne lakes, is Fermanagh's main shopping town; elsewhere the county is villages such as Lisnaskea and Irvinestown and scattered farm and holiday properties.
Common uses:
- Embassies, courts and police premises
- Laboratories and industrial sites with process risks
- Government, council and civic buildings
- Offices in city centres and near potential targets
What to think about first
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.
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.
Consents and safety: Northern Ireland
Planning permission
Planning in Northern Ireland is handled by the eleven councils, which decide whether a new or altered shopfront needs permission; changing the glass in an existing frame usually does not. Bollards or barriers on a public footway need consent from the Department for Infrastructure's roads service.
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 Enniskillen
- Accept the fixed quote
- Fitted by glaziers working under our contract
Blast-resistant glazing in Enniskillen: questions
Do you cover Irvinestown as well as Enniskillen?
Yes. As well as Enniskillen, we can arrange surveys in nearby Irvinestown, Lisnaskea and Omagh. 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.
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 Enniskillen
- Security secondary glazing
- Security glazed doors and screens
- Security double-glazed units
- Bullet-resistant glass
- Broken glass replacement
- Laminated roof and conservatory glass
Tell us about the glazing and we will come back with a guide price.