Blast-resistant glazing in Magherafelt

How much does blast-resistant glazing cost in Magherafelt?

Budget £450 to £1,495 plus VAT (£540 to £1,794 inc VAT) per m² for blast-resistant glazing in Magherafelt, 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 you can specify

Work planned from the threat assessment and engineer's design
Deep-bite frames and structural silicone or mechanical retention
Sealed units with a laminated inner pane
Blast-resistant net curtains as a fragment-catching layer
Glazing classed to BS EN 13541 or tested to ISO 16933 and 16934
Laminated glass with thick or stiff interlayers

Fitting in Magherafelt and nearby

We arrange surveys and fitting in Magherafelt and across the BT45 postcode district, as well as in nearby Cookstown (10 miles) and Ballymena (15 miles). Dates depend on installer availability.

Londonderry's listed walled city and riverside offices, Coleraine's university-town centre and the north coast at Portstewart sit alongside the market towns of Magherafelt and Limavady.

Typical places for blast-resistant glazing:

Embassies, courts and police premises
Government, council and civic buildings
Transport hubs, venues and stadium frontages
Laboratories and industrial sites with process risks

Things to decide before you order

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.

Rules that apply 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

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

Blast-resistant glazing in Magherafelt: questions

Do you cover Cookstown as well as Magherafelt?

Yes. As well as Magherafelt, we can arrange surveys in nearby Cookstown, Ballymena and Antrim. Dates depend on installer availability.

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.

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.

What does ER1 to ER4 mean?

They are explosion-pressure classes in BS EN 13541. Glass samples are tested in a shock tube, with higher classes meaning higher pressures. The class applies to the glass, so the frame must be designed to match.

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