Blast-resistant glazing in Stranraer

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

Our guide range for blast-resistant glazing is £450 to £1,495 plus VAT (£540 to £1,794 inc VAT) per m², supplied and fitted. Work in Stranraer is arranged individually, so travel and glass delivery are confirmed in your written price before anything is booked.

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

Manufacturer's test evidence supplied with your quote
Work planned from the threat assessment and engineer's design
Glazing classed to BS EN 13541 or tested to ISO 16933 and 16934
Anti-shatter film with edge-retention systems for existing windows
Laminated glass with thick or stiff interlayers
Sealed units with a laminated inner pane

Fitting in Stranraer

Work in Stranraer (DG9) is arranged individually. Send your postcode, sizes and a photo, and we will confirm what is possible and when.

Dumfries and Galloway is rural, with Dumfries and Stranraer as the main towns, sandstone market towns such as Castle Douglas and Kirkcudbright, and coastal properties along the Solway.

This glazing suits:

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

Questions we will ask at the survey

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.

Fragment hazard

Some designs accept that glass will break but keep it in place; others allow controlled failure into a catching system. Both aim to stop flying shards.

Building regulations and safety in Scotland

Scotland

Listed buildings and conservation areas

Listed buildings in Scotland need listed building consent from the council for works affecting their character, which can include historic glass, glazing bars and sash windows. Historic Environment Scotland is consulted on some cases and publishes guidance on traditional windows. Conservation areas bring extra scrutiny of shopfronts and external changes.

Glazing in workplaces

Regulation 14 of the Workplace (Health, Safety and Welfare) Regulations 1992 applies in Scotland. Windows and transparent surfaces in walls, partitions, doors and gates must be of safety material or protected against breakage where health or safety requires it, and marked so people see them. The duty holder's risk assessment decides where.

How it works

Send sizes, photos and your postcode
We confirm what is possible and when
Fixed price in writing
Glass made, delivered and fitted

Blast-resistant glazing in Stranraer: questions

Can you work in Stranraer?

Work in Stranraer is arranged individually because of travel. Send your postcode and details and we will confirm what is possible.

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.

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 Stranraer

Send sizes and photos with the form, or call 0800 088 6248.