Blast-resistant glazing in Hull

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

As a guide, allow £450 to £1,495 plus VAT (£540 to £1,794 inc VAT) per m² for blast-resistant glazing in Hull, 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.

What goes into blast-resistant glazing

Blast-resistant net curtains as a fragment-catching layer
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
Manufacturer's test evidence supplied with your quote
Laminated glass with thick or stiff interlayers

Fitting in Hull and nearby

Surveys in Hull (HU1) are booked around installer availability, as they are in nearby Beverley (8 miles) and Grimsby (16 miles).

The East Riding takes in Hull's Victorian and inter-war housing and city-centre shops, Georgian frontages in Beverley, and seaside towns such as Bridlington exposed to North Sea weather.

This glazing suits:

Government, council and civic buildings
Transport hubs, venues and stadium frontages
Offices in city centres and near potential targets
Laboratories and industrial sites with process risks

Questions we will ask at the survey

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.

Building regulations and safety in England

England

Planning permission

Changing the glass in an existing window or shopfront does not usually need planning permission, because the building looks much the same afterwards. A new or altered shopfront, or security features added to the outside of a building, may need planning permission from the council. Bollards or barriers on the pavement need the highway authority's consent, which is normally the council.

Glazing in workplaces

Regulation 14 of the Workplace (Health, Safety and Welfare) Regulations 1992 requires windows and transparent surfaces in walls, partitions, doors and gates to be of safety material or protected against breakage where health or safety makes that necessary, and to be marked so people notice them. The employer or the person in control of the premises decides what is needed through their risk assessment.

How it works

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

Blast-resistant glazing in Hull: questions

Can you survey in Hull and nearby towns?

Yes. Surveys in Hull, Beverley and Grimsby are booked around installer availability.

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.

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.

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