Blast-resistant glazing in Portslade

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

Expect £450 to £1,495 plus VAT (£540 to £1,794 inc VAT) per m² for blast-resistant glazing in Portslade. The written quote names the glass makeup, the price and the lead time before you commit.

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

Glazing classed to BS EN 13541 or tested to ISO 16933 and 16934
Sealed units with a laminated inner pane
Manufacturer's test evidence supplied with your quote
Blast-resistant net curtains as a fragment-catching layer
Anti-shatter film with edge-retention systems for existing windows
Deep-bite frames and structural silicone or mechanical retention

Fitting in Portslade and nearby

Surveys in Portslade (BN41) are booked around installer availability. We also cover nearby Hove (2 miles), Brighton (3 miles) and Worthing (7 miles).

East Sussex mixes the Regency bow-fronted terraces and busy shopping lanes of Brighton and Hove with Victorian seafronts in Eastbourne and Hastings and historic Lewes and Rye.

Common uses:

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

What to think about first

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.

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.

Consents and safety: England

England

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.

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.

How it works

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

Blast-resistant glazing in Portslade: questions

Can you survey in Portslade and nearby towns?

Yes. Surveys in Portslade, Hove and Brighton are booked around installer availability.

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.

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.

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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