Blast-resistant glazing in Edinburgh and the Lothians

How much does blast-resistant glazing cost in Edinburgh and the Lothians?

Our guide range for blast-resistant glazing in Edinburgh and the Lothians is £450 to £1,495 plus VAT (£540 to £1,794 inc VAT) per m², including fitting. The survey is free for new installations and your fixed price follows in writing.

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.

Options for blast-resistant glazing in Edinburgh and the Lothians

Deep-bite frames and structural silicone or mechanical retention
Work planned from the threat assessment and engineer's design
Blast-resistant net curtains as a fragment-catching layer
Manufacturer's test evidence supplied with your quote
Anti-shatter film with edge-retention systems for existing windows
Laminated glass with thick or stiff interlayers

Covering Edinburgh and the Lothians

We can arrange surveys and fitting anywhere in Edinburgh and the Lothians, including Edinburgh and Livingston. Dates depend on installer availability. Choose your town below for local details.

Windows and shopfronts in Edinburgh's World Heritage centre are closely controlled, while Livingston, Musselburgh and the other Lothian towns have newer estates, offices and retail parks.

Typical places for blast-resistant glazing:

Embassies, courts and police premises
Transport hubs, venues and stadium frontages
Government, council and civic buildings
Offices in city centres and near potential targets

Towns in Edinburgh and the Lothians

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.

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.

Rules that apply in Scotland

Scotland

Planning permission

Under the Scottish planning system the council decides whether a new or altered shopfront needs planning permission; changing the glass in an existing frame usually does not. Bollards or barriers in a road or footway need consent from the roads authority, which is normally the council.

Fire-rated glass is different

Glass in fire doors and fire screens must be fire-rated glass tested within that system, under section 2 of the Building Standards technical handbooks and the Fire (Scotland) Act 2005 for non-domestic premises. Security and laminated glass are not fire-rated unless the product is tested for it.

How it works

Tell us about the glazing
Survey, measuring and frame check
Written quote naming the glass
Fitting and handover

Blast-resistant glazing in Edinburgh and the Lothians: questions

Which towns in Edinburgh and the Lothians do you cover?

We can arrange work anywhere in Edinburgh and the Lothians, including Edinburgh, Livingston, Musselburgh, Bathgate and Dalkeith, and in other towns across the area.

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.

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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