How much does blast-resistant glazing cost in Camden Town?
Typical prices for blast-resistant glazing in Camden Town are £450 to £1,495 plus VAT (£540 to £1,794 inc VAT) per m², supplied and fitted. Use the quote tool for a guide figure, then we survey and confirm a fixed price.
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.
Glass and fitting options
- Blast-resistant net curtains as a fragment-catching layer
- Sealed units with a laminated inner pane
- Anti-shatter film with edge-retention systems for existing windows
- Deep-bite frames and structural silicone or mechanical retention
- Work planned from the threat assessment and engineer's design
- Glazing classed to BS EN 13541 or tested to ISO 16933 and 16934
Fitting in Camden Town and nearby
From the NW1 district we also cover Chalk Farm (1 mile) and Holloway (1 mile). Survey dates depend on installer availability.
Greater London has every kind of glazing, from Georgian sashes and Victorian bays in conservation areas to high-street shopfronts, office curtain walling and new-build flats.
Typical places for blast-resistant glazing:
- Offices in city centres and near potential targets
- Government, council and civic buildings
- Embassies, courts and police premises
- Transport hubs, venues and stadium frontages
Things to decide before you order
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.
Rules that apply in 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.
Fire-rated glass is different
Glass in fire doors, fire screens and protected escape routes has to be fire-rated glass tested as part of that door or screen system, under Approved Document B and the fire safety duties of the building's responsible person. Laminated and security glass are not fire-rated unless the product says so. Where a pane needs both fire and security performance, it must be a product tested for both.
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 Camden Town: questions
Can you survey in Camden Town and nearby towns?
Yes. Surveys in Camden Town, Chalk Farm and Holloway are booked around 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.
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.
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.
Blast-resistant glazing in nearby towns
Other glazing in Camden Town
- Safety glazing for schools and public buildings
- Laminated glass retrofit
- Commercial reglazing
- Shopfront security glass
- Security double-glazed units
- Laminated security glass
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