What is the price of blast-resistant glazing in Eltham?
Budget £450 to £1,495 plus VAT (£540 to £1,794 inc VAT) per m² for blast-resistant glazing in Eltham, supplied and fitted. Larger panes, thicker makeups and difficult access cost more; the price is fixed in writing after the 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 you can specify
- Sealed units with a laminated inner pane
- Laminated glass with thick or stiff interlayers
- 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
Fitting in Eltham and nearby
We arrange surveys and fitting in Eltham and across the SE9 postcode district, as well as in nearby Blackheath (2 miles) and Welling (3 miles). 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.
This glazing suits:
- Laboratories and industrial sites with process risks
- Offices in city centres and near potential targets
- Government, council and civic buildings
- Transport hubs, venues and stadium frontages
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.
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.
Building regulations and safety in England
Listed buildings and conservation areas
In England, listed building consent from the council may be needed to replace historic glass such as crown or cylinder glass, or to alter glazing bars, sashes and frames. Historic England publishes guidance on traditional windows. Secondary glazing and window film are often easier to agree because they can be removed later, but the council's conservation officer makes the decision.
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
- Guide price online or by phone
- Survey in Eltham
- Accept the fixed quote
- Fitted by glaziers working under our contract
Blast-resistant glazing in Eltham: questions
Do you cover Blackheath as well as Eltham?
Yes. As well as Eltham, we can arrange surveys in nearby Blackheath, Welling and Catford. Dates depend on 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.
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.
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.
Blast-resistant glazing in nearby towns
Other glazing in Eltham
- Security glass for doors
- Laminated security glass
- Glazing bead security upgrades
- Commercial reglazing
- Broken glass replacement
- Security glazed doors and screens
Tell us about the glazing and we will come back with a guide price.