What should blast-resistant glazing cost in Kilburn?
Guide prices for blast-resistant glazing in Kilburn are £450 to £1,495 plus VAT (£540 to £1,794 inc VAT) per m² for supply and fitting. We confirm a fixed price in writing after a free survey, before any glass is ordered.
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
- Laminated glass with thick or stiff interlayers
- Anti-shatter film with edge-retention systems for existing windows
- Sealed units with a laminated inner pane
- Deep-bite frames and structural silicone or mechanical retention
- Blast-resistant net curtains as a fragment-catching layer
Fitting in Kilburn and nearby
Surveys in Kilburn (NW6) are booked around installer availability. We also cover nearby Cricklewood (1 mile), Chalk Farm (2 miles) and Camden Town (2 miles).
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.
Good candidates for blast-resistant glazing:
- Government, council and civic buildings
- Embassies, courts and police premises
- Transport hubs, venues and stadium frontages
- Offices in city centres and near potential targets
Before the glass is ordered
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.
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.
Glazing rules 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
- Guide price online or by phone
- Survey in Kilburn
- Accept the fixed quote
- Fitted by glaziers working under our contract
Blast-resistant glazing in Kilburn: questions
Can you survey in Kilburn and nearby towns?
Yes. Surveys in Kilburn, Cricklewood and Chalk Farm 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.
Can existing windows be made blast-resistant?
They can often be improved. Anti-shatter film with an edge-retention system, laminated replacement glass in strengthened frames or internal secondary glazing can cut the flying-glass hazard, depending on the threat.
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 Kilburn
- Security glass for home windows
- Anti-bandit glass
- Security double-glazed units
- Patio and bifold door security glass
- Security glazed doors and screens
- Shopfront security glass
Tell us about the glazing and we will come back with a guide price.