Blast-resistant glazing in Morden: what will it cost?
As a guide, allow £450 to £1,495 plus VAT (£540 to £1,794 inc VAT) per m² for blast-resistant glazing in Morden, supplied and fitted. Size, glass makeup, access and frame condition move the price, which is confirmed in writing after the free 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.
Options for blast-resistant glazing in Morden
- Work planned from the threat assessment and engineer's design
- Anti-shatter film with edge-retention systems for existing windows
- Glazing classed to BS EN 13541 or tested to ISO 16933 and 16934
- Blast-resistant net curtains as a fragment-catching layer
- Deep-bite frames and structural silicone or mechanical retention
- Manufacturer's test evidence supplied with your quote
Fitting in Morden and nearby
Morden is about 8 miles from Central London, the main centre for Greater London. We can survey and fit across the SM4 district and in nearby places such as Mitcham and Wimbledon.
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 settings for blast-resistant glazing:
- Embassies, courts and police premises
- Offices in city centres and near potential targets
- Laboratories and industrial sites with process risks
- Transport hubs, venues and stadium frontages
Getting the right glass for your building
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.
What the rules say in 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.
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.
How it works
- Postcode and a few photos
- On-site survey
- Fixed written price and lead time
- Fit, check and explain
Blast-resistant glazing in Morden: questions
Which areas near Morden do you cover?
We can arrange work in Morden and in nearby Mitcham (1 mile), Wimbledon (2 miles) and Carshalton (2 miles). 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.
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.
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.
Blast-resistant glazing in nearby towns
Other glazing in Morden
- Shopfront security glass
- Anti-bandit glass
- Security secondary glazing
- Security glazed doors and screens
- Laminated glass retrofit
- Toughened safety glass
Start with a guide price online, then we survey and fix the price in writing.