What should blast-resistant glazing cost in Notting Hill?
Our guide range for blast-resistant glazing in Notting Hill 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.
Specification at a glance
- Blast-resistant net curtains as a fragment-catching layer
- Anti-shatter film with edge-retention systems for existing windows
- Manufacturer's test evidence supplied with your quote
- Deep-bite frames and structural silicone or mechanical retention
- Glazing classed to BS EN 13541 or tested to ISO 16933 and 16934
- Laminated glass with thick or stiff interlayers
Fitting in Notting Hill and nearby
Whether you are in central Notting Hill or at the edge of the W11 district, we can arrange a survey. Nearby Shepherds Bush and Willesden are covered too.
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:
- Transport hubs, venues and stadium frontages
- Embassies, courts and police premises
- Offices in city centres and near potential targets
- Government, council and civic buildings
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.
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.
Glazing rules 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
- Tell us about the glazing
- Survey, measuring and frame check
- Written quote naming the glass
- Fitting and handover
Blast-resistant glazing in Notting Hill: questions
Do you cover Shepherds Bush as well as Notting Hill?
Yes. As well as Notting Hill, we can arrange surveys in nearby Shepherds Bush, Willesden and Fulham. Dates depend on installer availability.
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.
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.
Blast-resistant glazing in nearby towns
Other glazing in Notting Hill
- Toughened safety glass
- Security secondary glazing
- Shopfront security glass
- Counter and reception security screens
- Safety glazing for schools and public buildings
- Laminated roof and conservatory glass
Get a guide price now and book your free survey in Notting Hill.