Blast-resistant glazing in Wimbledon

What should blast-resistant glazing cost in Wimbledon?

Our guide range for blast-resistant glazing in Wimbledon 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.

What you can specify

Laminated glass with thick or stiff interlayers
Manufacturer's test evidence supplied with your quote
Sealed units with a laminated inner pane
Glazing classed to BS EN 13541 or tested to ISO 16933 and 16934
Blast-resistant net curtains as a fragment-catching layer
Anti-shatter film with edge-retention systems for existing windows

Fitting in Wimbledon and nearby

We arrange surveys and fitting in Wimbledon and across the SW19 postcode district, as well as in nearby Morden (2 miles) and Mitcham (2 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.

Good candidates for blast-resistant glazing:

Transport hubs, venues and stadium frontages
Laboratories and industrial sites with process risks
Government, council and civic buildings
Embassies, courts and police premises

Before the glass is ordered

Fragment hazard

Some designs accept that glass will break but keep it in place; others allow controlled failure into a catching system. Both aim to stop flying shards.

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

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.

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

Guide price online or by phone
Survey in Wimbledon
Accept the fixed quote
Fitted by glaziers working under our contract

Blast-resistant glazing in Wimbledon: questions

Do you cover Morden as well as Wimbledon?

Yes. As well as Wimbledon, we can arrange surveys in nearby Morden, Mitcham and Putney. 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.

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.

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Other glazing in Wimbledon

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