What should blast-resistant glazing cost in Ashton-under-Lyne?
Our guide range for blast-resistant glazing in Ashton-under-Lyne 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.
Choices you can make
- Glazing classed to BS EN 13541 or tested to ISO 16933 and 16934
- Work planned from the threat assessment and engineer's design
- Laminated glass with thick or stiff interlayers
- Anti-shatter film with edge-retention systems for existing windows
- Deep-bite frames and structural silicone or mechanical retention
- Blast-resistant net curtains as a fragment-catching layer
Fitting in Ashton-under-Lyne and nearby
We can arrange blast-resistant glazing anywhere in Ashton-under-Lyne, and in nearby Dukinfield, Stalybridge and Droylsden. Tell us your postcode and we will offer dates.
Greater Manchester mixes city-centre offices and converted mills with Victorian terraces in Salford, Oldham and Bolton, suburban high streets and large out-of-town retail parks.
Good candidates for blast-resistant glazing:
- Offices in city centres and near potential targets
- Embassies, courts and police premises
- Laboratories and industrial sites with process risks
- Government, council and civic buildings
Before the glass is ordered
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.
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.
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.
How it works
- Guide price online or by phone
- Survey in Ashton-under-Lyne
- Accept the fixed quote
- Fitted by glaziers working under our contract
Blast-resistant glazing in Ashton-under-Lyne: questions
Which areas near Ashton-under-Lyne do you cover?
We can arrange work in Ashton-under-Lyne and in nearby Dukinfield (1 mile), Stalybridge (2 miles) and Droylsden (2 miles). Dates depend on installer availability.
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.
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 Ashton-under-Lyne
- Counter and reception security screens
- Kiosk and booth security glazing
- Security window film
- Glazing bead security upgrades
- Display case security glass
- Anti-bandit glass
Tell us about the glazing and we will come back with a guide price.