Blast-resistant glazing in Wigan

Blast-resistant glazing in Wigan: 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 Wigan, 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.

Choices you can make

Glazing classed to BS EN 13541 or tested to ISO 16933 and 16934
Laminated glass with thick or stiff interlayers
Manufacturer's test evidence supplied with your quote
Anti-shatter film with edge-retention systems for existing windows
Deep-bite frames and structural silicone or mechanical retention
Sealed units with a laminated inner pane

Fitting in Wigan and nearby

We can arrange blast-resistant glazing anywhere in Wigan, and in nearby Hindley, Ashton-in-Makerfield and Westhoughton. 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.

Typical settings for blast-resistant glazing:

Embassies, courts and police premises
Government, council and civic buildings
Offices in city centres and near potential targets
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.

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.

What the rules say 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.

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 Wigan
Accept the fixed quote
Fitted by glaziers working under our contract

Blast-resistant glazing in Wigan: questions

Which areas near Wigan do you cover?

We can arrange work in Wigan and in nearby Hindley (2 miles), Ashton-in-Makerfield (4 miles) and Westhoughton (5 miles). Dates depend on installer availability.

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.

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 Wigan

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