What is the price of blast-resistant glazing in Winchester?
Our guide range for blast-resistant glazing in Winchester 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
- Deep-bite frames and structural silicone or mechanical retention
- Laminated glass with thick or stiff interlayers
- Glazing classed to BS EN 13541 or tested to ISO 16933 and 16934
- Anti-shatter film with edge-retention systems for existing windows
- Manufacturer's test evidence supplied with your quote
- Blast-resistant net curtains as a fragment-catching layer
Fitting in Winchester and nearby
Whether you are in central Winchester or at the edge of the SO23 district, we can arrange a survey. Nearby Eastleigh and Southampton are covered too.
Hampshire covers the port-city shops and offices of Southampton and Portsmouth, Winchester's listed centre, and commuter estates around Basingstoke, Eastleigh and Fareham.
This glazing suits:
- Transport hubs, venues and stadium frontages
- Government, council and civic buildings
- Offices in city centres and near potential targets
- Laboratories and industrial sites with process risks
Questions we will ask at the survey
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.
Building regulations and safety 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 Winchester: questions
Do you cover Eastleigh as well as Winchester?
Yes. As well as Winchester, we can arrange surveys in nearby Eastleigh, Southampton and Totton. 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.
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.
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 Winchester
- Glazing bead security upgrades
- Security glass for doors
- Counter and reception security screens
- Misted unit replacement with laminated glass
- Shopfront security glass
- Anti-bandit glass
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