Blast-resistant glazing in Herefordshire

How much should I budget for blast-resistant glazing in Herefordshire?

Our guide range for blast-resistant glazing in Herefordshire 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.

Glass and fitting options

Anti-shatter film with edge-retention systems for existing windows
Laminated glass with thick or stiff interlayers
Sealed units with a laminated inner pane
Manufacturer's test evidence supplied with your quote
Deep-bite frames and structural silicone or mechanical retention
Work planned from the threat assessment and engineer's design

Covering Herefordshire

We can arrange surveys and fitting anywhere in Herefordshire, including Hereford and Leominster. Dates depend on installer availability. Choose your town below for local details.

Herefordshire is largely rural, with Hereford's cathedral-city centre, black-and-white timber-framed villages, and market towns such as Leominster and Ledbury with historic centres.

Common uses:

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

Towns in Herefordshire

What to think about first

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.

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.

Consents and safety: England

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.

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.

How it works

Postcode and a few photos
On-site survey
Fixed written price and lead time
Fit, check and explain

Blast-resistant glazing in Herefordshire: questions

Which towns in Herefordshire do you cover?

We can arrange work anywhere in Herefordshire, including Hereford, Leominster and Ross-on-Wye.

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.

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.

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.

Other glazing in Herefordshire

Start with a guide price online, then we survey and fix the price in writing.