What is the price of blast-resistant glazing in Ryde?
As a guide, blast-resistant glazing costs £450 to £1,495 plus VAT (£540 to £1,794 inc VAT) per m². Because work in Ryde is arranged individually, we confirm the full price, including any travel, in writing first.
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
- Glazing classed to BS EN 13541 or tested to ISO 16933 and 16934
- Deep-bite frames and structural silicone or mechanical retention
- Work planned from the threat assessment and engineer's design
- Blast-resistant net curtains as a fragment-catching layer
- Sealed units with a laminated inner pane
- Laminated glass with thick or stiff interlayers
Fitting in Ryde
Surveys and fitting in Ryde are arranged case by case because of travel and glass delivery. Tell us about the job and we will come back with options.
The Isle of Wight's Victorian seaside towns such as Ryde, Sandown and Ventnor sit alongside Newport's shopping streets and Cowes' waterfront, with every glass delivery crossing by ferry.
This glazing suits:
- Government, council and civic buildings
- Embassies, courts and police premises
- Laboratories and industrial sites with process risks
- Transport hubs, venues and stadium frontages
Questions we will ask at the survey
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.
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.
Building regulations and safety in England
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.
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
- Send sizes, photos and your postcode
- We confirm what is possible and when
- Fixed price in writing
- Glass made, delivered and fitted
Blast-resistant glazing in Ryde: questions
Can you work in Ryde?
Work in Ryde is arranged individually because of travel. Send your postcode and details and we will confirm what is possible.
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.
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.
Blast-resistant glazing in nearby towns
Other glazing in Ryde
- Toughened safety glass
- Security secondary glazing
- Security glass for home windows
- Patio and bifold door security glass
- Display case security glass
- Broken glass replacement
Send sizes and photos with the form, or call 0800 088 6248.