Blast-resistant glazing in Leicester

What is the price of blast-resistant glazing in Leicester?

Typical prices for blast-resistant glazing in Leicester are £450 to £1,495 plus VAT (£540 to £1,794 inc VAT) per m², supplied and fitted. Use the quote tool for a guide figure, then we survey and confirm a fixed price.

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

Blast-resistant net curtains as a fragment-catching layer
Work planned from the threat assessment and engineer's design
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
Laminated glass with thick or stiff interlayers

Fitting in Leicester and nearby

We arrange surveys and fitting across Leicester and the LE1 postcode district, and in nearby Oadby (3 miles), Wigston (4 miles) and Loughborough.

Leicestershire combines Leicester's city-centre and suburban shopping streets and Victorian terraces with market towns such as Loughborough, Hinckley and Market Harborough.

This glazing suits:

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

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

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.

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.

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 Leicester: questions

Do you cover Oadby as well as Leicester?

Yes. As well as Leicester, we can arrange surveys in nearby Oadby, Wigston and Loughborough. 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.

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.

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 Leicester

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