Blast-resistant glazing in Skegness

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

Budget £450 to £1,495 plus VAT (£540 to £1,794 inc VAT) per m² for blast-resistant glazing in Skegness, supplied and fitted. Larger panes, thicker makeups and difficult access cost more; the price is fixed in writing after the 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

Sealed units with a laminated inner pane
Laminated glass with thick or stiff interlayers
Anti-shatter film with edge-retention systems for existing windows
Work planned from the threat assessment and engineer's design
Manufacturer's test evidence supplied with your quote
Blast-resistant net curtains as a fragment-catching layer

Fitting in Skegness and nearby

We arrange surveys and fitting in Skegness and across the PE25 postcode district. Tell us your postcode and we will offer dates.

Lincolnshire spans Lincoln's hilltop historic quarter, Georgian Stamford, market towns across the Wolds and Fens, and coastal resorts such as Skegness and Cleethorpes.

Common uses:

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

What to think about first

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.

Consents and safety: 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.

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

Send sizes or use the quote tool
Free survey at your Skegness address
Fixed price in writing
Glass made, then fitted

Blast-resistant glazing in Skegness: questions

Do you cover Boston as well as Skegness?

Yes. As well as Skegness, we can arrange work in nearby Boston. Dates depend on installer availability.

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.

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.

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