Blast-resistant glazing in Thornaby-on-Tees

Blast-resistant glazing in Thornaby-on-Tees: what will it cost?

Our guide range for blast-resistant glazing in Thornaby-on-Tees 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.

What you can specify

Work planned from the threat assessment and engineer's design
Sealed units with a laminated inner pane
Laminated glass with thick or stiff interlayers
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 Thornaby-on-Tees and nearby

We arrange surveys and fitting in Thornaby-on-Tees and across the TS17 postcode district, as well as in nearby Stockton-on-Tees (3 miles) and Billingham (4 miles). Dates depend on installer availability.

North Yorkshire includes York's walled city and listed streets, Harrogate's Victorian stone terraces, Middlesbrough's town centre and coastal Scarborough and Whitby.

Typical settings for blast-resistant glazing:

Laboratories and industrial sites with process risks
Offices in city centres and near potential targets
Transport hubs, venues and stadium frontages
Government, council and civic buildings

Getting the right glass for your building

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.

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.

What the rules say in 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

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

Blast-resistant glazing in Thornaby-on-Tees: questions

Do you cover Stockton-on-Tees as well as Thornaby-on-Tees?

Yes. As well as Thornaby-on-Tees, we can arrange surveys in nearby Stockton-on-Tees, Billingham and Middlesbrough. Dates depend on installer availability.

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.

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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