How much should I budget for blast-resistant glazing in Oxfordshire?
Budget £450 to £1,495 plus VAT (£540 to £1,794 inc VAT) per m² for blast-resistant glazing in Oxfordshire, 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.
What goes into blast-resistant glazing
- Laminated glass with thick or stiff interlayers
- Manufacturer's test evidence supplied with your quote
- Deep-bite frames and structural silicone or mechanical retention
- Anti-shatter film with edge-retention systems for existing windows
- Blast-resistant net curtains as a fragment-catching layer
- Work planned from the threat assessment and engineer's design
Covering Oxfordshire
We can arrange surveys and fitting anywhere in Oxfordshire, including Oxford and Banbury. Dates depend on installer availability. Choose your town below for local details.
Oxfordshire's college city and stone market towns such as Woodstock, Witney and Henley-on-Thames sit alongside business and science parks around Abingdon, Didcot and Bicester.
Common uses:
- Government, council and civic buildings
- Offices in city centres and near potential targets
- Embassies, courts and police premises
- Transport hubs, venues and stadium frontages
Towns in Oxfordshire
What to think about first
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.
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
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
- Guide price online or by phone
- Survey in Oxfordshire
- Accept the fixed quote
- Fitted by glaziers working under our contract
Blast-resistant glazing in Oxfordshire: questions
Which towns in Oxfordshire do you cover?
We can arrange work anywhere in Oxfordshire, including Oxford, Banbury, Abingdon, Bicester and Didcot, and in other towns across the area.
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.
Other glazing in Oxfordshire
- Bullet-resistant glass
- Broken glass replacement
- Shopfront security glass
- Laminated roof and conservatory glass
- Security glass for home windows
- Glazing bead security upgrades
Tell us about the glazing and we will come back with a guide price.