Blast-resistant glazing in Abingdon

What should blast-resistant glazing cost in Abingdon?

Guide prices for blast-resistant glazing in Abingdon are £450 to £1,495 plus VAT (£540 to £1,794 inc VAT) per m² for supply and fitting. We confirm a fixed price in writing after a free survey, before any glass is ordered.

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

Deep-bite frames and structural silicone or mechanical retention
Work planned from the threat assessment and engineer's design
Manufacturer's test evidence supplied with your quote
Laminated glass with thick or stiff interlayers
Sealed units with a laminated inner pane
Glazing classed to BS EN 13541 or tested to ISO 16933 and 16934

Fitting in Abingdon and nearby

We arrange surveys and fitting in Abingdon and across the OX14 postcode district, as well as in nearby Didcot (5 miles) and Oxford (6 miles). Dates depend on installer availability.

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.

Good candidates for blast-resistant glazing:

Laboratories and industrial sites with process risks
Embassies, courts and police premises
Government, council and civic buildings
Offices in city centres and near potential targets

Before the glass is ordered

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.

Glazing rules in England

England

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.

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

Guide price online or by phone
Survey in Abingdon
Accept the fixed quote
Fitted by glaziers working under our contract

Blast-resistant glazing in Abingdon: questions

Do you cover Didcot as well as Abingdon?

Yes. As well as Abingdon, we can arrange surveys in nearby Didcot, Oxford and Witney. Dates depend on installer availability.

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.

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.

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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Other glazing in Abingdon

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