Blast-resistant glazing in Bridgwater

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

Our guide range for blast-resistant glazing in Bridgwater 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

Laminated glass with thick or stiff interlayers
Work planned from the threat assessment and engineer's design
Deep-bite frames and structural silicone or mechanical retention
Glazing classed to BS EN 13541 or tested to ISO 16933 and 16934
Manufacturer's test evidence supplied with your quote
Blast-resistant net curtains as a fragment-catching layer

Fitting in Bridgwater and nearby

We arrange surveys and fitting in Bridgwater and across the TA6 postcode district, as well as in nearby Burnham-on-Sea (8 miles) and Taunton (9 miles). Dates depend on installer availability.

Somerset's glazing runs from the Georgian sashes of Bath, a World Heritage city, to the town-centre shops of Taunton and Yeovil and the seafront at Weston-super-Mare.

Common uses:

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

What to think about first

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.

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 Bridgwater address
Fixed price in writing
Glass made, then fitted

Blast-resistant glazing in Bridgwater: questions

Do you cover Burnham-on-Sea as well as Bridgwater?

Yes. As well as Bridgwater, we can arrange surveys in nearby Burnham-on-Sea, Taunton and Weston-super-Mare. 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.

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.

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.

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