What should blast-resistant glazing cost in South Glamorgan?
Guide prices for blast-resistant glazing in South Glamorgan 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 goes into blast-resistant glazing
- Blast-resistant net curtains as a fragment-catching layer
- Laminated glass with thick or stiff interlayers
- Glazing classed to BS EN 13541 or tested to ISO 16933 and 16934
- Work planned from the threat assessment and engineer's design
- Anti-shatter film with edge-retention systems for existing windows
- Manufacturer's test evidence supplied with your quote
Covering South Glamorgan
We can arrange surveys and fitting anywhere in South Glamorgan, including Cardiff and Barry. Dates depend on installer availability. Choose your town below for local details.
South Glamorgan covers Cardiff's city-centre arcades, offices and Bay waterfront, Victorian terraces in Canton and Roath, and the coastal towns of Barry and Penarth.
Good candidates for blast-resistant glazing:
- Embassies, courts and police premises
- Government, council and civic buildings
- Laboratories and industrial sites with process risks
- Transport hubs, venues and stadium frontages
Towns in South Glamorgan
Before the glass is ordered
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.
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.
Glazing rules in Wales
Planning permission
In Wales the local planning authority decides whether a new or altered shopfront needs planning permission. Replacing glass in an existing frame usually does not, because the outside of the building looks much the same. Bollards or barriers on the pavement need consent from the highway authority, normally the council.
Fire-rated glass is different
Glass in fire doors and fire screens must be fire-rated glass tested as part of that door or screen, under Approved Document B for Wales and, in non-domestic premises, the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005. Security and laminated glass are not fire-rated unless the product is tested for it, so the two cannot simply be swapped.
How it works
- Send sizes or use the quote tool
- Free survey at your South Glamorgan address
- Fixed price in writing
- Glass made, then fitted
Blast-resistant glazing in South Glamorgan: questions
Which towns in South Glamorgan do you cover?
We can arrange work anywhere in South Glamorgan, including Cardiff, Barry, Penarth and Llantwit Major.
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.
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.
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.
Other glazing in South Glamorgan
- Bullet-resistant glass
- Security window film
- Laminated roof and conservatory glass
- Laminated security glass
- Safety glazing for schools and public buildings
- Kiosk and booth security glazing
Ready for a price? Use the form or call 0800 088 6248.