Blast-resistant glazing in Staffordshire

How much does blast-resistant glazing cost in Staffordshire?

Expect £450 to £1,495 plus VAT (£540 to £1,794 inc VAT) per m² for blast-resistant glazing in Staffordshire. The written quote names the glass makeup, the price and the lead time before you commit.

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

Glazing classed to BS EN 13541 or tested to ISO 16933 and 16934
Manufacturer's test evidence supplied with your quote
Laminated glass with thick or stiff interlayers
Blast-resistant net curtains as a fragment-catching layer
Anti-shatter film with edge-retention systems for existing windows
Work planned from the threat assessment and engineer's design

Covering Staffordshire

We can arrange surveys and fitting anywhere in Staffordshire, including Stoke-on-Trent and Newcastle-under-Lyme. Dates depend on installer availability. Choose your town below for local details.

Staffordshire mixes Stoke-on-Trent's Victorian pottery-town terraces with Lichfield's cathedral quarter, Burton's brewery streets and newer estates around Tamworth and Cannock.

Typical places for blast-resistant glazing:

Government, council and civic buildings
Offices in city centres and near potential targets
Transport hubs, venues and stadium frontages
Embassies, courts and police premises

Towns in Staffordshire

Things to decide before you order

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.

Rules that apply 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.

Glazing in workplaces

Regulation 14 of the Workplace (Health, Safety and Welfare) Regulations 1992 requires windows and transparent surfaces in walls, partitions, doors and gates to be of safety material or protected against breakage where health or safety makes that necessary, and to be marked so people notice them. The employer or the person in control of the premises decides what is needed through their risk assessment.

How it works

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

Blast-resistant glazing in Staffordshire: questions

Which towns in Staffordshire do you cover?

We can arrange work anywhere in Staffordshire, including Stoke-on-Trent, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Burton upon Trent, Cannock and Tamworth, and in other towns across the area.

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.

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.

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 Staffordshire

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