Blast-resistant glazing in Washington

What is the price of blast-resistant glazing in Washington?

Guide prices for blast-resistant glazing in Washington 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

Glazing classed to BS EN 13541 or tested to ISO 16933 and 16934
Anti-shatter film with edge-retention systems for existing windows
Blast-resistant net curtains as a fragment-catching layer
Sealed units with a laminated inner pane
Deep-bite frames and structural silicone or mechanical retention
Manufacturer's test evidence supplied with your quote

Fitting in Washington and nearby

We arrange surveys and fitting in Washington and across the NE37 postcode district, as well as in nearby Chester-le-Street (4 miles) and Felling (4 miles). Dates depend on installer availability.

Tyne and Wear covers Newcastle's Grainger Town stone streets and quayside offices, the town centres of Sunderland and Gateshead, and large inter-war and post-war housing estates.

This glazing suits:

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

Questions we will ask at the survey

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.

Building regulations and safety in 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.

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 Washington
Accept the fixed quote
Fitted by glaziers working under our contract

Blast-resistant glazing in Washington: questions

Do you cover Chester-le-Street as well as Washington?

Yes. As well as Washington, we can arrange surveys in nearby Chester-le-Street, Felling and Houghton-le-Spring. Dates depend on installer availability.

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.

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.

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.

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Other glazing in Washington

Tell us about the glazing and we will come back with a guide price.