Blast-resistant glazing in Nuneaton

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

Our guide range for blast-resistant glazing in Nuneaton 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.

Choices you can make

Anti-shatter film with edge-retention systems for existing windows
Manufacturer's test evidence supplied with your quote
Sealed units with a laminated inner pane
Deep-bite frames and structural silicone or mechanical retention
Glazing classed to BS EN 13541 or tested to ISO 16933 and 16934
Laminated glass with thick or stiff interlayers

Fitting in Nuneaton and nearby

We can arrange blast-resistant glazing across Nuneaton, the main centre for Warwickshire, and in nearby towns including Bedworth, Hinckley and Coventry.

Warwickshire has the listed timber-framed centres of Warwick and Stratford-upon-Avon, Regency terraces in Leamington Spa, and Nuneaton, Rugby and business parks near the M40 and M6.

Common uses:

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

What to think about first

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.

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.

Consents and safety: England

England

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.

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

Send sizes or use the quote tool
Free survey at your Nuneaton address
Fixed price in writing
Glass made, then fitted

Blast-resistant glazing in Nuneaton: questions

Which areas near Nuneaton do you cover?

We can arrange work in Nuneaton and in nearby Bedworth (3 miles), Hinckley (4 miles) and Coventry (8 miles). 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.

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.

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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