Blast-resistant glazing in West Glamorgan

Blast-resistant glazing in West Glamorgan: what will it cost?

Typical prices for blast-resistant glazing in West Glamorgan are £450 to £1,495 plus VAT (£540 to £1,794 inc VAT) per m², supplied and fitted. Use the quote tool for a guide figure, then we survey and confirm a fixed price.

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.

Glass and fitting options

Blast-resistant net curtains as a fragment-catching layer
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
Anti-shatter film with edge-retention systems for existing windows
Work planned from the threat assessment and engineer's design

Covering West Glamorgan

We can arrange surveys and fitting anywhere in West Glamorgan, including Swansea and Neath. Dates depend on installer availability. Choose your town below for local details.

West Glamorgan centres on Swansea's city centre, SA1 waterfront offices and Victorian terraces, with the town centres of Neath and Port Talbot and Gower villages to the west.

Typical settings for blast-resistant glazing:

Embassies, courts and police premises
Transport hubs, venues and stadium frontages
Laboratories and industrial sites with process risks
Offices in city centres and near potential targets

Towns in West Glamorgan

Getting the right glass for your building

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.

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.

What the rules say in Wales

Wales

Glazing in workplaces

Regulation 14 of the Workplace (Health, Safety and Welfare) Regulations 1992 applies in Wales. Windows and transparent surfaces in walls, partitions, doors and gates must be of safety material or protected against breakage where health or safety requires it, and marked so they are apparent. The employer's risk assessment decides where that applies.

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

Postcode and a few photos
On-site survey
Fixed written price and lead time
Fit, check and explain

Blast-resistant glazing in West Glamorgan: questions

Which towns in West Glamorgan do you cover?

We can arrange work anywhere in West Glamorgan, including Swansea, Neath, Gorseinon and Port Talbot.

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 West Glamorgan

Start with a guide price online, then we survey and fix the price in writing.