Blast-resistant glazing in Wednesbury: what will it cost?
Guide prices for blast-resistant glazing in Wednesbury 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
- Work planned from the threat assessment and engineer's design
- Manufacturer's test evidence supplied with your quote
- Glazing classed to BS EN 13541 or tested to ISO 16933 and 16934
- Sealed units with a laminated inner pane
- Anti-shatter film with edge-retention systems for existing windows
- Deep-bite frames and structural silicone or mechanical retention
Fitting in Wednesbury and nearby
We arrange surveys and fitting in Wednesbury and across the WS10 postcode district, as well as in nearby Tipton (2 miles) and West Bromwich (3 miles). Dates depend on installer availability.
The West Midlands spans Birmingham's city-centre offices and shopping streets, Coventry's post-war precincts, Black Country terraces and long suburban high streets in Wolverhampton and Dudley.
Typical settings for blast-resistant glazing:
- Laboratories and industrial sites with process risks
- Embassies, courts and police premises
- Government, council and civic buildings
- Offices in city centres and near potential targets
Getting the right glass for your building
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.
What the rules say in 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 Wednesbury address
- Fixed price in writing
- Glass made, then fitted
Blast-resistant glazing in Wednesbury: questions
Do you cover Tipton as well as Wednesbury?
Yes. As well as Wednesbury, we can arrange surveys in nearby Tipton, West Bromwich and Willenhall. 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.
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.
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.
Blast-resistant glazing in nearby towns
Other glazing in Wednesbury
- Security secondary glazing
- Laminated glass retrofit
- Misted unit replacement with laminated glass
- Counter and reception security screens
- Anti-ram-raid glazing
- Laminated roof and conservatory glass
Ready for a price? Use the form or call 0800 088 6248.