How much should I budget for blast-resistant glazing in Swindon?
Expect £450 to £1,495 plus VAT (£540 to £1,794 inc VAT) per m² for blast-resistant glazing in Swindon. 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.
Options for blast-resistant glazing in Swindon
- Deep-bite frames and structural silicone or mechanical retention
- Anti-shatter film with edge-retention systems for existing windows
- Work planned from the threat assessment and engineer's design
- Blast-resistant net curtains as a fragment-catching layer
- Manufacturer's test evidence supplied with your quote
- Glazing classed to BS EN 13541 or tested to ISO 16933 and 16934
Fitting in Swindon and nearby
We can arrange blast-resistant glazing across Swindon, the main centre for Wiltshire, and in nearby towns including Calne, Cirencester and Chippenham.
Wiltshire combines Salisbury's medieval and Georgian centre, Swindon's modern town centre, offices and estates, and stone market towns such as Marlborough, Devizes and Bradford-on-Avon.
Common uses:
- Transport hubs, venues and stadium frontages
- Laboratories and industrial sites with process risks
- Offices in city centres and near potential targets
- Government, council and civic buildings
What to think about first
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.
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.
Consents and safety: 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.
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
- Tell us about the glazing
- Survey, measuring and frame check
- Written quote naming the glass
- Fitting and handover
Blast-resistant glazing in Swindon: questions
Which areas near Swindon do you cover?
We can arrange work in Swindon and in nearby Calne (13 miles), Cirencester (14 miles) and Chippenham (16 miles). Dates depend on installer availability.
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.
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.
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 Swindon
- Bullet-resistant glass
- Shopfront security glass
- Anti-ram-raid glazing
- Safety glazing for schools and public buildings
- Anti-bandit glass
- Misted unit replacement with laminated glass
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