Blast-resistant glazing in Worcester

Blast-resistant glazing in Worcester: what will it cost?

Budget £450 to £1,495 plus VAT (£540 to £1,794 inc VAT) per m² for blast-resistant glazing in Worcester, supplied and fitted. Larger panes, thicker makeups and difficult access cost more; the price is fixed in writing after the survey.

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

Laminated glass with thick or stiff interlayers
Blast-resistant net curtains as a fragment-catching layer
Anti-shatter film with edge-retention systems for existing windows
Work planned from the threat assessment and engineer's design
Glazing classed to BS EN 13541 or tested to ISO 16933 and 16934
Deep-bite frames and structural silicone or mechanical retention

Fitting in Worcester and nearby

We arrange surveys and fitting across Worcester and the WR1 postcode district, and in nearby Droitwich (6 miles), Malvern (7 miles) and Stourport-on-Severn.

Worcestershire includes Worcester's cathedral-city centre, Georgian streets in Bewdley and Pershore, Malvern's Victorian villas, and newer estates around Redditch and Bromsgrove.

Typical settings for blast-resistant glazing:

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

Getting the right glass for your building

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.

What the rules say 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 Worcester
Accept the fixed quote
Fitted by glaziers working under our contract

Blast-resistant glazing in Worcester: questions

Do you cover Droitwich as well as Worcester?

Yes. As well as Worcester, we can arrange surveys in nearby Droitwich, Malvern and Stourport-on-Severn. 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.

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.

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 Worcester

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