Counter and reception security screens in Berkshire

What should counter and reception security screens cost in Berkshire?

As a guide, allow £1,295 to £6,995 plus VAT (£1,554 to £8,394 inc VAT) per counter for counter and reception security screens in Berkshire, supplied and fitted. Size, glass makeup, access and frame condition move the price, which is confirmed in writing after the free survey.

A counter security screen is a framed glass screen fitted along a counter or reception desk, with a speech panel and a transaction tray, so staff can serve people face to face while separated from them by laminated, anti-bandit or bullet-resistant glass. The protection level is set by a risk assessment of the site.

Choices you can make

Speech panels set into the glass
Stainless steel or aluminium framing
Transaction trays and document drawers
Counter-front and end-wall protection to match
Laminated, anti-bandit or BS EN 1063 bullet-resistant glass
Built to the level set by your risk assessment

Covering Berkshire

We can arrange surveys and fitting anywhere in Berkshire, including Reading and Slough. Dates depend on installer availability. Choose your town below for local details.

Berkshire pairs the glass-fronted offices of Reading, Slough and Bracknell with Victorian and Edwardian housing and listed riverside buildings in Windsor and Eton.

Good candidates for counter and reception security screens:

Council and housing office receptions
Bureaux de change and pawnbrokers
Bank, building society and post office counters
Pharmacy dispensaries and controlled-drug areas

Towns in Berkshire

Before the glass is ordered

Speech and accessibility

Speech panels, low-level sections and hearing loops make the counter usable for everyone.

Protection level

Choose laminated for deterrence, anti-bandit for tool attack or bullet-resistant where a threat assessment calls for it. Everything else is built to match.

Glazing rules in England

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.

Listed buildings and conservation areas

In England, listed building consent from the council may be needed to replace historic glass such as crown or cylinder glass, or to alter glazing bars, sashes and frames. Historic England publishes guidance on traditional windows. Secondary glazing and window film are often easier to agree because they can be removed later, but the council's conservation officer makes the decision.

How it works

Guide price online or by phone
Survey in Berkshire
Accept the fixed quote
Fitted by glaziers working under our contract

Counter and reception security screens in Berkshire: questions

Which towns in Berkshire do you cover?

We can arrange work anywhere in Berkshire, including Reading, Slough, Bracknell, Maidenhead and Wokingham, and in other towns across the area.

Can you add a screen to our existing counter?

Usually, if the counter is strong enough. We check its construction and include strengthening where needed.

Do counter screens need planning permission?

Internal screens do not normally need planning permission. In listed buildings, listed building consent may be needed for fixings into historic fabric.

Do the trays weaken the screen?

They should not. Transaction trays are designed so there is no straight path through, and their level should match the glass.

Other glazing in Berkshire

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