What is the price of security glass for doors in Cardiff?
Our guide range for security glass for doors in Cardiff is £150 to £510 including VAT (£125 to £425 plus VAT) per door, including fitting. The survey is free for new installations and your fixed price follows in writing.
Security glass for doors replaces the glazed panel in a front, back or side door with laminated safety glass, usually in a sealed unit with a toughened outer pane. It stops the common trick of breaking the glass to reach in and turn a key or thumb-turn left in the lock.
Specification at a glance
- Glass for side panels and fanlights beside the door
- Clear, obscure and decorative designs
- Safety glass suitable for critical locations
- Laminated backing for leaded and bevelled panels
- Internal beads or security tape so glass is much harder to remove from outside
- Composite door cassettes where available
Fitting in Cardiff and nearby
We arrange surveys and fitting across Cardiff and the CF10 postcode district, and in nearby Penarth (3 miles), Caerphilly (7 miles) and Barry.
South Glamorgan covers Cardiff's city-centre arcades, offices and Bay waterfront, Victorian terraces in Canton and Roath, and the coastal towns of Barry and Penarth.
This glazing suits:
- Front doors with glazed side panels
- Kitchen and utility doors onto the garden
- Back and side doors with a large glazed panel
- Doors with a thumb-turn lock near the glass
Questions we will ask at the survey
Thumb-turns and keys
Laminated glass makes reaching a thumb-turn far harder. Keeping keys away from the door helps too.
Keep the design
Most decorative glass can be copied or rebuilt with a laminated backing pane, so the door looks the same.
Building regulations and safety in Wales
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.
Security rules for new homes
Wales introduced its own Approved Document Q for new homes, in force from 1 November 2018, and it applies to newly erected dwellings only. It follows a similar approach to England's, with PAS 24 referenced for easily accessible doors and windows and laminated glass to BS EN 356 P1A in doors and nearby windows. It does not apply to changing the glass in an existing home.
How it works
- Tell us about the glazing
- Survey, measuring and frame check
- Written quote naming the glass
- Fitting and handover
Security glass for doors in Cardiff: questions
Do you cover Penarth as well as Cardiff?
Yes. As well as Cardiff, we can arrange surveys in nearby Penarth, Caerphilly and Barry. Dates depend on installer availability.
Can you keep my stained or leaded glass design?
Usually. We add a laminated pane behind the decorative glass inside the sealed unit, or have a matching unit made.
Does door glass have to be safety glass?
Yes. Glass in doors up to 1,500 mm from the floor, and in side panels within 300 mm of the door edge, counts as a critical location and needs safety glass or protection.
Is toughened glass enough for a door?
It meets the safety rule but not the security need, because a broken toughened pane falls out. A laminated pane meets both.
Security glass for doors in nearby towns
Other glazing in Cardiff
- Display case security glass
- Safety glazing for schools and public buildings
- Counter and reception security screens
- Misted unit replacement with laminated glass
- Glazing bead security upgrades
- Shopfront security glass
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