Security glass for doors in Shirley

What is the price of security glass for doors in Shirley?

Our guide range for security glass for doors in Shirley 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.

What goes into security glass for doors

Laminated backing for leaded and bevelled panels
Composite door cassettes where available
Glass for side panels and fanlights beside the door
Internal beads or security tape so glass is much harder to remove from outside
Safety glass suitable for critical locations
Clear, obscure and decorative designs

Fitting in Shirley and nearby

Surveys in Shirley (B90) are booked around installer availability. We also cover nearby Solihull (2 miles), Birmingham (6 miles) and Smethwick (8 miles).

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.

This glazing suits:

Front doors with glazed side panels
Flat entrance doors with vision panels
Back and side doors with a large glazed panel
Kitchen and utility doors onto the garden

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 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.

Safety glass in critical locations

In England, section 5 of Approved Document K treats glazing in doors and in side panels within 300 mm of a door edge, from floor level up to 1,500 mm, and any other glazing below 800 mm, as a critical location. Glass there should break safely, be robust, or be guarded. Laminated or toughened glass meeting BS EN 12600 class 3 is the usual answer, rising to class 2 for door and side-panel panes wider than 900 mm.

How it works

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

Security glass for doors in Shirley: questions

Can you survey in Shirley and nearby towns?

Yes. Surveys in Shirley, Solihull and Birmingham are booked around installer availability.

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.

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.

Can you replace glass in a composite door?

Often. Some composite doors take a standard unit; others use the maker's own cassette, which we source where possible.

Security glass for doors in nearby towns

Other glazing in Shirley

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