What should patio and bifold door security glass cost in Tyne and Wear?
Expect £354 to £1,074 including VAT (£295 to £895 plus VAT) per pane for patio and bifold door security glass in Tyne and Wear. The written quote names the glass makeup, the price and the lead time before you commit.
Patio and bifold door security glass means fitting large sealed units with a laminated pane into sliding, French or bifolding doors. These doors are usually the biggest glass at the back of the house and out of view, so making the glass hold when it is struck closes one of the easiest routes in.
Choices you can make
- Anti-lift and lock checks on sliding doors
- Roller, carriage and hinge adjustment after fitting
- Security tape on externally beaded frames
- Low-E, argon and solar control glass options
- Units sized for sliding, French and bifold doors
- Integral blind units replaced like for like where possible
Covering Tyne and Wear
We can arrange surveys and fitting anywhere in Tyne and Wear, including Newcastle upon Tyne and Sunderland. Dates depend on installer availability. Choose your town below for local details.
Tyne and Wear covers Newcastle's Grainger Town stone streets and quayside offices, the town centres of Sunderland and Gateshead, and large inter-war and post-war housing estates.
Good candidates for patio and bifold door security glass:
- Doors hidden from the street by fences or hedges
- French doors onto gardens
- Ground-floor flats with doors onto terraces
- Bifold doors in kitchen extensions
Towns in Tyne and Wear
- FellingNE10
- GatesheadNE8
- HebburnNE31
- Houghton-le-SpringDH4
- JarrowNE32
- Newcastle upon TyneNE1
- North ShieldsNE29
- South ShieldsNE33
- SunderlandSR1
- TynemouthNE30
- WallsendNE28
- WashingtonNE37
- Whitley BayNE26
Before the glass is ordered
Integral blinds
Units with blinds inside the glass can be made with a laminated pane, but lead times are longer.
Laminated inner or both panes
A laminated inner pane is the usual security upgrade. On very exposed doors both panes can be laminated.
Glazing rules in England
Security rules for new homes
Approved Document Q has applied to new homes in England since 1 October 2015. Easily accessible doors and windows, meaning any part within 2 m vertically of the ground or another accessible surface, should meet PAS 24 or an equivalent, and glazing in doors and in windows within 400 mm of a door should be laminated to at least BS EN 356 P1A. It does not apply when you change the glass in an existing home, although it is a sensible benchmark.
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 Tyne and Wear
- Accept the fixed quote
- Fitted by glaziers working under our contract
Patio and bifold door security glass in Tyne and Wear: questions
Which towns in Tyne and Wear do you cover?
We can arrange work anywhere in Tyne and Wear, including Newcastle upon Tyne, Sunderland, South Shields, Gateshead and Washington, and in other towns across the area.
Do you work on aluminium bifolds?
Yes, on aluminium, uPVC and timber doors, provided the frame can take the new unit thickness.
Can you replace just one pane of a bifold?
Yes. Each leaf takes its own unit, so we can upgrade one leaf or all of them.
Can sliding doors be lifted out?
Older sliding doors without anti-lift blocks can be. We check for this at the survey and can fit blocks at the same visit.
Other glazing in Tyne and Wear
- Security glass for home windows
- Commercial reglazing
- Shopfront security glass
- Broken glass replacement
- Bullet-resistant glass
- Toughened safety glass
Tell us about the glazing and we will come back with a guide price.