What should safety glazing for schools and public buildings cost in Durham?
Our guide range for safety glazing for schools and public buildings in Durham is £95 to £345 plus VAT (£114 to £414 inc VAT) per pane, including fitting. The survey is free for new installations and your fixed price follows in writing.
Safety glazing for schools and public buildings means finding glass in critical locations, such as doors, side panels and low-level panes, that would break dangerously, and replacing it with toughened or laminated safety glass or protecting it with safety film. It helps duty holders meet workplace and building safety rules where children, staff and visitors move around.
What you can specify
- Laminated glass for vision panels and corridors
- Toughened and laminated replacement glass
- Safety film for glass that can stay
- Pane-by-pane survey and schedule of critical locations
- Fire-rated glass for fire doors and screens, using the glazing system named in the door's certification
- Manifestation markings on large clear panes
Fitting in Durham and nearby
We arrange surveys and fitting across Durham and the DH1 postcode district, and in nearby Chester-le-Street (6 miles), Houghton-le-Spring (6 miles) and Stanley.
County Durham runs from Durham City's listed streets around the cathedral to former colliery-village terraces, Darlington's Victorian centre and newer estates along the A1(M).
Good candidates for safety glazing for schools and public buildings:
- Colleges and community halls
- Offices with older internal glazing
- Libraries, leisure centres and council buildings
- Nurseries and early-years settings
Before the glass is ordered
Fire-rated panes
Glass in fire doors and screens must stay fire-rated. We use the fire-rated glass and glazing system named in the door or screen's certification or test evidence, never plain laminated glass, and some doors need a certificated fire-door installer.
Manifestation
Large clear panes need markings at eye level so people do not walk into them.
Glazing rules in England
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.
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
- Send sizes or use the quote tool
- Free survey at your Durham address
- Fixed price in writing
- Glass made, then fitted
Safety glazing for schools and public buildings in Durham: questions
Do you cover Chester-le-Street as well as Durham?
Yes. As well as Durham, we can arrange surveys in nearby Chester-le-Street, Houghton-le-Spring and Stanley. Dates depend on installer availability.
Is wired glass safety glass?
Not usually. Ordinary wired glass is not a safety glass and can break into sharp pieces in impact positions. Some wired glass is used for fire resistance, which is a different job.
What are critical locations?
Glazing in and beside doors up to 1,500 mm from the floor and other glazing below 800 mm, in the English guidance. Similar rules apply in Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.
Can you replace glass in fire doors?
Often, yes, using the fire-rated glass and glazing system named in the door's certification or test evidence; some doors need a certificated fire-door installer, which we check first. Fire door glass must never be replaced with ordinary safety or security glass.
Safety glazing for schools and public buildings in nearby towns
- Chester-le-Street6 miles
- Houghton-le-Spring6 miles
- Stanley8 miles
- Washington9 miles
- Bishop Auckland9 miles
- Peterlee10 miles
Other glazing in Durham
- Security window film
- Security glazed doors and screens
- Shopfront security glass
- Security glass for home windows
- Display case security glass
- Commercial reglazing
Ready for a price? Use the form or call 0800 088 6248.