School safety glass in Bicester

Safety glazing for schools and public buildings in Bicester: what will it cost?

Our guide range for safety glazing for schools and public buildings in Bicester 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

Safety film for glass that can stay
Laminated glass for vision panels and corridors
Toughened and laminated replacement glass
Work in holidays and outside hours
Fire-rated glass for fire doors and screens, using the glazing system named in the door's certification
Clear records for your estate files

Fitting in Bicester and nearby

We arrange surveys and fitting in Bicester and across the OX26 postcode district, as well as in nearby Oxford (11 miles) and Banbury (14 miles). Dates depend on installer availability.

Oxfordshire's college city and stone market towns such as Woodstock, Witney and Henley-on-Thames sit alongside business and science parks around Abingdon, Didcot and Bicester.

Typical settings for safety glazing for schools and public buildings:

Nurseries and early-years settings
Colleges and community halls
Offices with older internal glazing
Primary and secondary schools

Getting the right glass for your building

Prioritising

Start with doors, side panels and low-level glass in busy areas, then work outwards. The schedule makes it easy to phase.

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.

What the rules say in England

England

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.

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.

How it works

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

Safety glazing for schools and public buildings in Bicester: questions

Do you cover Oxford as well as Bicester?

Yes. As well as Bicester, we can arrange surveys in nearby Oxford, Banbury and Aylesbury. 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.

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.

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.

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Safety glazing for schools and public buildings in Bicester

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