School safety glass in Washington

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

Our guide range for safety glazing for schools and public buildings in Washington 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 goes into safety glazing for schools and public buildings

Toughened and laminated replacement glass
Pane-by-pane survey and schedule of critical locations
Manifestation markings on large clear panes
Fire-rated glass for fire doors and screens, using the glazing system named in the door's certification
Clear records for your estate files
Work in holidays and outside hours

Fitting in Washington and nearby

Surveys in Washington (NE37) are booked around installer availability. We also cover nearby Chester-le-Street (4 miles), Felling (4 miles) and Houghton-le-Spring (5 miles).

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.

Typical settings for safety glazing for schools and public buildings:

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

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

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 Washington
Accept the fixed quote
Fitted by glaziers working under our contract

Safety glazing for schools and public buildings in Washington: questions

Can you survey in Washington and nearby towns?

Yes. Surveys in Washington, Chester-le-Street and Felling are booked around installer availability.

Can you work during school holidays?

Yes. Most school glazing work is planned for holidays, weekends or after hours.

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.

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.

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Safety glazing for schools and public buildings in Washington

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