How much should I budget for safety glazing for schools and public buildings in Swindon?
Our guide range for safety glazing for schools and public buildings in Swindon 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
- Work in holidays and outside hours
- Clear records for your estate files
- Toughened and laminated replacement glass
- 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
Fitting in Swindon and nearby
We arrange surveys and fitting across Swindon and the SN1 postcode district, and in nearby Calne (13 miles), Cirencester (14 miles) and Chippenham.
Wiltshire combines Salisbury's medieval and Georgian centre, Swindon's modern town centre, offices and estates, and stone market towns such as Marlborough, Devizes and Bradford-on-Avon.
Common uses:
- Primary and secondary schools
- Colleges and community halls
- Nurseries and early-years settings
- Offices with older internal glazing
What to think about first
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.
Prioritising
Start with doors, side panels and low-level glass in busy areas, then work outwards. The schedule makes it easy to phase.
Consents and safety: England
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.
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 Swindon
- Accept the fixed quote
- Fitted by glaziers working under our contract
Safety glazing for schools and public buildings in Swindon: questions
Do you cover Calne as well as Swindon?
Yes. As well as Swindon, we can arrange surveys in nearby Calne, Cirencester and Chippenham. 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.
Do we have to replace all the old glass?
Not necessarily. The duty is to make glass safe where needed. That may mean replacement, film or guarding, depending on the pane and the risk.
Safety glazing for schools and public buildings in nearby towns
Other glazing in Swindon
- Bullet-resistant glass
- Kiosk and booth security glazing
- Security double-glazed units
- Glazing bead security upgrades
- Toughened safety glass
- Security window film
Tell us about the glazing and we will come back with a guide price.