Security glazed doors and screens in Hitchin

What should security glazed doors and screens cost in Hitchin?

Our guide range for security glazed doors and screens in Hitchin is £1,495 to £4,995 plus VAT (£1,794 to £5,994 inc VAT) per doorset, including fitting. The survey is free for new installations and your fixed price follows in writing.

Security glazed doors are complete doorsets, frame, leaf, glass, hinges and locks, built to resist forced entry while still letting people see in and out. They use laminated or anti-bandit glass in heavy aluminium or steel sections, with multi-point locking, and suit shop, office and communal entrances.

What goes into security glazed doors and screens

Multi-point and hook-bolt locking
Hinge bolts and anti-jemmy features
Laminated or anti-bandit glass held by internal beads
Heavy aluminium or steel doorsets with side screens
Panic and emergency exit hardware where required
Door closers, level thresholds and access control provision

Fitting in Hitchin and nearby

Surveys in Hitchin (SG4) are booked around installer availability. We also cover nearby Letchworth Garden City (3 miles), Stevenage (5 miles) and Luton (7 miles).

Hertfordshire includes the historic centres of St Albans and Hertford, post-war new towns such as Stevenage and Hatfield, and Watford's shops and office parks along the M1.

Good candidates for security glazed doors and screens:

Communal entrances to blocks of flats
Rear and side doors to service yards
Office and reception entrances
Shop and showroom entrances

Before the glass is ordered

Tested doorset or upgrade

Where an insurer, landlord or specifier names a standard, a doorset tested to it by its maker is the route. Otherwise a strong commercial doorset with laminated glass is often enough.

Exit and fire safety

Locking must let people out easily while the building is occupied. We work with your fire risk assessment, and fire doors need fire-rated products.

Glazing rules 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.

Planning permission

Changing the glass in an existing window or shopfront does not usually need planning permission, because the building looks much the same afterwards. A new or altered shopfront, or security features added to the outside of a building, may need planning permission from the council. Bollards or barriers on the pavement need the highway authority's consent, which is normally the council.

How it works

Send sizes or use the quote tool
Free survey at your Hitchin address
Fixed price in writing
Glass made, then fitted

Security glazed doors and screens in Hitchin: questions

Can you survey in Hitchin and nearby towns?

Yes. Surveys in Hitchin, Letchworth Garden City and Stevenage are booked around installer availability.

What is PAS 24?

PAS 24 is a British test standard for the security of doors and windows. A doorset tested to it has been attacked in a set way in a lab. The test belongs to the manufacturer's product as tested, not to the installer.

Can you just change the glass in my existing door?

Often, if the frame is sound. Laminated glass and internal beads are a good upgrade. If the frame is light or worn, a new doorset is better value.

Can a security door also be a fire exit?

Yes, with the right hardware. Exit doors must open easily from inside while people are present, so we choose locking and panic hardware to suit your fire arrangements.

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