Toughened safety glass in Slough

Toughened safety glass in Slough: what will it cost?

Our guide range for toughened safety glass in Slough is £114 to £414 including VAT (£95 to £345 plus VAT) per pane, including fitting. The survey is free for new installations and your fixed price follows in writing.

Toughened safety glass is ordinary glass that has been heated and rapidly cooled so its surface is held in compression, making it four to five times stronger than annealed glass of the same thickness. If it does break, it shatters into small, relatively blunt pieces instead of sharp shards, which is why it is used in doors, low-level panes and frameless partitions.

Choices you can make

Made to BS EN 12150 and marked for identification
Made to measure for each opening
Single panes or the outer pane of a sealed unit
Four to five times the strength of annealed glass
Breaks into small blunt fragments
Holes, notches and polished edges for frameless fittings

Fitting in Slough and nearby

We can arrange toughened safety glass anywhere in Slough, and in nearby Windsor, Maidenhead and Gerrards Cross. Tell us your postcode and we will offer dates.

Berkshire pairs the glass-fronted offices of Reading, Slough and Bracknell with Victorian and Edwardian housing and listed riverside buildings in Windsor and Eton.

Typical settings for toughened safety glass:

Shower screens and splashbacks
Glazed doors and side panels
Panes below 800 mm in homes and offices
Balustrades in a laminated toughened makeup

Getting the right glass for your building

Barriers and balustrades

Glass that acts as a barrier usually needs a laminated toughened makeup so it stays in place if one ply breaks.

Measure once, carefully

Toughened glass cannot be cut afterwards, so holes and sizes are fixed at the factory. Accurate survey measurements avoid remakes.

What the rules say in England

England

Replacing glass in an existing frame

Replacing only the glass or sealed unit in an existing frame is generally treated as a repair in England rather than notifiable building work. Replacing a whole window or door is notifiable and is normally certified through a competent person scheme or approved by building control. Either way, new glass in a critical location should still be safety glass.

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

Toughened safety glass in Slough: questions

Which areas near Slough do you cover?

We can arrange work in Slough and in nearby Windsor (2 miles), Maidenhead (5 miles) and Gerrards Cross (6 miles). Dates depend on installer availability.

Can toughened glass be cut to fit?

No. Cutting or drilling toughened glass makes it shatter, so every pane, hole and notch is made to size before toughening.

Why did my toughened glass break on its own?

Occasionally a tiny nickel sulphide inclusion or edge damage causes spontaneous breakage. Heat-soak tested glass reduces the risk for large or high panes.

Where must safety glass be used?

In critical locations: in England, Approved Document K covers glazing in and beside doors up to 1,500 mm from the floor and other glazing below 800 mm; Wales has the same idea in its Approved Document N, Scotland in standard 4.8 and Northern Ireland in Part V. Glass there must be safety glass or protected.

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Other glazing in Slough

Tell us about the glazing and we will come back with a guide price.