Fire-Rated Glazed Screens
Internal glazed screens that keep compartments and corridors protected.
Learn more →For Slough buildings, we supply, replace and check fire-rated escape route glazing wherever the fire strategy depends on it, working to the tested system rather than the glass alone.
Tell us what you need. We reply with next steps and a guide price.
We supply and install glazed screens, doors and panels on escape routes in offices, flats, schools and healthcare buildings, working from the fire strategy so integrity and insulation are used in the right places, and smoke control is maintained.
We cover Slough and the surrounding postcode districts, including SL1, SL3, SL4, SL2. Nearby towns we also serve include Windsor, Maidenhead, Gerrards Cross. Reading, around 27 km from Slough, is the largest town in the same coverage area.
Glazing into a protected stair needs particular care; the rules depend on whether the stair is part of a protected shaft and how the building is used.
In England, blocks of flats over 11 metres need regular checks of communal fire doors, including glazed ones.
Doors on escape routes usually need smoke seals as well as fire resistance, so the smoke-control classification matters too.
Building work in England is covered by the Building Regulations 2010, with fire safety guidance in Approved Document B and impact safety guidance for glazing in Approved Document K.
Once a building is in use, the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 requires the responsible person to maintain fire safety measures, including fire-resisting glazing. The Fire Safety (England) Regulations 2022 add duties for multi-occupied residential buildings, including fire door checks in buildings over 11 metres.
If an existing frame in a Slough building has no traceable evidence, we say so and price the options rather than guess.
Every quote in Slough identifies the tested system: frame, glass, beads, seals and fixings, within its pane-size limits.
You receive the classification references, glass marks and installation photographs for your fire safety records.
Fire-rated escape route glazing applies to many building types in Slough, including hotels and retail and leisure units.
Yes, with phasing and temporary arrangements agreed with whoever is responsible for fire safety in the building.
Because people escaping may pass right beside the glass. Insulating glass limits the temperature rise on the escape side, so people can pass it more safely.
We can give a guide range from photos and sizes, including a clear photo of any marks on the glass. A fixed price follows a survey.
Building work in Slough follows the Building Regulations 2010 and Approved Document B, and occupied buildings are covered by the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005.
Internal glazed screens that keep compartments and corridors protected.
Learn more →Doorsets with large glazed panels, tested as complete units.
Learn more →EI 30 to EI 120 glass that blocks heat as well as flames.
Learn more →Surveys that identify what fire glazing you have and what needs fixing.
Learn more →Send the fire strategy extract, inspection report or a few photos of the openings.
We measure each opening in Slough and check what the existing frames can accept.
You receive a written quote naming the tested system and classification.
Work is completed to the manufacturer's details and documented for your records.
Send sizes, photos of any glass marks or your inspection report and we will come back with the right tested system.