Fire-Rated Glazed Screens
Internal glazed screens that keep compartments and corridors protected.
Learn more →Looking for fire-rated escape route glazing in Warrington? We survey, supply and install tested fire-rated glazing for hotels, student accommodation and other buildings in and around Warrington, including the WA1 postcode district.
Tell us what you need. We reply with next steps and a guide price.
Escape route glazing is fire-rated glass in the walls and doors of protected stairs, lobbies and corridors, the routes people rely on to leave a building safely. It has to hold back fire and smoke for the rated time, and on many routes it has to keep heat away from people passing it as well.
Whether the building is in central Warrington or the wider WA1, WA55, WA2, WA4 districts, we can survey and quote. We also cover Newton-le-Willows, Golborne, Widnes. Warrington is the largest town in our Cheshire coverage.
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.
Corridor subdivision doors and double-swing doors normally need vision panels so people do not collide.
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.
After survey you get a fixed written quote for the agreed scope, so Warrington budgets are not open-ended.
Every quote in Warrington identifies the tested system: frame, glass, beads, seals and fixings, within its pane-size limits.
Designs follow the building and fire safety rules that apply in England, not a one-size-fits-all approach.
We can survey and quote for hotels, student accommodation and other building types in Warrington.
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.
Building work in Warrington follows the Building Regulations 2010 and Approved Document B, and occupied buildings are covered by the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005.
Survey timing in Warrington depends on access, the size of the building and how urgent the defect is. Tell us your deadline when you enquire and we will confirm a date before you commit.
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 visit Warrington to measure, record existing marks and check the frames and substrate.
You receive a written quote naming the tested system and classification.
We install, photograph seals and fixings before closing up, and hand over the schedule.
Send sizes, photos of any glass marks or your inspection report and we will come back with the right tested system.