Fire-Rated Glazed Screens
Internal glazed screens that keep compartments and corridors protected.
Learn more →Fire-rated escape route glazing in Weston-super-Mare is usually needed for one of three reasons: new building work, a change to an existing fire-resisting wall, or defects found in an inspection. We handle all three.
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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 can phase work in Weston-super-Mare around residents, staff or pupils, with out-of-hours options.
After survey you get a fixed written quote for the agreed scope, so Weston-super-Mare budgets are not open-ended.
You receive the classification references, glass marks and installation photographs for your fire safety records.
In England, blocks of flats over 11 metres need regular checks of communal fire doors, including glazed ones.
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.
We plan installation so escape routes stay available while the building is occupied, or agree temporary arrangements with whoever is responsible for fire safety in the building.
Our Somerset coverage takes in Weston-super-Mare (BS23, BS22) and the neighbouring towns of Burnham-on-Sea, Clevedon, Penarth. Weston-super-Mare lies roughly 43 km from Bath, within our Somerset coverage.
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.
In higher-risk buildings, broadly 18 metres or seven storeys with two or more homes, the Building Safety Regulator is the building control authority. England is also phasing out BS 476 references from Approved Document B, with the remaining fire-resistance references due to go in September 2029.
We can survey and quote for schools and colleges, public buildings and other building types in Weston-super-Mare.
Yes, with phasing and temporary arrangements agreed with whoever is responsible for fire safety in the building.
Yes, if it is fire-rated to the required classification and, for integrity-only glass, within the limits building guidance sets for that position.
Survey timing in Weston-super-Mare 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.
Building work in Weston-super-Mare 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.
A survey in Weston-super-Mare confirms sizes, access, existing evidence and fixing conditions.
You receive a written quote naming the tested system and classification.
Installation to the system details, then a handover pack with photographs and evidence.
Send sizes, photos of any glass marks or your inspection report and we will come back with the right tested system.