Fire-Rated Glazed Screens
Internal glazed screens that keep compartments and corridors protected.
Learn more →When a fire strategy, inspection report or building control comment in Ossett calls for glazing tested to resist fire, our fire-rated escape route glazing service covers survey, supply and installation.
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.
Doors on escape routes usually need smoke seals as well as fire resistance, so the smoke-control classification matters too.
In England, blocks of flats over 11 metres need regular checks of communal fire doors, including glazed ones.
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.
Whether the building is in central Ossett or the wider WF5, WF12, WF17, WF2 districts, we can survey and quote. We also cover Dewsbury, Batley, Wakefield. Ossett is about 13 km from Leeds, the largest town in our West Yorkshire coverage.
Every quote in Ossett identifies the tested system: frame, glass, beads, seals and fixings, within its pane-size limits.
If an existing frame in a Ossett building has no traceable evidence, we say so and price the options rather than guess.
We can phase work in Ossett around residents, staff or pupils, with out-of-hours options.
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.
Sector guides below cover industrial units, hotels and other buildings in Ossett.
Yes, if it is fire-rated to the required classification and, for integrity-only glass, within the limits building guidance sets for that position.
Yes, with phasing and temporary arrangements agreed with whoever is responsible for fire safety in the building.
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 Ossett 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 Ossett confirms sizes, access, existing evidence and fixing conditions.
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.