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 Basildon calls for glazing tested to resist fire, our aluminium fire-rated screens service covers survey, supply and installation.
Tell us what you need. We reply with next steps and a guide price.
Aluminium softens at a lower temperature than steel, so fire-rated aluminium systems rely on specific internal inserts, reinforcements and glazing details. We install only the tested system as a whole, in anodised or powder-coated finishes, with doors and side panels where the evidence allows.
You receive the classification references, glass marks and installation photographs for your fire safety records.
We can phase work in Basildon around residents, staff or pupils, with out-of-hours options.
Every quote in Basildon identifies the tested system: frame, glass, beads, seals and fixings, within its pane-size limits.
Fire-rated aluminium profiles contain insulating and intumescent inserts that standard profiles do not. Swapping in a standard section to save cost removes the rating.
Hinges, locks and closers fitted to doors within the screen must be compatible with the door's evidence.
Some aluminium systems are tested for external facades, others for internal use only. We match the system to the position.
We cover Basildon and the surrounding postcode districts, including SS14, SS16, SS15, SS13. Nearby towns we also serve include Pitsea, Stanford-le-Hope, Wickford. Basildon lies roughly 18 km from Southend-on-Sea, within our Essex 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.
We can survey and quote for public buildings, healthcare buildings and other building types in Basildon.
Usually they can be matched closely in profile and colour so rated and non-rated areas look consistent.
Yes, when it is a system designed and tested for fire. Ordinary aluminium partitions and windows are not fire-rated, however thick the glass.
Building work in Basildon follows the Building Regulations 2010 and Approved Document B, and occupied buildings are covered by the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005.
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.
Internal glazed screens that keep compartments and corridors protected.
Learn more →Office glass partitions where the wall has to be fire-resisting.
Learn more →Facade glazing tested for fire where boundaries or compartments demand it.
Learn more →Slim steel frames for long spans, high ratings and heavy glass.
Learn more →Tell us the rating required, sizes and building type, or ask us to find out.
We visit Basildon to measure, record existing marks and check the frames and substrate.
We set out the system, glass, evidence and programme, with a fixed price.
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.