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 Kirkby-in-Ashfield 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.
After survey you get a fixed written quote for the agreed scope, so Kirkby-in-Ashfield budgets are not open-ended.
We can phase work in Kirkby-in-Ashfield around residents, staff or pupils, with out-of-hours options.
If an existing frame in a Kirkby-in-Ashfield building has no traceable evidence, we say so and price the options rather than guess.
Some aluminium systems are tested for external facades, others for internal use only. We match the system to the position.
Aluminium systems are commonly available at 30 and 60 minutes; higher ratings are less common and may point to a steel system instead.
Head details and fixing centres come from the system documentation, especially beneath long-span slabs.
We cover Kirkby-in-Ashfield and the surrounding postcode districts, including NG17, NG18. Nearby towns we also serve include Sutton-in-Ashfield, Mansfield, Hucknall. Kirkby-in-Ashfield lies roughly 17 km from Nottingham, within our Nottinghamshire 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.
Sector guides below cover schools and colleges, care homes and other buildings in Kirkby-in-Ashfield.
30 and 60-minute ratings are common, in integrity or insulation classes depending on the glass. We confirm availability for the sizes you need.
Some systems are tested for external use. If the screen forms part of the building envelope we specify an external-rated system and glass.
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.
Yes. We survey and install in Kirkby-in-Ashfield and across Nottinghamshire, including the NG17 district and nearby Sutton-in-Ashfield.
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 Kirkby-in-Ashfield 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.