Northern Ireland · 7 postcode districts
Fanlights, Side Panels & Borrowed Lights for County Londonderry buildings
Fire-rated fanlights and side panels across County Londonderry covers 7 postcode districts in the BT postcode areas. Every job is built around a tested system.
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Our County Londonderry coverage spans 7 postcode districts across the BT postcode areas. We also cover Limavady, Magherafelt.
Fanlights, Side Panels & Borrowed Lights: what you get in County Londonderry
These panels are common in flat entrance doors, communal corridors, schools and older buildings, and they are often found glazed with ordinary glass. We survey them, replace unsuitable glass, correct beads and seals, and supply complete rated frames where the existing frame cannot be upgraded.
- Records for your fire safety file
- Borrowed lights in fire-resisting walls
- Glazed side panels beside fire doors
Key checks for County Londonderry projects
Impact safety
Side panels near doors fall in critical locations for impact safety, so the fire glass must also have the right impact classification.
Borrowed lights
Internal windows between rooms and corridors are a frequent survey finding in older offices and schools.
Ventilation grilles
Grilles or openings in fanlights must be fire-rated or removed if the wall is fire-resisting.
Northern Ireland rules for fire glazing
Northern Ireland Which rules apply?
In Northern Ireland, building work follows the Building Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2012, with fire safety guidance in Technical Booklet E, approved by the district council's building control.
Once in use, the Fire and Rescue Services (Northern Ireland) Order 2006 and the Fire Safety Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2010 require the appropriate person to maintain fire safety measures, including fire-resisting glazing.
Questions from County Londonderry clients
Do side panels need safety glass too?
Yes. Glass within 300mm of a door edge and below 1500mm is a critical location for impact safety.
Does the glass above a fire door need to be fire-rated?
If the wall or door assembly is fire-resisting, yes. Ordinary glass above or beside a fire door creates a weak point.
What is a borrowed light?
An internal window that shares daylight between rooms or with a corridor. In a fire-resisting wall it must be fire-rated.
Which parts of County Londonderry do you cover?
All of it: Derry / Londonderry, Coleraine and every district in the BT postcode areas.
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Fire Glazing Remedial Works
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Wired Glass Replacement
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How a County Londonderry job runs
Tell us what you have
Send drawings, a fire risk assessment action or photos of the glass marks.
Survey
We visit County Londonderry to measure, record existing marks and check the frames and substrate.
Written quote
You receive a written quote naming the tested system and classification.
Install and hand over
Installation to the system details, then a handover pack with photographs and evidence.