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Scotland · 99 postcode districts
Fanlights, Side Panels & Borrowed Lights across Highlands and Islands
Fire-rated fanlights and side panels across Highlands and Islands covers 99 postcode districts in the IV, PH, KW, HS postcode areas. Every job is built around a tested system.
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Fanlights, Side Panels & Borrowed Lights by town in Highlands and Islands
Our Highlands and Islands coverage spans 99 postcode districts across the IV, PH, KW, HS postcode areas. We also cover Fort William, Thurso, Wick, Nairn, Kirkwall, Lerwick, Stornoway.
What our fire-rated fanlights and side panels service includes in Highlands and Islands
Fanlights, side panels and borrowed lights are the glazed panels above and beside doors, or set into internal walls to share daylight between rooms. Where the wall or door around them is fire-resisting, the glazing must be fire-rated too, or it becomes the weak point.
- Records for your fire safety file
- Glass, beads and seals to the frame evidence
- Complete replacement frames where needed
Key checks for Highlands and Islands projects
Upgrade or replace?
If the existing frame can be shown to be suitable, new glass and seals may be enough; otherwise a complete rated frame is the reliable answer.
Ventilation grilles
Grilles or openings in fanlights must be fire-rated or removed if the wall is fire-resisting.
Impact safety
Side panels near doors fall in critical locations for impact safety, so the fire glass must also have the right impact classification.
Regulations for Highlands and Islands projects
Scotland Which rules apply?
In Scotland, building work needs a building warrant under the Building (Scotland) Regulations 2004, with fire guidance in Section 2 of the Building Standards Technical Handbooks rather than Approved Documents.
For relevant premises, the Fire (Scotland) Act 2005 and the Fire Safety (Scotland) Regulations 2006 place duties on the duty holder to maintain fire safety measures, which include fire-resisting glazing.
Scottish guidance has its own approach to escape routes and compartmentation, so glazing designs are checked against the Technical Handbooks and the warrant drawings.
FAQs for Highlands and Islands
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.
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.
Can you just replace the glass?
Sometimes, if the existing frame is suitable. We check the frame before recommending glass-only replacement.
Do you cover all of Highlands and Islands?
Yes. We take enquiries from across Highlands and Islands, including Inverness and the surrounding area, and arrange surveys to suit your programme.
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Process
From enquiry to handover in Highlands and Islands
Tell us what you have
Send drawings, a fire risk assessment action or photos of the glass marks.
Measure and check
We measure each opening in Highlands and Islands and check what the existing frames can accept.
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.