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Fanlights, Side Panels & Borrowed Lights in Maidstone
If a building in Maidstone needs fire-rated fanlights and side panels, the starting point is the rating its fire strategy requires. We confirm that, survey the openings and quote a tested system to suit.
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Quote for Maidstone
Tell us what you need. We reply with next steps and a guide price.
What our fire-rated fanlights and side panels service includes in Maidstone
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.
- Borrowed lights in fire-resisting walls
- Glass, beads and seals to the frame evidence
- Complete replacement frames where needed
- Fire-rated fanlights above fire doors
Before you order fire-rated fanlights and side panels: what matters
Often overlooked
Fanlights and side panels can be missed when fire doors are upgraded, leaving ordinary glass beside a new fire door.
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.
Areas we cover around Maidstone
Whether the building is in central Maidstone or the wider ME14, ME16, ME15 districts, we can survey and quote. We also cover Chatham, Rochester, Gillingham. Maidstone is the main town we cover in Kent.
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How we work in Maidstone
Rated systems, not just rated glass
Every quote in Maidstone identifies the tested system: frame, glass, beads, seals and fixings, within its pane-size limits.
Honest about unknowns
If an existing frame in a Maidstone building has no traceable evidence, we say so and price the options rather than guess.
Work around occupied buildings
We can phase work in Maidstone around residents, staff or pupils, with out-of-hours options.
Fire glazing rules in England
England Which rules apply?
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.
In higher-risk buildings, broadly 18 metres or seven storeys with two or more homes, the Building Safety Regulator is the building control authority. England is also phasing out BS 476 references from Approved Document B, with the remaining fire-resistance references due to go in September 2029.
Sectors we cover in Maidstone
Fire-rated fanlights and side panels applies to many building types in Maidstone, including public buildings and retail and leisure units.
Questions about fire-rated fanlights and side panels in Maidstone
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.
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.
Which rules apply to fire-rated glazing in Maidstone?
Building work in Maidstone follows the Building Regulations 2010 and Approved Document B, and occupied buildings are covered by the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005.
Do you work on occupied buildings in Maidstone?
Yes. We plan phasing, out-of-hours work and temporary protection so the building can stay in use where the fire strategy allows.
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From enquiry to handover in Maidstone
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 Maidstone and check what the existing frames can accept.
Written quote
You receive a written quote naming the tested system and classification.
Fit and record
We install, photograph seals and fixings before closing up, and hand over the schedule.