England · 57 postcode districts
Surrey fire-rated fanlights and side panels
Our Surrey fire-rated fanlights and side panels service covers survey, supply and installation to the tested details, documented on handover.
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Fanlights, Side Panels & Borrowed Lights by town in Surrey
Our Surrey coverage spans 57 postcode districts across the GU, KT, RH, TW postcode areas.
Woking (GU22)Guildford (GU1)Esher (KT10)Redhill (RH1)Staines-upon-Thames (TW18)Banstead (SM7)Leatherhead (KT22)Ewell (KT17)Farnham (GU9)Epsom (KT17)Camberley (GU15)Egham (TW20)Sunbury-on-Thames (TW16)Ashford (Surrey) (TW15)Walton-on-Thames (KT12)Godalming (GU7)Reigate (RH2)Horley (RH6)Caterham (CR3)
Fanlights, Side Panels & Borrowed Lights: an overview for Surrey
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.
- Borrowed lights in fire-resisting walls
- Complete replacement frames where needed
- Records for your fire safety file
Key checks for Surrey 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.
Impact safety
Side panels near doors fall in critical locations for impact safety, so the fire glass must also have the right impact classification.
Often overlooked
Fanlights and side panels can be missed when fire doors are upgraded, leaving ordinary glass beside a new fire door.
England rules for fire glazing
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.
Questions from Surrey clients
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.
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.
Can you just replace the glass?
Sometimes, if the existing frame is suitable. We check the frame before recommending glass-only replacement.
Which parts of Surrey do you cover?
All of it: Woking, Guildford, Esher, Redhill, Staines-upon-Thames and every district in the GU, KT, RH, TW postcode areas.
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Process
How a Surrey job runs
Share the details
Send the fire strategy extract, inspection report or a few photos of the openings.
Site visit
A survey in Surrey confirms sizes, access, existing evidence and fixing conditions.
Written proposal
We set out the system, glass, evidence and programme, with a fixed price.
Fit and record
We install, photograph seals and fixings before closing up, and hand over the schedule.