Fire-Rated Glass Partitions
Office glass partitions where the wall has to be fire-resisting.
Learn more →If a building in Mitcham needs frameless fire-rated glazing, the starting point is the rating its fire strategy requires. We confirm that, survey the openings and quote a tested system to suit.
Tell us what you need. We reply with next steps and a guide price.
Frameless fire glazing only works within tight, tested limits: specific glass types, joint widths, sealants, channel details and maximum heights. We specify it where the evidence supports your layout, and tell you plainly when a slim framed system is the better route.
Channels at the head have to allow for slab movement without loading the glass.
The sealant, joint width and any interlayer in the joint come from the test. Generic silicone in a fire glass joint is not acceptable.
Frameless fire glazing is at the top of the price range because of the glass and precision required.
Survey visits can be arranged anywhere in Mitcham, including the CR4, SM4, SW19, SW17, SW16, SM5 districts, and in nearby Morden, Wimbledon, Streatham. We cover Mitcham as part of our Greater London coverage.
If an existing frame in a Mitcham building has no traceable evidence, we say so and price the options rather than guess.
Every quote in Mitcham identifies the tested system: frame, glass, beads, seals and fixings, within its pane-size limits.
After survey you get a fixed written quote for the agreed scope, so Mitcham budgets are not open-ended.
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.
Sector guides below cover retail and leisure units, schools and colleges and other buildings in Mitcham.
Yes, typically. It also needs more careful site protection.
Each system states a maximum height. We check your floor-to-ceiling height against it during design.
Building work in Mitcham follows the Building Regulations 2010 and Approved Document B, and occupied buildings are covered by the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005.
Survey timing in Mitcham depends on access, the size of the building and how urgent the defect is. Tell us your deadline when you enquire and we will confirm a date before you commit.
Office glass partitions where the wall has to be fire-resisting.
Learn more →EI 30 to EI 120 glass that blocks heat as well as flames.
Learn more →Internal glazed screens that keep compartments and corridors protected.
Learn more →Doorsets with large glazed panels, tested as complete units.
Learn more →Send the fire strategy extract, inspection report or a few photos of the openings.
We visit Mitcham 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.