Insulated Fire Glass (EI)
EI 30 to EI 120 glass that blocks heat as well as flames.
Learn more →Our fire-rated glass floors service covers Middlesbrough and neighbouring areas such as Billingham and Stockton-on-Tees, with every job built around a tested system.
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A fire-rated glass floor is a walk-on glazed floor panel, set in a tested support frame, that keeps both its load-bearing capacity and its fire resistance for a stated time. Because a floor carries load, its classification also includes R for load-bearing capacity alongside integrity and insulation.
Obscured or patterned surfaces can be specified within the system for privacy below.
Tested floor panels have maximum spans. Larger openings are divided by a supporting grid.
A glass floor must carry its design load during the fire period. Only systems tested for both should be used.
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.
We cover Middlesbrough and the surrounding postcode districts, including TS1, TS4, TS2, TS5, TS23, TS3. Nearby towns we also serve include Billingham, Stockton-on-Tees, Thornaby-on-Tees. Middlesbrough lies roughly 69 km from York, within our North Yorkshire coverage.
After survey you get a fixed written quote for the agreed scope, so Middlesbrough budgets are not open-ended.
Every quote in Middlesbrough identifies the tested system: frame, glass, beads, seals and fixings, within its pane-size limits.
If an existing frame in a Middlesbrough building has no traceable evidence, we say so and price the options rather than guess.
Sector guides below cover schools and colleges, blocks of flats and other buildings in Middlesbrough.
R is load-bearing capacity, E is integrity and I is insulation. A floor needs R because it carries people and loads.
Yes, using specialist tested systems that cover load-bearing capacity as well as integrity and insulation.
Building work in Middlesbrough follows the Building Regulations 2010 and Approved Document B, and occupied buildings are covered by the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005.
Yes. We survey and install in Middlesbrough and across North Yorkshire, including the TS1 district and nearby Billingham.
EI 30 to EI 120 glass that blocks heat as well as flames.
Learn more →Slim steel frames for long spans, high ratings and heavy glass.
Learn more →Surveys that identify what fire glazing you have and what needs fixing.
Learn more →Internal glazed screens that keep compartments and corridors protected.
Learn more →Send drawings, a fire risk assessment action or photos of the glass marks.
A survey in Middlesbrough confirms sizes, access, existing evidence and fixing conditions.
You receive a written quote naming the tested system and classification.
Installation to the system details, then a handover pack with photographs and evidence.
Send sizes, photos of any glass marks or your inspection report and we will come back with the right tested system.