Frameless Fire-Rated Glazing
Butt-jointed fire glass walls with minimal frames.
Learn more →When a fire strategy, inspection report or building control comment in Romford calls for glazing tested to resist fire, our fire-rated glass partitions service covers survey, supply and installation.
Tell us what you need. We reply with next steps and a guide price.
Fire-rated glass partitions are office-style glazed walls that are also tested to resist fire, used where a meeting room, corridor wall or reception wall forms part of a protected route or compartment. They look like standard office partitions but use rated frames, glass and seals throughout.
If an existing frame in a Romford building has no traceable evidence, we say so and price the options rather than guess.
After survey you get a fixed written quote for the agreed scope, so Romford budgets are not open-ended.
We can phase work in Romford around residents, staff or pupils, with out-of-hours options.
Large glass walls need manifestation so people can see them. Applied film must be compatible with the glass and not cover any marks building control may need to see.
Rated partitions need fire-stopping inspected before ceilings close. We plan inspection points into the fit-out programme.
A fire-rated partition is only as good as the construction above it. If the wall has to run to the slab, the ceiling void needs fire-stopping or a rated head detail.
Our Greater London coverage takes in Romford (RM1, RM2, RM7, RM12, RM11, RM5) and the neighbouring towns of Hornchurch, Dagenham, Becontree. We cover Romford as part of our Greater London coverage.
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, student accommodation and other buildings in Romford.
Some butt-jointed systems are tested for fire. See our frameless fire-rated glazing service for what is possible.
Frames may be slightly deeper and glass slightly thicker, but most systems are hard to tell apart from standard partitions.
Survey timing in Romford 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.
We can give a guide range from photos and sizes, including a clear photo of any marks on the glass. A fixed price follows a survey.
Butt-jointed fire glass walls with minimal frames.
Learn more →Light, modern aluminium framing tested for fire.
Learn more →Doorsets with large glazed panels, tested as complete units.
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 Romford confirms sizes, access, existing evidence and fixing conditions.
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.