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Fire-Rated Glazed Screens for Exeter buildings
If a building in Exeter needs fire-rated glazed screens, 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 Exeter
Tell us what you need. We reply with next steps and a guide price.
What's involved with fire-rated glazed screens in Exeter
We design, supply and install fire-rated screens in steel, aluminium, timber and frameless formats, working from the rating and positions on your fire strategy. Every screen is built within the limits of its test or assessment evidence: pane sizes, transom and mullion spacing, glass type and the way it is fixed to the surrounding structure.
- Steel, aluminium, timber or frameless frame systems
- Integrity or insulating glass to the required classification
- Integrated fire doors and glazed doorsets
- Survey and setting-out against the fire strategy drawings
Key checks for Exeter projects
Building control
New screens, and changes to existing fire-resisting walls, are normally building work. We provide the product evidence your building control body or approved inspector will ask for.
Integrity-only screens on escape routes
Building guidance limits where integrity-only glazing can sit on protected escape routes, and in some positions restricts it to above a set height from the floor. Insulating screens are not restricted in the same way, so the route plan often decides the glass.
Movement and deflection
Long screens under slabs need deflection heads so floor movement does not crack the glass or open gaps. The head detail has to come from the same evidence as the rest of the screen.
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.
Where we work around Exeter
Survey visits can be arranged anywhere in Exeter, including the EX2, EX4, EX1 districts, and in nearby Exmouth, Tiverton, Newton Abbot. Exeter lies roughly 59 km from Plymouth, within our Devon coverage.
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How we work in Exeter
Honest about unknowns
If an existing frame in a Exeter building has no traceable evidence, we say so and price the options rather than guess.
Work around occupied buildings
We can phase work in Exeter around residents, staff or pupils, with out-of-hours options.
Fixed written quotes
After survey you get a fixed written quote for the agreed scope, so Exeter budgets are not open-ended.
Building types we cover in Exeter
We can survey and quote for industrial units, healthcare buildings and other building types in Exeter.
Fire-Rated Glazed Screens: Exeter questions
Do fire-rated screens need maintenance?
They need periodic checks for damaged glass, missing beads, failed seals and unauthorised changes such as new cable holes. We can carry out these checks as part of a survey.
How large can a fire-rated glazed screen be?
It depends on the system's evidence. Most systems state maximum pane sizes and overall heights; very tall or wide screens may need an assessment from a test body. We confirm the limits during design.
Can you price fire-rated glazed screens in Exeter from photos?
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.
Which rules apply to fire-rated glazing in Exeter?
Building work in Exeter follows the Building Regulations 2010 and Approved Document B, and occupied buildings are covered by the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005.
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How a Exeter job runs
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 Exeter and check what the existing frames can accept.
Written quote
You receive a written quote naming the tested system and classification.
Install and hand over
Installation to the system details, then a handover pack with photographs and evidence.