Fire-Rated Glazed Screens
Internal glazed screens that keep compartments and corridors protected.
Learn more →If a building in Tipton needs steel fire-rated screens, 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.
Steel fire-rated screens use steel frame sections to hold fire-resistant glass, and they are the usual choice when a project needs slim sightlines with a high rating, large panes or heavy insulating glass. Steel keeps its strength well in fire and can carry the weight of thick EI glass over long spans.
After survey you get a fixed written quote for the agreed scope, so Tipton budgets are not open-ended.
We can phase work in Tipton around residents, staff or pupils, with out-of-hours options.
Every quote in Tipton identifies the tested system: frame, glass, beads, seals and fixings, within its pane-size limits.
Decorative steel-look aluminium or slim steel partitions sold for offices are not automatically fire-rated. We only fit systems with test or assessment evidence for the classification you need.
Steel screens with insulating glass are heavy. Fixings are taken from the system details and the substrate is checked to carry the load.
Steel profiles stay slim at higher ratings and carry heavy glass without bulky frames, which suits stair cores, lobbies and offices where light matters.
Survey visits can be arranged anywhere in Tipton, including the DY4, WV14, DY1, WS10, B69 districts, and in nearby Dudley, Wednesbury, West Bromwich. Tipton lies roughly 13 km from Birmingham, within our West Midlands 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.
Steel fire-rated screens applies to many building types in Tipton, including industrial units and retail and leisure units.
Most steel fire screens can be powder-coated to a wide range of RAL colours, with black and anthracite the most requested.
Some steel systems with that look are tested for fire, many decorative ones are not. Ask for the classification and test evidence; we only quote tested systems for fire-rated positions.
Survey timing in Tipton 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.
Yes. We survey and install in Tipton and across West Midlands, including the DY4 district and nearby Dudley.
Internal glazed screens that keep compartments and corridors protected.
Learn more →Doorsets with large glazed panels, tested as complete units.
Learn more →Glazed screens and doors on protected stairs, lobbies and corridors.
Learn more →Light, modern aluminium framing tested for fire.
Learn more →Tell us the rating required, sizes and building type, or ask us to find out.
We visit Tipton to measure, record existing marks and check the frames and substrate.
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.