Fanlights, Side Panels & Borrowed Lights
Glazed over-panels, side lights and borrowed lights around fire doors.
Learn more →Looking for timber fire-rated screens in Northolt? We survey, supply and install tested fire-rated glazing for hotels, schools and colleges and other buildings in and around Northolt, including the UB5 postcode district.
Tell us what you need. We reply with next steps and a guide price.
The rating depends on the timber species and density, frame sections, bead profiles, fixings and the glazing seals used in the test. We build timber screens to a tested specification, or to a formal assessment, and finish them without compromising the intumescent details.
You receive the classification references, glass marks and installation photographs for your fire safety records.
We can phase work in Northolt around residents, staff or pupils, with out-of-hours options.
Every quote in Northolt identifies the tested system: frame, glass, beads, seals and fixings, within its pane-size limits.
Timber screens are tested with specific species and minimum densities. Softwood substitutions or thinner sections can fall outside the evidence.
Heavier insulating glass may need larger sections; we confirm the frame can carry the chosen build-up.
Timber suits listed and older buildings, and existing screens can sometimes be upgraded with new glass and seals, subject to an assessment of the frame.
We cover Northolt and the surrounding postcode districts, including UB5, UB6, UB4, HA1, HA0, UB1. Nearby towns we also serve include Greenford, Harrow, Southall. We cover Northolt 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.
Timber fire-rated screens applies to many building types in Northolt, including hotels and schools and colleges.
Sometimes. If the frame can be shown to be suitable, we can replace non-rated glass and add the correct seals and beads. Where it cannot, replacement is the honest answer.
Yes. The timber can be painted, stained or lacquered. Intumescent seals are kept clear of paint.
Yes. We survey and install in Northolt and across Greater London, including the UB5 district and nearby Greenford.
Yes. We plan phasing, out-of-hours work and temporary protection so the building can stay in use where the fire strategy allows.
Glazed over-panels, side lights and borrowed lights around fire doors.
Learn more →Doorsets with large glazed panels, tested as complete units.
Learn more →Internal glazed screens that keep compartments and corridors protected.
Learn more →Replacement and new vision panels fitted to the door's evidence.
Learn more →Send the fire strategy extract, inspection report or a few photos of the openings.
We visit Northolt to measure, record existing marks and check the frames and substrate.
You receive a written quote naming the tested system and classification.
Work is completed to the manufacturer's details and documented for your records.
Send sizes, photos of any glass marks or your inspection report and we will come back with the right tested system.