Fire-Resistant Glass
Integrity and insulating fire glass supplied and fitted into tested frames.
Learn more →When a fire strategy, inspection report or building control comment in Sandhurst calls for glazing tested to resist fire, our integrity fire glass service covers survey, supply and installation.
Tell us what you need. We reply with next steps and a guide price.
Integrity fire glass, classified E, stops flames and hot gases passing for the rated time but does not limit the heat coming through. EW glass adds a cap on the heat radiated through the glass. Both are thinner, lighter and cheaper than fully insulated glass.
Survey visits can be arranged anywhere in Sandhurst, including the GU47, RG45, GU17, GU46, GU15 districts, and in nearby Crowthorne, Yateley, Camberley. Sandhurst lies roughly 18 km from Reading, within our Berkshire coverage.
Building guidance restricts how much integrity-only glass can be used on protected escape routes and where it can sit. Check the route before choosing E glass.
Integrity-only glass may be acceptable in some fire-resisting partitions, screens and doors, often at high level, within the limits national guidance sets. Compartment walls normally need insulating (EI) glazing.
EW glass limits radiation to 15 kW/m² measured one metre from the glass, reducing the risk of igniting materials or harming people nearby.
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.
Every quote in Sandhurst identifies the tested system: frame, glass, beads, seals and fixings, within its pane-size limits.
We can phase work in Sandhurst around residents, staff or pupils, with out-of-hours options.
After survey you get a fixed written quote for the agreed scope, so Sandhurst budgets are not open-ended.
Sector guides below cover offices, care homes and other buildings in Sandhurst.
Yes, considerably, and it is thinner and lighter.
EW glass also limits heat radiation through the glass, which reduces the risk to people and materials near it.
Building work in Sandhurst follows the Building Regulations 2010 and Approved Document B, and occupied buildings are covered by the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005.
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.
Integrity and insulating fire glass supplied and fitted into tested frames.
Learn more →EI 30 to EI 120 glass that blocks heat as well as flames.
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Learn more →Send drawings, a fire risk assessment action or photos of the glass marks.
A survey in Sandhurst confirms sizes, access, existing evidence and fixing conditions.
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.