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 Bradford 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.
We supply and fit integrity glass in screens, doors, vision panels and windows where the fire strategy allows it, and upgrade to EW or EI where it does not. Choosing correctly between E, EW and EI is where most of the cost on a project is decided.
Survey visits can be arranged anywhere in Bradford, including the BD1, BD2, BD3, BD5, BD8, BD7 districts, and in nearby Shipley, Pudsey, Cleckheaton. Bradford lies roughly 13 km from Leeds, within our West Yorkshire coverage.
Integrity glass costs a fraction of insulated glass and fits slimmer frames, which is why specifying it correctly matters.
Modern integrity glass is usually available with an impact classification, unlike plain wired glass.
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 Bradford identifies the tested system: frame, glass, beads, seals and fixings, within its pane-size limits.
You receive the classification references, glass marks and installation photographs for your fire safety records.
Designs follow the building and fire safety rules that apply in England, not a one-size-fits-all approach.
Integrity fire glass applies to many building types in Bradford, including offices and student accommodation.
EW glass also limits heat radiation through the glass, which reduces the risk to people and materials near it.
Yes, considerably, and it is thinner and lighter.
Survey timing in Bradford 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 Bradford and across West Yorkshire, including the BD1 district and nearby Shipley.
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.
Learn more →Replace old Georgian wired glass with modern fire glass.
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 Bradford to measure, record existing marks and check the frames and substrate.
We set out the system, glass, evidence and programme, with a fixed price.
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.