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 Trowbridge 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.
Modern integrity glass is usually available with an impact classification, unlike plain wired 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.
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.
Whether the building is in central Trowbridge or the wider BA14 districts, we can survey and quote. We also cover Bath, Frome, Chippenham. Swindon, around 40 km from Trowbridge, is the largest town in the same coverage area.
You receive the classification references, glass marks and installation photographs for your fire safety records.
After survey you get a fixed written quote for the agreed scope, so Trowbridge budgets are not open-ended.
Designs follow the building and fire safety rules that apply in England, not a one-size-fits-all approach.
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.
Integrity fire glass applies to many building types in Trowbridge, including public buildings and blocks of flats.
In limited amounts and positions. Building guidance sets the rules; insulating glass is used where those limits are exceeded.
Glass that stops flames and hot gases for the rated time but lets heat through. It is classified E.
Yes. We plan phasing, out-of-hours work and temporary protection so the building can stay in use where the fire strategy allows.
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.
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 →Tell us the rating required, sizes and building type, or ask us to find out.
A survey in Trowbridge confirms sizes, access, existing evidence and fixing conditions.
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.