Scotland
Commercial glazing in Edinburgh
Edinburgh's Old and New Town are almost entirely within conservation and World Heritage designations, so shopfront and window work is closely controlled and secondary glazing is often the only acceptable acoustic and thermal upgrade. Scottish Building Standards apply.
Free measured survey across Edinburgh and the surrounding area
Project in Edinburgh?
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- Free measured site survey
- Fixed written quotation
- Mainland UK coverage
- Commercial specialists only
- 24-hour emergency response
What we are usually called out for in Edinburgh
World Heritage designation means secondary glazing is often the only permitted upgrade.
Whatever the element, the process is the same: a measured survey on site, a written specification naming the system and the standard it is tested to, and a fixed price before anything is ordered. Where a job is not worth doing, we say so at survey rather than quoting for it.
Which regulations apply
Scotland works to its own Building Standards rather than the Approved Documents used in England. Barrier loadings, safety glazing and thermal requirements are set out separately, and a specification lifted from an English project should be checked before it is used here.
Services
Commercial glazing services in Edinburgh
Commercial aluminium windows and doors
Commercial aluminium windows and doors are thermally broken framed units built for heavy use — far higher cycle ratings, wider spans and stronger hardware than residential equivalents, with a polyamide break separating inner and outer frame.
Commercial shopfronts
A commercial shopfront is the glazed street elevation of a retail or hospitality unit, normally thermally broken aluminium framing with toughened or laminated safety glass, an accessible entrance door and, on most units, a security shutter or grille.
Double glazed unit replacement
A double glazed unit, or IGU, is two panes bonded to a spacer bar with a sealed cavity between them.
Fire-rated glazing
Fire-rated glazing is a tested assembly of glass, frame, seals and fixings that holds back fire for a stated period.
Tell us what the building needs
Free measured survey, fixed written quotation, and a straight answer about what is and is not worth doing. Mainland UK, commercial work only.