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Glazing for retail and high street units
Retail glazing is judged on two things: how the frontage looks from twenty feet away, and how fast it can be made secure at two in the morning. Everything else follows from those.
Free survey · phased around your operation
Tell us about the building
Same working day response.
- Free measured site survey
- Fixed written quotation
- Mainland UK coverage
- Commercial specialists only
- 24-hour emergency response
What matters most on this kind of building
Trading through the work
Shopfront replacement is normally an overnight operation with a hoarding between shifts, so the unit opens as usual the next day.
Security without a solid shutter
Laminated attack-resistant glazing and perforated shutters keep the display visible overnight and are far more likely to get planning consent.
Conservation area constraints
Frame colour, sightline width, stallriser height and external shutters are all commonly conditioned. Agree the specification before manufacture.
A make-safe response that keeps you trading
Clear polycarbonate rather than plywood keeps a damaged frontage lit and visible while the replacement glass is made.
Services
What we are usually asked for
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.
Emergency glazing and board-up
Emergency glazing is the immediate response to broken glass on a commercial building: make the area safe, remove the remaining glass, and secure the opening the same visit.
Toughened & laminated safety glass
Safety glass is glass that fails without causing serious injury.
Automatic doors
An automatic door is a powered entrance — sliding, swing or telescopic — controlled by activation and safety sensors and governed by BS EN 16005.
Structural glazing
Structural glazing carries load through the glass itself rather than through a surrounding frame.
Retail and high street — common questions
How fast can a damaged shopfront be secured?
Will a new shopfront need planning permission?
Is laminated glass worth the extra over toughened?
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.