Building Safety Regulations:

Certified Safety Films will upgrade existing glass in situ to reinforce glass and where breakage occurs to keep dangerous shards in place. This enables you to conform to the current glazing regulations and provide safety protection to occupants. If you don’t want to change the appearance of your building this can be achieved using totally clear safety film however we can also provide shaded or mirrored solar control options to cut down glare and reduce solar heat at the same time.

Whatever your building requirements we can provide a window film that will not only create the best solution but also enhance the existing glass in decorative and aesthetic ways.

Please contact us for further information on the types of window film available for safety & security on freephone: 0800 6118 042

or email: info@northern-tints.co.uk

Please also look at our gallery for examples of our work.

It is a legal requirement for all critical areas of glass in buildings to be both safe and visible.

Areas of risk (critical locations from BS6206 part 4) must be protected against breakage and be appropriately marked to make apparent.

By installing 4mil/100m clear or mirrored safety film of a tested and certified material and method Northern Tints will upgrade the existing glass to achieve the required safety impact standard BS EN 12600 2b2.

Window film installation adds protection from the danger of broken glazing to existing in-situ non safety glazed material whilst, causing minimal disruption to the workplace and is the most cost effective solution.

Large uninterrupted areas of transparent glazing must be marked with visible patterns: manifestations to satisfy M1 or M2 requirements (Approved document M - Building access) and N1/N2 requirements (Approved document N - Glazing - safety in relation to impact opening & cleaning)

Please see the links below for further information:

www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/indg212.htm

Document N

Document M

Window tints can provide enhanced security in two ways:

1. 1. Shaded, mirrored and frosted window film can hide valuable items and expensive equipment such as computers from view of prying eyes & opportunist thieves.
   

2. 2. Certified Safety & Security Films provide a much-needed deterrent to vandals and thieves. Even after being smashed security film will help hold panes in place delaying access to burglars & vandals at one of the weakest points of a building.
   

In this way incidents of ‘Smash & Grab’ thefts can be reduced or prevented.