Double Glazed Unit Manufacturer

Malbern have been manufacturing their own sealed double glazed units for nearly 30 years and all our units are manufactured to Kite mark Standard BSEN1279 Pt2/3.

Malbern Insulated Glass manufacture around 3000 units per week and supply a vast range of customers from the jobbing DIY'er to Window Manufactures throughout Greater Manchester, Cheshire, Derbyshire, North Wales, Mersyside Lancashire and Yorkshire.   

Energy efficiency is foremost at Malbern Insulated Glass with windows manufactured to a C rating as standard and all our units are Argon Filled for extra Thermal efficiency. We offer the full range of thermal glass as well as bespoke units to the customers requirements.

Glass Design

Malbern have their very own in house design shop where almost any design of lead, colours and bevels can be manufactured specifically to the customers exact design. The only limit is the clients imagination! 

Safety in mind...

Malbern offer a full range of safety glass to comply with current Safety legislation and can manufacture units to Secured by Design standard.

Critical Glazing Location Guide

Certain internal and external areas are considered 'critical locations' in terms of the safety of vertical glazing, as they are at risk from accidental human impact. The critical locations defined by the standard are similar to the Approved Document N of the Building Regulations 1991.

The 'critical locations' in any internal or external domestic area are:

• Doors - Any glazing or part of that glazing in a door, which is between the finished floor level and a height of 1500mm above the floor level, is in a 'critical location'.
• Side Panels to Doors - Any glazing or part of that glazing, which is within 300mm of either side of a door edge and which is between the finished floor level and a height of 1500mm above the floor level, is in a 'critical location'.
• Windows, partitions, and walls - Any glazing or part of that glazing, which is between the finished floor level and a height of 800mm above the floor level, is in a 'critical location'.

Diagram 1 above gives examples of glazing in windows, partitions, walls, doors and side panels. 'Critical locations' are shaded grey. Any glazing within a shaded area must comply with BS 6206.

In Diagram 1, glazing unit No. 10 falls wholly within a 'critical location' and so the glazing must comply with BS 6206.

Where only part of a glazing unit falls within a 'critical location' the whole of that unit must comply with BS 6206. In Diagram 1 this applies to units Nos. 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 9, 11 and 12.

In Diagram 1 only glazing units Nos. 1, 4 and 8 fall wholly outside the 'critical location' and need not comply with BS 6206.