Trade curtain walling systems
Aluminium stick-system curtain walling for commercial facades and glazed screens, supplied cut and prepared to your drawings with glazing, gaskets, pressure plates and caps.
- Product code
- TG-C02
- Guide trade price
- £380 to £720 per m², ex VAT, supply only
- Lead time
- The manufacturing time for curtain walling systems depends on the specification, and the date is confirmed on your order acknowledgement.
- Delivery
- UK-wide to site, yard or unit, priced on your quote
- Category
- Commercial aluminium
Typical layout. W and H are the frame or glass sizes you give us.
What is in the specification?
- Stick-system mullions and transoms
- Supplied cut and prepared to drawings
- Double or triple glazed units
- Pressure plates, gaskets and caps
- Opening vents and door inserts
- Powder coated or anodised finishes
- System designed to BS EN 13830
Options you can add
- Solar-control glass
- Spandrel panels
- Opening vents
- Door inserts
- Structural calculations by the system designer
- Feature caps
Who orders trade curtain walling systems?
Mostly shopfitters, builders and main contractors and architects and specifiers. Typical uses include office and commercial facades; showrooms and atriums; glazed screens in larger buildings.
Curtain walling is priced from drawings and a performance specification. Wind loads and the structural design come from the system designer or project engineer.
Glass for curtain walling is usually sealed units with solar-control coatings. Tell us the specification or the energy targets for the building.
Spandrel panels, vents and door inserts are part of the system and need to be on the drawings before manufacture.
Fire performance requirements for external walls depend on the building. These must be set by the project design team.
How should you measure?
Curtain walling is supplied to engineered drawings. Send architectural drawings and the wind-load and performance requirements.
Which building regulations apply?
Commercial glazing in England is controlled as part of the wider project, including Approved Document K for safety glazing, Approved Document M for accessible entrances and Approved Document B for fire safety and means of escape. A new or materially altered shopfront usually needs planning permission as well.
Wales
Commercial glazing in Wales is controlled as part of the wider project under the Building Regulations as they apply in Wales, including safety glazing, access and fire safety requirements. A new or altered shopfront usually needs planning permission.
Scotland
Commercial glazing in Scotland is usually part of a project that needs a building warrant, covering safety glazing, access and fire safety. New or altered shopfronts usually need planning permission.
Northern Ireland
Commercial glazing in Northern Ireland is controlled as part of the wider project by the council's building control service. A new or altered shopfront usually needs planning permission.
More detail: Approved Document L guide safety glazing guide. Your installer or designer remains responsible for compliance and any notification.
How ordering works
Send your schedule
Sizes, quantities and options for each item, by form, email or photo.
Get an itemised quote
Every line priced separately, with delivery shown.
Approve the acknowledgement
Sizes, finishes and handing confirmed in writing.
Take delivery
To your site, yard or unit, booked for the date confirmed with you.
Questions trade customers ask
Do you design curtain walling?
We supply systems to drawings. Structural design and performance specifications come from the project designer or engineer.
Do you install curtain walling?
No. We supply to trade customers for their own installers.
What information do you need for a price?
Architectural drawings, elevations, and any performance requirements such as wind load and thermal targets.
Can doors go into curtain walling?
Yes, door inserts are part of the system.
Trade curtain walling systems by area
Area pages cover delivery and the regulations that apply where the job is.