Doors The use of glass in both external and internal doors can provide added light to your home without sacrificing safety, security or privacy. They also offer the possibility of a wide range of decorative effects. External doors such as patio doors and French doors can also benefit from self-cleaning glass.

Specialist companies can provide revolving doors and patch fittings to create an expanse of glass with the minimum of architectural hardware.

Pilkington Mirropane™ is an on-line coated glass developed for use as a one-way mirror where clear vision is required and specific lighting conditions can be achieved. It offers an effective means of providing undetected surveillance and high quality one-way vision to achieve complete privacy.

Pilkington Optiwhite™ is the ideal solution for glass doors, glass partitions, glass stairs, balustrades, and more. Interior glazing is increasingly popular in commercial and residential buildings in order to allow natural light to flow throughout the building or as a design feature.

Pilkington Optilam™ I Translucent White is a laminated glass incorporating a matt milky/white translucent interlayer. It maintains light penetration but provide privacy. It is designed to scatter light or appear translucent. Pilkington Optilam™ is produced by combining two or more sheets of glass with polyvinylbutyral (PVB) interlayers.

Pilkington OptiView™ Ultra is a monolithic glass with the an anti-reflective coating on one surface, which helps to reduce reflectance and allows more light to pass through, when compared to standard clear float glass with 8% light reflectance as standard.

With the Pilkington glass range we can offer high light transmission with solar control and retain the natural look with neutral appearance glass products. At the other extreme we can restrict light and solar gain in varying proportions and add colour or reflection into the products.

Pilkington Screen Printed Glass can be used in wide variety of applications including doors, bus shelters, telephone kiosks, display signs etc, in addition to the more traditional glazing of partitions, windows and facades.

It may be that the Building Control Department will ask you to install fire-resistant glass in a window and door, in case there is the possibility that fire could endanger your neighbour's property, even if it just overlooks a garden area.

Where glass is used overhead, at low level or in and around doors, windows and screens, the relevant standards must be met to protect against accidental human impact, such as children running into a patio door. There are three types of common safety glass: