If a window, door or shopfront in New Barnet has been broken, we can board it up and make the opening secure at any hour. Boarding Up Barnet is an independent local boarding-up service covering New Barnet in EN4 and EN5, subject to confirming the address on the call. A person answers the phone 24 hours a day, and we attend at night, at weekends and on bank holidays. Call 020 4652 1801 with your postcode. We’ll work out the arrival time on that call and give you a free, clear quote before any work starts.
What we board up in New Barnet
We board broken windows, forced doors and damaged shopfronts. Barnet Council’s draft town-centre framework describes New Barnet’s shopping area as based on East Barnet Road and proposes a food-and-drink cluster at its northern end. For a shop, café or restaurant with a smashed pane, our shopfront boarding covers the glass and secures the frontage until it’s reglazed.
Away from the shops, the Council’s Local Plan describes a 1930s housing estate beside Victoria Recreation Ground, near the former Albert Road gasworks site. Homes like these usually need window boarding for a single broken pane or bay. After a forced entry, they may also need door boarding, where we secure a damaged door, frame or lock.
How we board an opening
The van carries boarding stock and fixings. For most windows and doors we use exterior-grade plywood, typically 18mm. For smaller openings, OSB is often enough. Security or anti-tamper fixings make the board much harder to remove from outside.
Where the frame is sound, we fix non-destructively so the glazier or joiner has less to put right later. If the frame is split or pulled away, a board fixed to it won’t hold properly. In that case we’ll explain the options to you before we fix anything.
An example of a typical call
For example, a typical call might come late at night from a ground-floor flat off East Barnet Road with a broken rear window. We’d ask for the postcode, the approximate size of the opening, whether it’s reachable from the ground and whether the frame looks intact. A safe photograph helps.
If the frame were sound, the usual approach would be 18mm exterior plywood with anti-tamper fixings. We’d also clear the loose glass so the area is safe. If the opening were on an upper floor or reachable only from a flat roof, we’d discuss access before quoting.
While you wait
- Keep people and pets away from broken glass and any unstable opening.
- Don’t go into premises that look unsafe, and don’t climb onto roofs.
- Photograph the damage only if you can do it safely.
- After a break-in, report it to the police and keep the crime reference number before you contact your insurer. Our burglary repairs page has more on what to expect.
- Give us the postcode, the parking or access arrangements and anything that might affect the job, such as a locked side gate.
What you receive
When we leave, you’ll have:
- made-safe openings and the boarding work we agreed with you
- an itemised invoice
- time-stamped before and after photographs
- a written statement of the work done
Your insurer decides what’s covered. We aren’t loss adjusters or legal advisers, but this paperwork gives them a clear record of the work. Boarding is the make-safe, and it means your glazier or door fitter can carry out the permanent repair at a sensible pace.
What affects the quote
We give you a free quote on the call, and these are the factors that shape it:
- the number and size of openings
- height and access, such as upper floors, roofs, skylights or ladder work
- the materials and board thickness
- the fixing method
- whether a damaged door or frame needs securing first
- how much debris or glass needs making safe
Nearby
We also cover East Barnet and Arkley, and you can read more about our boarding-up service across Barnet. We have over 10 years’ experience. We’re fully insured, with the certificate available on request, and DBS-checked.
Call 020 4652 1801 any time, day or night, with your postcode, the type and size of the opening and any safe photographs, and we’ll talk through access and give you a quote. If it isn’t urgent, you can also email us.