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Posted On - 06/03/2019
Independent Network member M&M Windows has secured an ongoing contract with a ‘glamping pod’ supplier based in Morecambe. Using Veka’s fully sculptured system, the family-run firm has manufactured and installed single glazed doors and windows for around 100 pods, so far, as well as a number of shaped side panels. Michael McCoy of M&M Windows, said: “Lune Valley Pods approached...
Posted On - 11/01/2019
A full suite of Jack Aluminium Systems’ products was used in a £2.59 million revamp of Strood Railway Station, part of the National Station Improvement Programme (NSIP). The 37-week refurbishment programme was part of Medway Council’s plans to regenerate the area and the new station is a bright, modern building with a new larger waiting area and booking hall. Essex-based...
Posted On - 15/11/2018
Wrightstyle recently manufactured and supplied WSL60 F1 series unlatched doors, into both partitioning and fixed walls in the University of Reading library. The library not only contains thousands of paper books but has over 65,000 e-journals and 200,000 e-books, catering to the University’s more than 17,000 students. The unlatched door system is available in single or double leaf format, fully...
Posted On - 15/11/2018
Rehau’s Agila doors have been installed in 12 affordable homes in Shropshire to provide a warm welcome to Housing Association tenants moving into the flagship Passivhaus development in Much Wenlock. The Callaughtons Ash scheme has been built on behalf of South Shropshire Housing Association for tenants with a local connection to the town. The sustainable scheme was designed by Architype,...
Posted On - 20/09/2018
PatioMaster South East has manufactured and supplied 49 Secured by Design patio doors for use in a new container market in Shepherds Bush, West London. The new site, called Old Laundry Yard, has been constructed from 72 shipping containers on the site of a disused laundry and offers the best of West London’s street food and community space for workshops...
Posted On - 19/06/2018
PatioMaster Ireland and Derryork Windows of County Londonderry recently completed an unusual project in Coleraine – the installation of five sliding patio doors in a VIP dog hotel. Ian Eccles is the owner of Alpha One Dog Hotel, which officially opened in April 2018. He says the aim was to create an upmarket dog hotel and patio doors were an...
Posted On - 14/06/2018
It was fourth time lucky for the owners of this toadstool-style door when they found Force 8, as three other companies had already tried and failed to fabricate the unusual design, the company said. Aside from the style itself, another unique aspect of the door is the Force 8’s one-piece arch, which the company can produce up to 6,500mm in...
Posted On - 23/05/2018
Bennett Architectural has been chosen to supply and install glazing for the new £10 million Aston University Student Union, which has a completion date of spring 2019. Designed by Warwick-based Robothams Architects, the two-storey steel-framed building will have full-height glazing and inside will host a range of facilities for the students. Working alongside main contractor Clegg Construction and Robothams, Bennett...
Posted On - 02/05/2018
Astraseal has helped Surrey-based installers Richmond Windows complete its first fire door installation. The Wellingborough-based fabricator also sent one of its surveyors to assist in what turned out to be a complicated survey. Once the door was delivered, Astraseal’s engineers joined the Richmond team on site to show the fitters exactly how the fire door needs to be installed, and...
Posted On - 06/03/2018
Jack Aluminium Systems’ products have been used as part of a full renovation of the Lamborghini Showroom on Old Brompton Road. Fabricated and installed by IDF Aluminium, the project was completed in late 2017 and Jack’s systems were chosen because of their security benefits. Both the TD68 Jack Door and the JD47 non-thermal system were used as part of the...
Posted On - 20/02/2018
Bristol’s Somerglaze Windows has completed the installation of a four-pane anthracite grey on white PatioMaster door on a home extension in Somerset. Somerglaze’s founder Gary Hembrow said: “The quality of the product and smoothness of operation on PatioMaster doors is far superior to other products on the market, so we did not hesitate to turn to them for this installation....
Posted On - 15/02/2018
Entec Design Services recently installed Exlabesa Building Systems’ KSF Non Thermal Door system, which maximises the glazed area, as part of a £3 million refurbishment of a 50,000ft2 former BHS store in Middlesbrough. It has reopened as a Flannels, USC and Sports Direct store. Entec Design Services was established in 2004 and undertakes projects throughout the UK from its offices...
Posted On - 09/01/2018
The Modo composite door range from Apeer has been used in a home renovation project in Broughshane, Co. Antrim. Apeer’s Ryan Burnett was looking to replace the old single glazed door on his property with a secure replacement that could be personalised. As part of the IT team on the Apeer FIT Show stand at the NEC in Birmingham last...
Posted On - 15/11/2017
It was an obvious choice for Apeer R&D engineer Paul Vajda to have one of the doors he helped to design for his own home near the company’s Ballymena factory recently. It was just as natural, when his father-in-law wanted a new front door, that Paul would recommend the company’s Lumi system. The result, a combination of Lumi composite door...
Posted On - 15/11/2017
Torquay’s Fenster Fabrications has contributed to a sea-view residential development that’s been shortlisted for multiple awards. Designed by Truro architects Kast, and located in Downderry on Cornwall’s south coast, Sea Edge House is a modern cliff-edge property with stunning Atlantic views. The dwelling’s low roof profile allows it to make the most of its spectacular location, without obstructing the views...
Posted On - 03/11/2017
Fenster Fabrication’s Üni_Slide was used as part of a high-end residential development in Sennen, Cornwall. The project is a collaboration between esteemed Brixham-based architect Stan Bolt and noted interior designer Jill Stein. Üni_Slide is designed to balance sleek, stylish looks with all-round performance – while still coming in significantly less expensive than similar products on the market. The system can...
Posted On - 31/10/2017
Vista Panels is working with Spektaglaze on the refurbishment of student accommodation in the grounds of Liverpool’s iconic Anglican Cathedral. Dwell Student Living has embarked on a facelift programme of works to include new windows and composite doors on the site. Vista is supplying 70 XtremeDoors front and back for Dwell’s Cathedral Campus. Finished in black with a matching Eurocell...
Posted On - 16/10/2017
Patiomaster recently supplied doors for an animal charity in Kent. Last Chance Animal Rescue was founded in 1986 and its first premises were in Edenbridge. In 2012 it raised enough funds to acquire second premises – disused dog kennels in New Romney – and refurbishment took place over a period of three years as funds allowed, finally opening its doors...
Posted On - 12/09/2017
While managing their own fenestration and construction industry businesses in Greater Manchester, siblings Bradley and Natalie Beazant recently completed a life goal to build their own properties as part of a private development in a rural village, near Warrington. The luxury family homes are contemporary in style and finish and the project duo wanted to install bespoke windows and an...
Posted On - 11/09/2017
A family from Cheshire decided to stay put and renovate their home at an idyllic and convenient rural location instead of moving house to find more open plan family space. The family has lived at the 1930s semi-detached home in Sandbach for 17 years and wanted to build a single storey extension to the rear of the property. The architect,...
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