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Posted On - 15/12/2017
Sheffield’s ADM Windows has just given a stone farmhouse in Maltby, South Yorkshire, a new lease of life by installing 17 Spectus Flush Casement windows and one bay window. Aaron Fountain, director of ADM Windows, said: “Our customer wanted to replace the ageing timber windows of his farmhouse and replace them with high quality windows that would enhance the heritage...
Posted On - 31/10/2017
Following a successful bid to the Education and Skills Funding Agency Condition Improvement Fund, a grammar school is reaping the aesthetic and practical benefits of Veka’s Matrix 70 windows, which have been installed throughout the 85-year-old building. The windows are PAS 24 and Secured by Design compliant and able to achieve U-values as low as 0.8W/m2K. When Wirral Grammar School...
Posted On - 31/10/2017
Roseview’s Heritage Rose window has received an endorsement from interior designer Claire Totman. Claire, who worked in interior design for a decade before starting her own practice in 2016, used the product on a high-end renovation project in Cobham, Surrey. Milwater is a period residential property dating back to the mid-18th century, which today sits in Cobham’s conservation area. Charged...
Posted On - 25/10/2017
The Clement Windows Group has manufactured and installed steel windows from its W20 range for the Comet Works in Birmingham’s Princip Street. The original warehouse buildings in the city’s former Gun Quarter have been converted by building re-animator Javelin Block into 20 residential units, including lofts, apartments and mews houses. The Clement W20 range was specified for its ability to...
Posted On - 03/10/2017
Dempsey Dyer recently helped a customer complete a lucrative job in an Oxfordshire conservation area. Windmill Windows had been called on to refurbish a property in a historically sensitive part of the county. Together with the homeowner, the company decided to replace the existing windows with Deceuninck’s heritage flush sash. However, the project hit a problem. While impressed with the...
Posted On - 02/10/2017
South Cheshire Glass recently installed windows in a charming property near Nantwich in Cheshire. Graham Saunders, South Cheshire’s general manager, said: “Our customers had a delightful property but they wanted to replace the windows and doors to take the aesthetics to the next level as well as improve thermal efficiency and security.” South Cheshire Glass is a Universal Trade Frames...
Posted On - 14/09/2017
While large, timber-framed sash windows are one of the most recognisable and desirable features of Georgian architecture, they can offer poor energy performance. This was the challenge facing St Gerard’s school, a Catholic co-educational school in Bray, County Wicklow, near Dublin, which was founded in 1918 and still uses its original building. The building pre-dates the school itself and is...
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,...
Posted On - 11/09/2017
London-based Keepout Windows completed a major project that has seen a commercial building converted into modern apartments. Technology House is set over two floors and Keepout Windows installed 150 tilt and turn windows at the property, which were dual functioning and dual-coloured PVCU – anthracite grey finish on the outside. Keepout also supplied several PVCU french doors, which were open-out...
Posted On - 30/08/2017
Glazerite provided Halo FlushSash PVCU windows for a semi-detached property in a rural location. Nottingham-based Fearns of Carlton were chosen by Cherhire Barns Homes to supply eight Halo FlashSash windows in balsalt grey on white, after being impressed with the authentic appearance of the frames combined with the exceptional performance. The colour was selected from a range of 29 foils...
Posted On - 14/08/2017
The frameless Lumi system from Apeer has recently been used in a large-scale renovation project for the director of Dublin-based window installer Harvest Energy. Director Jason Peters had replaced the windows and doors at his property only two years ago but, following the launch of the Lumi System at the Grand Designs Show in 2015, decided on a full refurbishment...
Posted On - 10/08/2017
When Whipps Cross Hospital in East London required replacement windows that offered the benefits of new PVCU windows, but wouldn’t look out of place in the Grade II listed building, contractor SEH Commercial recommended Rehau’s Heritage range, a PVCU window with traditional sash window designs. Built just before the turn of the twentieth century as an infirmary, Whipps Cross Hospital...
Posted On - 07/08/2017
A new 10-year steel reinforcement warranty for PVCU windows and doors is available from Anglo European. James Lister, operations director for Anglo European, said: “We know that modern windows are high performance products. There’s a trend for bigger window sizes and the increased demand for coloured frames means they must withstand greater expansion and contraction in the sun. More windows...
Posted On - 17/07/2017
Heritage colours and kerb-side appeal were among the factors that persuaded the planning authorities of Bath that Modus PVCU windows from Eurocell were the appropriate alternative to timber on a prime, exposed location near the Unesco World Heritage Site. Consisting of 136 upmarket homes selling at up to £1 million apiece, the Ensleigh estate is being developed by Bloor Homes...
Posted On - 04/07/2017
CMS Window Systems was appointed by North Lanarkshire Council as the successful bidder on a contract worth at least £7 million to replace energy inefficient windows and doors in domestic properties across the region. It will run for three years until the end of March 2020, with the possibility of being extended by a further one year, and comes soon...
Posted On - 04/07/2017
The owners of a private residence in East Dulwich used Glazing Vision’s Flushglaze rooflights to bring daylight into the property’s open-plan interiors. Stephen Blowers, the client and co-founder of Designcubed Architects , had to prioritise the design aspirations for this eco-friendly house. Unable to build upwards, and restricted by the planners to respect the building line and brickwork of the surrounding neighbourhood, Blowers...
Posted On - 03/07/2017
Ideal for new build and renovation projects, where energy efficiency and aesthetics are key, the new MTS50 steel window offers narrow sight lines and a U-value as low as 1.4W/m2K, depending on the glazing unit employed. The use of the system has been pioneered in the UK by West Leigh working with Swiss designer and supplier, Ottostumm. It is based...
Posted On - 19/06/2017
Spectus fabricator ADM Windows in Sheffield has just completed the installation of nine Spectus Flush Casement windows in a barn conversion in Worksop. Aaron Fountain, director of ADM Windows, said: “When our customer came to us they were clear what they wanted: high quality windows with frames that would retain the heritage feel of their barn’s original timber frame windows....
Posted On - 09/06/2017
Kingfisher uPVC Windows and Doors recently completed a £91,000 refurbishment of an learning and disabilities day care centre for adults in Leeds. The project that included the removal and replacement of more than 47 windows and 15 door sets, as well as curtain walling, was carried out using the Senior Aluminium System powder coated in a moderate, light grey. The...
Posted On - 06/06/2017
Profile 22 installer Max Glass recently completed an installation of Optima windows and patio doors in a 1930s home in Leeds. Stephen Hobson, Max Glass’s director, said: “Our customer lived in a 1930s home and they wanted to maintain its period looks. The brief we had from them was that the new windows and the leading needed to replicate the...
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