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Go Glass’s LED edge lit glass system has opened up exciting new design options for interior glass in both commercial and residential sectors. Managing director Tracy Saunders explains. We have spent the best part of three years developing our LED edge lit glass offering. There were challenges to overcome, including how to integrate and conceal the technology for the LEDs,...
Paul Moores, director of specialist glazing contractor UK-GG, explains how Bohle’s FrameTec Select system helped to secure a successful installation at the London HQ of urban fashion brand Bape. Unless you are an urban fashionista, a Hollywood A lister, or you’re young and cool enough to know your HUF from your Stüssy, then there’s a good chance you will have...
UK float glass supply is creaking under the pressure of demand, but could it have longer term ramifications for supply? Mark Herbert, joint managing director at Mackenzie Glass, discusses. The UK glass sector isn’t alone in feeling the pinch of rapid growth in demand coupled with disruption to supply: the construction press is spilling over with stories about the availability...
You may be fed up but disruption to the glass supply chain has potentially far bigger consequences, according to Dave Broxton, managing director of Bohle. The past couple of months have been defined by the scramble for product: IGU manufacturers, glass processors and installers – all have struggled to source product, and that creates a temptation or a requirement to...
Phil Brown, regulatory marketing manager at Pilkington UK, shares the best glazing specifications that can help reduce overheating and ensure a comfortable temperature year-round. It’s perhaps easy to overlook the issue of overheating in UK buildings after facing one of the coldest April months in decades. But recent years have seen record breaking temperatures, with the Climate Change Committee forecasting...
Celine Glipa, CEO of Eyrise, examines how glass technology can create secure and healthy workplaces for the future while helping to achieve new levels of sustainability. Glass technology has transformed modern building design. Architecture is about light and space, and in recent years there has been an explosion in demand for smart glass that can control solar glare and heat,...
Climate change and government pledges to reduce carbon emissions is driving a step change in window and door specification, but have planners got it right? Angus Herdman, technical director at Cornwall Glass Manufacturing, considers the options. Estimates suggest that there are 2,000 heat-related deaths in England and Wales each year, which is expected to rise to 7,000 by the mid...
Bohle has unveiled the new Liftmaster Quadro automatic vacuum lifting system, which has been developed to safely handle weights of up to 800kg. Managing director Dave Broxton discusses. Glass handled in the factory and on site is getting bigger, and handling it is becoming more complex, which is what makes the launch of Bohle’s new Liftmaster Quadro automatic vacuum lifting...
With one Bohle Sedimentor already installed, Lee Glass has added a second. It’s owner Martin Lee explains why quality of coolant systems are synonymous in his opinion with product quality. “I’ve always put a lot of importance on keeping our coolant clean for as long as I’ve been doing this,” Martin Lee, owner and managing director of Lee Glass, said....
Phil Brown, European regulatory marketing manager at Pilkington UK, reviews the first consultation of the Future Homes Standard, and discusses the initiative’s potential impact glass and glazing sector. The government revealed earlier this year its long-awaited ambitions for the Future Homes Standard. Under its new plans, the average new home built after 2025 will produce around 75% less CO2 emissions...
Neil McSporran, global portfolio manager at the NSG Group, explains how a new antimicrobial glass, Pilkington SaniTise, can help to reduce the spread of infections. Last year, in response to the pandemic, our UK R&D team ramped up its research into antibacterial glass coatings, and in November, following months of testing and research, we launched Pilkington SaniTise. The antimicrobial coating...
Leo Pyrah, product manager at Pilkington UK, outlines the glass specifications that can help commercial buildings to increase comfort and improve sustainability. Commercial buildings like big office blocks or retail centres typically need more power to keep warm in the winter, or cool in the summer, due to their open plan layouts. As such, commercial spaces need to be specified...
By Chris Davis, composites manager at HB Fuller Kommerling. Glass technology is an incredibly exciting place to be now, with the growth of ‘smart facades’ and function glass. Companies are taking existing safety, solar and thermal performances, incorporating the latest research and development in BIPV (building integrated photovoltaics), switchable technologies, coatings and embedment, and delivering architects and engineers with new...
The UK could see glass shortages this year, while throwing £tens-of-thousands of product away each year by using the wrong cutting products. Bohle’s Dave Broxton explains. Exponential growth in demand and disruption to manufacture because of Covid, meant that, at the start of this year, the supply of float glass was always going to be tight. But with two of...
Conservatories still offer attractive, great value extra space. But choose the glass with care to make sure there are no comebacks, says Graham Price of TuffX. The window and door industry was buzzing from May last year when it became clear that, after sales imploded as lockdown stalled home installations, stir-crazy homeowners couldn’t wait to get their homes improved as...
By Regalead. The humble front door was catapulted into the spotlight in 2020; from doorstep deliveries to front door photo shoots and Thursday night NHS clapping, to Instagram’s pink door phenomenon, never before has the entrance to a property been so much in the spotlight. This has driven demand for more personalised options for entrance doors, with homeowners wanting more...
A migration from city to country living following the pandemic has meant a rise in popularity of glass balconies on domestic dwellings. But just how easy are these to install? Simon Boocock, managing director or CRL Europe, takes a look. The pandemic has brought about lots of change, including the rise of the glass balcony. With Brits seeing a change...
Leo Pyrah, product manager at Pilkington UK, reveals why external condensation can appear on new windows. Got a question? Head to pilkington.co.uk/askpilkington to find the answer. Are new windows faulty if condensation appears on the external glass pane? External condensation occurs naturally and isn’t a fault in the glass or window itself. In order to save energy, maintain a comfortable...
Does pressure on glass supply make further price increases inevitable in 2021? “The glass is still warm to the touch when it gets to us,” Mackenzie Glass’s Mark Herbert said. “That shows you the pressure that is being placed on the flat glass supply chain. Our suppliers have done an incredible job to scale-up production but they are under pressure....
The visibility planning and processing tools provided by Clear Thinking Software, have been instrumental in supporting Halsall Glass in doubling its turnover in less than a year. We report. Rob Halsall, managing director of Halsall Glass, recognised early on, that it was process, rather than machinery, that limited the glass processor’s capacity to capitalise on new demand post-lockdown. “We picked...
