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A historic building in the seaside town of Whitley Bay has undergone a radical renovation and development programme restoring it to its former glory. Spanish City, which was constructed in 1910, has been given a new lease of life as part of a coastal development plan driven by North Tyneside County Council; the £10 million investment saw the restoration of...
An orangery has been added to a traditional farmhouse to create a blend of old and new using products from Synseal Group. The unusual conservatory, which features rows of heritage vertical sliding windows from Synseal’s Evolve range, was designed using an aluminium portal structure. The homeowner opted for a cream foil for the exterior of the products which includes Evolve...
The Atlas lantern has been used in three of the winning installations of the month recently. Vision Conservatories, Sherborne Windows and Village Conservatories all used the lantern roof product to be crowned with the monthly accolade. Vision Conservatories created a large rear extension on a family home with three Atlas lanterns in two styles. Mike Keeling, managing director of Vision...
A single storey extension installed by Steve Gill Joinery showcased the Warmroof hybrid roof and aluminium glazing elements supplied by Prefix Systems. The initial brief from the homeowner was to replace a staircase but this led into them asking Steve Gill to help design a new extended living area, which could be used all year round and that would offer...
By Velux. High levels of natural light and ventilation are the hallmarks of Tree Top Village in Newcastle, a retirement village with a design that achieves its goal through extensive use of Velux Modular Skylights. The award-winning ‘village’, designed by Architects ID Partnership, is the first of its kind in the UK and is focused on delaying the onset of...
Roof Assured by Sarnafil installer, Roofpro London, was appointed for a project in Holland Park by main contractor IMKO London. Roofpro installed the Sarnafil single ply membrane on a Grade 2 listed building converted into flats and owned by a charitable institute. The original 320m2 roof was made up of layers of felt and asphalt roofing materials, and was in...
Chewton Bespoke Homes installed four Korniche 3.6m x 2.1m roof lanterns in the Solent Suite, Marsham Court Hotel, Bournemouth, as part of a major refurbishment. Darren Crain, owner of Chewton Bespoke Homes based in Highcliffe, Dorset, enquired at Made For Trade when he was looking for an aluminium roof lantern that suited the architectural qualities of the grand ball room...
Rooflights from Lonsdale Metal Company have brought much-needed light into a west London home. Located in a conservation area, the property required updating by remodelling the kitchen and dining room that suffered poor connection to the rear garden. North facing, these rooms received little daylight from the modest sized windows. It was a dark and dingy space. Architect Simon Feneley’s...
Xtralite provided rooflights to a popular tourist attraction in the heart of London that has benefitted from a dramatic £24 million renovation which has transformed the building and its interior. The National Army Museum, situated in the heart of the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, is home to army memorabilia, and a series of new displays and interactive exhibits...
The three latest Atlas ‘Installation of the Month’ competition winners are: QKS Home Improvements; Thames Valley Windows; and John Knight Glass. Lincolnshire-based QKS Home Improvements scooped the Installation of the Month title for two Atlas Flat Rooflight installations: a modern extension for a property in Stamford, which was topped with two different sized Atlas rooflights; and a marriage of aluminium,...
As the Atlas Installation of the Month competition comes to the end of its third year, the latest round of winners has raised the bar with some incredible designs, the company has reported. The competition has attracted hundreds of entries this year as Atlas installers jockey for their chance to win the prized Installation of the Year title – there...
Atlas Glazed Roof Solutions has shone a spotlight on three installers who have been showing off their design and installation skills. Sherborne Windows, Vision Conservatories and Panoramic Windows have created three deserving installations that scooped the latest winning places in the Atlas Installation of the Month competition. A Skyroom demonstration model at Sherborne Windows’ showroom impressed a family from Ascot...
Three projects showed off the design skills of Keymer Double Glazing, Thames Valley Windows, and Vale Orangeries and earned them winning places in the Atlas Installation of the Month competition. Gareth Thomas, sales and marketing director at Atlas Glazed Roof Solutions, said: “Our Installation of The Month competition is all about getting the industry talking about design and inspiring installers...
Roof Maker will feature in home improvement show Love Your Home and Garden. The company has donated several of its rooflight products to ITV, and will feature in two episodes aired in late August. Fronted by Alan Titchmarsh, the programme sees a team of home improvement experts surprise deserving families in difficult circumstances by transforming their property, and regularly draws...
As temperatures have soared in early June, the first consumers with the test installations of Smartglass Dynamic were reportedly astounded with the performance of their glass, which offers excellent G-values in the roofing plane with self-tinting technology. With temperatures touching 30ºC in many parts of the UK, Haydon Edwards’ lantern roof now provides an acceptable temperature in which to sit...
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...
A new SarnafilG410-15EL self-adhered, single ply membrane, triple roof has been installed by Pinnacle Roofing (Scotland) on a domestic property in Fawnspark, Midlothian. The new roof has transformed the property from a tired looking 1970s bungalow into a modern-looking new build. The project wasn’t without its challenges including localised, unpredictable weather. As this was a domestic re-roof, the homeowners were...
Very specific requirements recently encouraged one Huddersfield-based company to order 14 panels of Ambi-Aqua self-cleaning glass from TuffX for its customer. It was chosen because the efficient glass shouldn’t have too strng a colour, while reflecting the sun’s heat in the summer and keeping it warmer in the winter. Graham Price, director at TuffX, said “Our Ambi-Aqua glass is the...
Strong technical support and advanced design has enabled Ludlow builder Terry Angell to build what is thought to be the largest ever Equinox tiled roof to be erected in the UK – despite never before having worked with Eurocell’s roof system. The roof itself is the largest that the company has ever supplied, measuring 12.5m x 6.5m at its widest,...
One of TuffX’s customers recently fitted an ‘oversized’ roof to a family home in Bristol. The family was looking to modernise their conservatory roof from plain glass that had no benefits, to a self-cleaning glass with solar controlled properties. The old glass roof leaked from the muntin bar. Therefore, when the family was shown various samples of the glass, and...