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Geze’s automatic doors have hit the right note in the development of a London building which is the new home of Universal Music. Two automatic circular sliding doors create a chart-topping entrance to four Pancras Square, one of a cluster of new buildings that have led to the emergence of Kings Cross as a creative hub. They are a statement...
One recent Abcell customer was “over the moon” with their new Aluk bifold doors. Phil Parsonage, of Phil Parsonage Windows, said: “The BSF70 8m x 2m doors were big, but they were a pleasure to fit. In my experience, the gaskets on some bifolds can be really tight and difficult to work with but these are outstanding – you can...
Kommerling fabricator Lockwood Windows was recently approached by one of its first customers with a request for a new front window and high security entrance door. Karen Lowther bought a window and a panel door from Lockwood Windows in 1998 and although the kitchen window and front door are still in perfect working order, she decided it was time foran...
When developers working on a complete refurbishment of a Victorian mansion in the heart of south Wales needed to source suitable doors for the courtyard area, they called on GRM to provide advice and products that could be delivered within a limited time frame to keep the project on schedule. GRM is a family business based in Llantrisant in south...
Jack Aluminium’s JD47 non-thermal commercial door has been used to replace a tired timber frame at the headquarters of Adullam Homes Housing Association in West Bromwich. Aluminium Composite Solutions, from Bromsgrove, selected the JD47 door as part of a scheme of improvements at the Housing Association’s HQ. The JD47 door was fitted with a continuous hinge, to achieve an even...
AC Aluminium recently installed a 9m wide anthracite grey aluminium patio door in a home in County Durham using the KLS patio system from Exlabesa Building Systems. Carl Buckingham, of AC Aluminium, said: “We’re delighted with the results – and so is the customer. “Large aperture aluminium patio doors, as featured in this property, are a growth market for us...
Solarlux recently designed, delivered and installed a duo of bespoke cero sliding door installations to complete the external aspects of Titlarks House, a £15 million, five-bedroom development in Sunningdale, Surrey. Cero is a versatile product with limitless design possibilities, offering ceiling-high glazing (with doors of 15m² surface area) and is the ultimate glazing option to maximise visible light transmission without...
Geze UK has provided a capital entrance to a new station that is part of London’s new Crossrail network. Abbey Wood is a pivotal station on the south eastern stretch of the new Elizabeth line and provides overground and underground rail connections to central London and beyond. The new station has been developed by architects Fereday Pollard in organic curved...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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....
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...