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Vista Panels worked on a £9.8 million development in South Ayrshire, Scotland’s largest social modular housing development to date, helping to deliver new affordable housing in the area. Working with Riverside Scotland, the UK’s largest social housing landlord, and Connect Modular, part of The Wee House Group, Vista supplied its GRP composite door for all of the factory built homes....
Deceuninck Aluminium customer Glasshouse fitted three sets of Decalu88 bifolds in one day, on a single project. Glasshouse managing director Shaun Armstrong said the installation, which included two sets of three-pane doors, plus a dual pane, was made possible thanks to Decalu’s co-extruded gasket, a feature that has been designed to reduce glazing times to ‘a matter of minutes’. “Switching...
A new front door for a residential refurbishment in Bishops Auckland, County Durham, resulted in added insulation, security and aesthetic appeal for one happy homeowner, plus increased sales for the Apeer trade partner after photos of the project were shared on social media. Window and Door Centre North East undertook the eight-week project after a customer came into its showroom...
Vista Panels has supplied its XtremeDoor composite doors to two new sites of zero-carbon housing. Working with sustainable modular home manufacturer ilke Homes, Vista supplied its highly thermally efficient range of doors to Positive Homes, a developer that specialises in ultra-low energy homes, for a site in Newark. Each of the nine three-bedroom homes have an ‘A’ energy rating, and...
Hörmann ALR F42 garage doors were recently specified for a luxury garage to house an extensive sports car collection. The garage, part of a residential property in rural Ashridge Hertfordshire, was transformed from an existing building by APM Design and Build, and Nailormade Interior Design, and can house up to six cars. The ALR F42 Hörmann doors are constructed from...
Beth Young of ‘life_down_our_lane’, on Istagram, which is based around a housing renovation project in rural Hampshire, recently chose an Endurance door. Beth and her husband Matt wanted to create a beautiful family home in a quiet Hampshire village, but one that’s in keeping with the traditional features of the original and unique property. The Instagram account was set up...
Wicona has designed a high-performance, unitised facade system incorporating two new door designs for Newfoundland Tower, the tallest residential tower to be built within the Canary Wharf Estate. Designed to perform well in challenging high-rise conditions, the doors feature ‘unrivalled’ weather performance, reduced sight lines and are aesthetically pleasing without detracting from the overall design intent of the building. Newfoundland...
Ragdale Hall Spa in Leicestershire has just opened its new Twilight Bar, which showcases Aluk’s BSF70 bifolding door system in an innovative way. Installers Fearns of Carlton used the Aluk system to create open-out bifolding windows for the new 1920s-themed cocktail bar and lounge. These can be opened up completely on two sides to let guests at the destination spa...
Endurance Doors has released a new customer case study, featuring Instagram influencer Vicky Burdon, who chose a stylish new solid core Fuji door from the Urban Collection. Vicky’s Instagram account, House on the Crescent, boasts over 47.3K followers and she’s highly influential when it comes to home improvements, colour and product design as she looks to extend and renovate her...
CDW Systems has helped one of its installer customers add the finishing touches to a new car dealership in Cardiff. Glasshouse was chosen to install the main entrance way for the new MG showroom in the Welsh capital. With the brief of providing a smart yet practical entrance for both vehicles and customers, the Glasshouse team liaised with supply partner...
Energy Saving Double Glazing recentlyfitted six Invisifoldslide andfold windows to the Royal Eastbourne Golf Club. Manufactured in Deceuninck’s chamfered 2500 profile by Tradesmith, the windows fold and slide back to create an unobstructed, panoramic view of the club’s two courses. The biggest window is 3.4m wide, allowing club members to watch players on their first few tees from the comfort...
Cotswold Windows has supplied and installed motorised Sky-Frame doors on a lakeside development by Redrow, Elements at Cerney on the Water in Gloucestershire. Sitting on the northern edge of Lake 16 in Cotswold Water Park, each Elements home has been designed to complement the surroundings. They combine traditional Cotswold stone, slate roofs and textured, weathered cladding with large expanses of...
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...