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Brighton Bi-folds used Jack Aluminium System’s shopfront system to create a bifold door and a bifold window at an upmarket fish and chip shop in Worthing. “Our client was looking to open up the restaurant in two ways,” Phil Bedford, managing director at Brighton Bi-folds, said. “One to the outdoor veranda where diners enjoy their posh chippy tea, and another...
The installation of a bespoke door from Apeer was recently completed by experienced installer Joe Roche Glass & Glazing at a property local to its showroom in Dungarvan, Co. Waterford, Ireland. The family-run company, which has been in business with Apeer and installing their products for over 15 years, said that this was the most personalised Apeer design that they...
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...
Dekko Window Systems has helped transform one deserving family’s property as part of ITV’s ‘Love Your Home and Garden’. Screened on Monday evenings to audiences of more than four million viewers, Alan Titchmarsh and a team of experts surprise families in difficult circumstances by completely renovating their home and garden. Dekko donated one of its Räum aluminium bifold doors to...
AluFoldDirect has reported that it has helped Wrexham-based window and door installer Trade Direct to make the most of the growth in aluminium bifold doors. “We’ve been using AluFoldDirect for 18 months and getting lots of new business from homeowners who are looking for aluminium – it’s mainly bifold doors, but we’ve also installed aluminium windows,” Jenny Crisp at Trade...
As part of a residential renovation project, Crystal Clear Bristol recently installed a Lumi composite door with sidelight all finished in slate blue. “The homeowners wanted to add a modern, stylish finish to the property on which we had undertaken a complete window refit, and the unique Lumi door in slate blue was the perfect finishing touch,” MD James Mizen...
Vista has collaborated with flood prevention company StormMeister to bring security and peace of mind to the owners of dozens of homes devastated by bad weather in December of 2015. The Boxing Day floods in Yorkshire left thousands of homes without power across Yorkshire and Lancashire after five inches of rain fell in a single day. Places for People, one...
Vista has collaborated with flood prevention company StormMeister to bring security and peace of mind to the owners of dozens of homes devastated by bad weather in December of 2015. The Boxing Day floods in Yorkshire left thousands of homes without power across Yorkshire and Lancashire after five inches of rain fell in a single day. Places for People, one...
Sheffield’s PatioMaster South Yorkshire has just completed the installation of three PatioMaster doors in a barn conversion in Worksop. The homeowners wanted high quality patio doors that would keep their home warm and safe but they needed to be in keeping with the barn’s historic looks. Aaron Fountain, PatioMaster South Yorkshire’s director, recommended PatioMaster doors. The doors were manufactured with...
Express Trade Frames in Fleetwood, Lancashire, is the first fabricator of Exlabesa’s new Xlafold aluminium bifold door system that was recently launched. One of Express Trade Frames’ first installations was EFL League One football team Fleetwood Town FC. Express Trade Frames recommended using the Xlafold bifolding door system from Exlabesa for the project. It has the slim sightlines of an...
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...
Olympic swimmer Fran Halsall has opened the doors to a new business venture alongside fellow sports personalities cyclists Jessica Varnish and Liam Phillips – a café on the outskirts of Manchester. Aptly named ‘Common Ground’, to show a mutual love of sport and good coffee, the venue has opened following a full renovation and the installation of Origin bifold doors....
Hazlemere Commercial has completed a £2.3m installation project on a sustainability award-winning Devon school. The Buckinghamshire firm was contracted to supply and install window and door products for the recently completed Bideford College building. Capable of housing 1,800 students, and part of the Launceston College Multi Academy Trust, the college was funded through the government’s now-defunct Building Schools for the...
A derelict building in Hampshire has been transformed by 14 anthracite grey Solidor composite doors. The building, which used to be an orphanage, has been developed into 14 separate homes. A contemporary design and colour were chosen to enhance traditional features and the beauty of the bricks, giving the whole building a high-end feel. Dave Gaunt, director of installer Truglaze,...
An award-winning renovation project that turned a derelict Victorian chapel into a stylish guesthouse has been finished with an XtremeDoor from Vista. Purchased by its current owners in the 1990s, the chapel had been empty for 30 years when refurbishment work began in 2013. Much of the interior timber structure was beyond repair, and the 1,517ft2 site required extensive reconstruction...
Clement Windows has provided offices at 188 Fleet Street in London with a number of striking internal steel screens and doors. Formerly the home of bankers Coutts & Co, the 35,000ft2 building has recently been refurbished to house a publishing company with a 21st century approach to working life. Architect, Martin Helyer of HD Architects, said: “The lighting scheme was...
Avant Homes has chosen the Masterdor Craftsman range of solid, engineered timber doors for more than 1,000 newly built homes. Over the past year Masterdor, a subsidiary of the Synseal Group, has manufactured 1,100 Craftsman doors that have been installed into new homes from Milton Keynes to Midlothian. The team at Avant Homes chose a handful of doors from the...
AB Glass has started work at the new Eastern High School site in Cardiff, following the company being awarded a contract to provide design, manufacturing and installation services for the new school. The contract has been awarded to the Swansea-based company by Willmott Dixon. Following completion of the design and manufacture phases, AB Glass is now currently carrying out the...
Twelve Profile 22 windows were recently supplied by Profile 22 customer Framexpress for a picturesque Cotswolds cottage. “The homeowner’s brief was for a perfect visual match in relation to the style of all windows at the property, primarily to complement the area, which is recognised for its rolling hills and picture-postcard cottages,” said sales manager Ian Davis. “Requesting cream windows...
KAT’s aluminium entrance doors were recently selected to upgrade a Cheshire period cottage. The owner of an 18th Century cottage in Cheshire embarked upon a refurbishment project and was looking for new entrance doors at the front and back of the house that would complement her aluminium windows, provide excellent security and weatherproofing, while remaining sympathetic to the period and...