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Frithsden Construction completed a Georgian period-style newbuild with heritage vertical sliders supplied by Quickslide. The 5,500ft2, five-bedroom brick-and-block build in Little Gaddenden, Herts, was created over three floors using Flemish handmade bricks for the outer wall: just one example of the attention to detail paid to the design and build by Frithsden Construction’s husband-and-wife team Anthony and Julie Hayes. The...
Victorian Sliders recently provided EcoSlide PVCU sash windows on a project where the owners were torn between traditional timber windows and PVCU casement windows. Tom and Emma’s elegant double-fronted Victorian semi in Whitland, West Wales, dates back to 1902, and had timber windows that were old, draughty, single-glazed, and past their prime. When it came to choosing what to replace...
Performance Window Fabrications (PWF) has completed two heritage projects in the West Midlands. The fabricator designed, supplied and installed aluminium doors at the conversion of a four-storey 1930s art deco former cinema into 38 premium apartments in Lichfield city centre, Staffordshire. Throughout the project PWF worked with the local conservation officer, bringing part of the city’s rich heritage back to...
Fentrade Aluminium recently manufactured and supplied a range of commercial products for a renovation project at Ysgol Pontrhydfendigaid School in Ystrad Meurig, near Aberystwyth. The project involved creating new entrance screens into the main building and various classrooms to improve the school environment for the children. The screens were manufactured using a mixture of low-rise Kestrel aluminium curtain walling, thermally...
Shelforce has received its first major fire door order: 210 fire doors set to be supplied and installed to three blocks of flats. The flats – Home Meadow House, Hollypiece House and Coppice House – are located on Pemberley Road in Acocks Green, Birmingham, and support retirement and sheltered housing. The project is being headed by construction giant Wates, which...
Fentrade recently manufactured 13 sets of single and double entrance doors for the refurbishment of the University of Bath’s main campus. The project’s main contractor was Bray and Slaughter and the window contractor was Fentrade customer EWS Facade. Chris Reeks, director of Fentrade, said: “We were delighted to be asked to manufacture the doors for this high-profile project and it...
Dudley’s Aluminium has begun work on a £multi-million project, which is part of the redevelopment of Cardiff’s Central Square. The Cardiff-based company secured the £6 million contract with ISG and will also be working with Rightacres, the developer of Central Square. The Interchange is a modern build with a mixed use set of environments: in addition to housing the capital’s...
Sidey recently manufactured and installed over 200 flush tilt and turn windows for a low-rise, contemporary new apartment block in Edinburgh, which forms part of Places for People’s Waterfront 3 development. Designed by Reiach and Hall Architects, the contemporary project provided 34 homes for affordable rent built using a mix of traditional and timber-framed modular construction. Waterfront 3 is the...
Fentrade Aluminium recently manufactured and supplied a commercial shopfront system for a colourful refurbishment project for a specialist tool hire company based in Bristol. Working with Crystal Clear of Bristol, one of Fentrade’s established trade customers, the specialist tool hire company was particular on the choice of colour. As such the shop front was manufactured in RAL2004 Pure Orange in...
It was a case of needing to hit the ground running for window fitters and manufacturers Ashmore Glass and Mirrors when they received a special order on the same day they switched to fabricating Rehau products. With only five weeks to complete a bespoke project in the middle of an onboarding process, both companies had their work cut out. By...
Fentrade Aluminium recently manufactured and supplied a commercial shopfront system with high-security doors for the refurbishment of a specialist mobility aid showroom in Haverfordwest, Wales. Working with Gardinia (West Wales), the original showroom had been fitted with standard entrance doors which were no longer fit for purpose. The commercial shopfront and new doors were specified to meet the specialist needs...
With a strict specification to adhere to, the pressure was on for Rehau fabricator Dessian when they were asked to complete a premium installation in an upmarket Glasgow suburb. Cala Homes (West) approached Dessian for help on its Riverside at Bothwell development, which required Dessian to adhere to stricter than usual residential requirements. Bothwell is located in the heart of...
Carmarthenshire-based Nolan uPVC has fabricated and installed 14 fire doors for the NHS Nightingale Covid-19 field hospital in Swansea. Kier is currently working with Swansea Council and local contractor TRJ to transform the 11,000m2 film studios and former factory into a Nightingale field hospital with 850 beds. With less than seven days’ notice, Nolan and systems company Deceuninck responded immediately...
Aluminium windows and doors from Gloucestershire-based Cotswold Windows have helped transform a derelict barn into a stylish visitor experience centre, Tower Barn, for the Cotswold landmark, Broadway Tower. The tower sits atop the Cotswold escarpment with views spanning 16 counties. A vision of renowned landscape designer Capability Brown, and completed in 1798, Broadway Tower offers a dramatic outlook across 50-acres...
Apeer can now showcase its Lumi window and door system in contemporary and traditional surroundings, and in new-build and retrofit settings, all on one site. When Michael and Emma Leliveld began working with TW-2 Architects to add a contemporary extension to their traditional Hertfordshire home, they chose the Lumi system after seeing it at one of the Grand Designs events....
CDW Systems and Hazlemere Commercial have helped to transform Colchester’s historic Dutch Quarter. Hazlemere Commercial was approached to upgrade the windows of the picturesque area located in the shadows of Colchester Castle, and chose the Gloucester-based fabricator to manufacture and supply more than 300 Smart VS 600 vertical sliding windows. The VS 600 helped maintain and protect the heritage aesthetics...
An exclusive housing development in Derbyshire chose Frame Fast UK to create windows and doors for its bespoke properties in the Peak District. Flush casement windows, bespoke composite doors, and slimline bifold doors were fabricated and fitted by Frame Fast UK for Derby-based Meadowview Homes. A total of 43 homes, which vary in style and size with two, three, four...
Victorian Sliders sash windows are gracing the home of ex-Wales rugby coach Warren Gatland. Warren led the Welsh national team to a string of high-profile victories during his 12 years in charge, including four Six Nations titles, three Grand Slams, and two World Cup semi-final appearances. While his next appointment is taking him back to his native New Zealand, Warren...
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...
Hundreds of Victorian Sliders sash windows are gracing a coastal housing development in Seamill, West Kirkbride. Just minutes from the Firth of Clyde, and with dramatic views of the Isle of Arran, the Chapleton estate takes its inspiration from the Scottish domestic architecture of the 17th, 18th and mid-19th centuries. The range of two, three, four and five-bedroom houses it...