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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...
Diagonally shaped curtain walling leaning outward and without a singular regular pane of glass or panelling beyond the doors is just the sort of challenge that Aluk relishes. This single storey installation at the newly opened Nando’s restaurant and EE store on the Orbital Shopping Park in Swindon enabled the aluminium systems company to demonstrate both the versatility of its...
Rehau has unveiled the Rio Flush Fit Window, which the company calls “its most realistic alternative to traditional timber windows, and a sophisticated addition to any installers range”. The Rehau Rio Flush Fit window is designed to create a sleek, flush finish, with windows that blend in with the exterior structure. It offers a realistic timber look and feel with...
TuffX recently smartened up the offices at Exeter Chiefs Rugby Club with new internal high-spec balustrades. The premiership club required more than 90m2 of 19mm toughened glass, which now stands proudly at the club’s Devonshire home, Sandy Park. TuffX has also supplied Arsenal’s Emirates Stadium, and Liverpool’s Anfield. Managing director Graham Price said: “Glass is a simple way of bringing...
Profile 22’s flush tilt and turn windows have been chosen for new residential and retail blocks and a community facility hub in Kirkholt, Rochdale. The Strand in Rochdale is a partnership between Rochdale Borough Council and Rochdale Boroughwide Housing. The project involved the demolition of three existing residential and retail buildings, the construction of new retail blocks and a community...
Number 41, a self-build by Balls2 Marketing directors Andy and Sarah Ball, turned to Central Platform Services to help install the wide span glazing. The back of the house has three sets of Aluk sliding doors manufactured by AluFoldDirect with the ground floor triple-track Infinium sliding doors spanning 7.8m. “The weight of each pane of glass for our Infinium doors...
An eye-catching property located in Whitecraigs, near Glasgow, has been given a new look following an extensive renovation and installation of new Rehau windows. The property, located in the heart of Scotland, was recently transformed from a single-storey bungalow to accommodate an extension and an additional two further floors. As part of the renovation project, Rehau Total70 window and door...
TuffX recently provided a series of laminated glass balconies to Hambrook House, a new mixed-use development comprising 94 residential units, and ground and roof level community spaces. Part of an extensive redevelopment of Lambeth Town Hall, the building enjoys views over nearby St Matthews Garden to the east. The project was completed in November 2018 after 285m2 of 17.5mm heat-soaked...
Rehau’s Geneo ALU Top windows were recently used replace the existing aluminium profiles on the British Small Animal Veterinary Association (BSAVA) Gloucester headquarters, as part of its expansion. Under the £2 million extension and refurbishment plans, the BSAVA’s building – built in 1999 – would be extended at both ends, reroofed and would include an impressive curtain wall. In the...
Tiger Locks secured 59 doors on an estate in West Yorkshire in nine days, after a spate of burglaries in the area, using Ultion. The new-build estate had been built with doors featuring basic cylinders that can be snapped in under 10 seconds. Michael Brown of Tiger Locks said: “I actually live on this estate and I posted on Facebook...
When a recent timber window replacement job called for something extra special, Wilson Windows turned to R7 windows from Stedek. Callum Wilson of Wilson Windows said: “We ordered ten R7 frames in clotted cream, plus one Residence door. They arrived on the promised delivery date, and Graham, who thoroughly checks over all our deliveries, found no issues with them at...
The Business School and Growth Hub’s new flagship building on the University of Gloucestershire’s Oxstalls Campus, close to Gloucester’s city centre – where the project team made expressive use of Technal fenestration systems including MX curtain walling – was recently completed. This latest addition to the campus has been constructed by Willmott Dixon while Austin-Smith:Lord was the architectural practice leading...
High specification curtain walling fabricated using Technal MX Grid system has been used in the construction of a new science annex at the University of Manchester. Working alongside Dortech, the fabricator, Technal provided excellent energy and acoustic performance, while contributing to the visual appeal of the building. The Schuster Annex on the University of Manchester’s main campus is intended to...
This year, the Eiffel Tower will mark its 130th birthday, and Edgetech is helping ensure it’ll still be delighting visitors for decades to come, the company said. When architects Moatti & Rivière produced highly complex designs for renovating the Tower’s 57.6m viewing platform, they designed a 130ft2 glass floor, offering views of the Champs de Mars below, fringed with a...
TuffX’s contemporary walk-on glass floor recently complemented the majesty of a stained-glass window centrepiece. The visual result is a beautiful pillar of light streaming throughout Chapel Cottage, an ex Methodist chapel in Brockdish, Norfolk, which has been converted into a home. TuffX’s 33mm laminated roof light allows for an increased flow of natural light and is supplied as a finished...
Tasked with replacing the tired timber windows of a traditional cottage, Essex-based Paxman Joineries recently specified the slimline heritage units of Slenderline Glass. “We’re absolutely delighted to complete this fantastic project and thank Andy and the team at Slenderline for its support,” Kevin Robinson, managing director of Paxman Joineries, said. The Kent-based glass specialists also supported Paxman Joineries on another...
Glass is being paired with natural materials in a diverse range of applications, according to Safeguard Glazing Supplies, which was recently involved in a pool and gym installation. “We’re seeing glass partitioning and sliding doors specified in more and more domestic as well as commercial applications,” project manager Richard Challinor said. “It’s an increasingly important part of our business and...
Kawneer was chosen by Barber Casanovas Ruffles Architects as the preferred aluminium curtain walling system supplier for a £15 million prominent building on St John’s Innovation Park in Cambridge. The manufacturer’s AA110 zone-drained curtain walling with 65mm sightlines and two types of commercial entrance doors – thermally superior AA720s on all elevations and heavy-duty series 190s for the main entrance...
Dudley’s Aluminium has begun work on new student accommodation in Exeter. The project will redevelop the city’s former bus and coach station into state-of-the-art accommodation and will open in the summer of 2019. Dudley’s Aluminium is currently working on a similar project in Exeter for Global Student Accommodation. Dudley’s secured the £half-a million contract with Sir Robert McAlpine. The aluminium...
In what is believed to be a first for the industry, a cap-less, fire-rated curtain wall system has been completed on a refurbishment development in Manchester. The project, known as The Core, is located at 24-30 Brown Street in the city centre and uses the ‘MB-SR50N EI efekt’ developed by Aluprof. Originally built in the mid-1980s as the headquarters for...
