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Owners of a property in Feniscowles, Blackburn, recently undertook a garden renovation with the help of north west-based installer Windoways who used CRL Spig-Lite Pro to create the dream outdoor space. The garden itself extends over two levels, with a seating area on the lower level and a hot tub above. The family wanted to create a windbreak around both...
Sarah Hitchings, sales and marketing director of The Residence Collection, talks about the company’s latest conservation area case study in Bache Mills, Shropshire, which was fully supported by local planning officers and residents in the immediate area. Shropshire is a unique area of the UK bordering with Wales boasting 127 conservation areas, and the Shropshire Hills within it are an...
By Howells. Until recently, Doxford House in the ancient suburb of Silksworth in the city of Sunderland was a derelict Georgian mansion, listed on the 2009 Heritage at Risk Register. The property, previously known as Silksworth House, was built in 1775 by William Johnson. While some original features remain much of the building dates to the early 19th century. During...
Eyrise has transformed a historic Berlin landmark with a dynamic glass facade, using liquid crystal technology to provide benefits during the day and at night. The dynamic glass specialist partnered with Avus Tribüne to glaze a new event centre that forms the centrepiece of a repurposed racetrack grandstand overlooking the A115 autobahn in Berlin, providing instant solar shading during the...
Framex recently chose TuffX to provide three bespoke rooflights, which were required for a ground-floor residential extension in Rossendale. The customer specifically requested blue-tinted solar glass to maximise the light, comfort and ambient feel of the space by reducing both glare and heat from the sun. “We are seeing more and more customers requesting these flat rooflights to zone up...
Springfield Residential chose Rehau’s Total70 casement windows from SGC Glass for its new housing development in Hadleigh, Essex. SGC installed 103 casement windows, nine French doors and four arched universal casements, all in white PVCU. The development’s owners were keen to ensure that the modernity of the buildings was reflected in all aspects of its design. This included the windows,...
Spectus fabricator Jade Windows has completed the manufacture and installation of 250 Spectus Elite 70 casement windows and 12 sets of French doors in an exclusive development of 19 two-, four- and five-bedroom cottage-style apartments and townhouses in Monton, Greater Manchester. The project was a Homes England-funded newbuild development on behalf of Snugg Homes, part of the Jigsaw Housing Group....
Senior Architectural Systems’ slimline SF52 aluminium curtain wall system was used to create the eye-catching frontage of the new six-screen Savoy cinema and restaurant complex in Doncaster’s Cultural and Civic Quarter. The new building also features Senior’s SPW501 aluminium commercial doors at the main entrance. The building, which was designed by Harris Partnership and delivered by main contractor Lindum, features...
Rase Steels appointed Tradeglaze to supply double glazing at the Laceby Manor Golf Course resort, set on the edge of the Lincolnshire Wolds. The Laceby Manor spa and gym will feature an indoor-outdoor pool, thermal suite with a bathing room, a natural swimming pond, and a new restaurant with a local seasonal menu. The project will be delivered in two...
Wicona’s aluminium windows, doors and curtain wall solutions were specified and installed as part of an extensive redevelopment at Thrayle House in Brixton. The large-scale project marks the latest phase of a £200 million regeneration in the area. Originally built in the 1970s as a social housing complex, Thrayle House in Brixton recently underwent a significant redevelopment. The updated building...
Profile 22’s Optima Flush Casement Windows were fitted as part of a restoration at The Hand at Llanarmon Country House and Spa, an ancient hostelry tucked away in the Berwyn Mountains close to Llangollen in Wales. The restoration was designed to preserve its character and sense of history while upgrading its fabric, and the windows were manufactured by Emplas and...
A frameless glass balustrade has given a modern residential building in Pontefract a perfect near-invisible finish, thanks to glass supplied by TuffX. The first floor of the gable-fronted property is set back slightly from the one below, leaving a full length but narrow roof terrace accessible from the upper storey. The customer brief was for a safe, secure yet completely...
Brownhills Glass, part of the United Glass Group, supplied a mixture of toughened, toughened/ laminated and processed glass panels to West Midland Safari Park to create a new enclosure enabling the Park to house its first ever red panda. Brownhills Glass provided more than 30 glass panels, ranging from 11.5mm to 17.5mm in thickness, to create external glass balustrades and...
Alutech’s BF73 aluminium system was recently used by Huddersfield fabricator ClearView for a nine‐pane bifold door, with four panes travelling left and five to the right, in RAL7021 matt black grey, which they installed to the rear of an impressive property in Harrogate, West Yorkshire. ClearView has used Alutech’s BF73 system for its bifolds for over three years, favouring it...
Freefoam Building Products recently visited and filmed Freefoam registered installer Glen Young in Reading, Berkshire, to see how he transforms homes using Freefoam PVC products. The visit took in three properties, all of which had PVC Fortex or X-Wood cladding installed. The first two properties had previously featured hanging tiles above the ground floor elevation. Both homeowners were undertaking refurbishment...
A full-scale 3-D Davros design has been created by lifelong Doctor Who fan, Toby Bateson, using decorative glass products from RegaLead. Davros, the infamous Dalek leader, has seen multiple incarnations across the last 50 years on screen but nothing quite as creative or as unique as Toby’s stained glass creation, which is regularly seen hovering around the streets of Blackpool....
By Aluk. The Quadrangle building in the historic heart of Cheltenham, once a 1970s landmark, was transformed into a contemporary mixed-use commercial development featuring Aluk window, door and curtain walling systems. Designed by AWW Architects and completed by Beard Construction, it now features an inner courtyard, ground floor retail space, four storeys of open plan workspace, and the town’s first...
R9 from The Residence Collection was recently installed on a project in Lyme Park in the Peak District, showcasing the system’s heritage credentials. Lyme Park is a large country estate managed by the National Trust with the mansion house designated as a grade one listed building. It sits within the local conservation area, one of 109 in the Peak District...
Stellar aluminium windows and doors from Epwin Window Systems were selected for a complex refurbishment of a grade two listed high-end pool house for a home near Crediton in Devon. The Stellar windows and doors were manufactured and installed by Devon and Cornwall Windows, and owner Adam Page said: “The original pool house had ageing timber windows set onto a...
Jack Aluminium’s JD47 commercial door and shopfront system was specified for the entrance of the Mowgli Street Food restaurant in Cheshire Oaks. After starting in Liverpool in 2014, the chain restaurant has since expanded across the country and opened its latest branch in the Cheshire Oaks designer outlet at the end of June. Merseyside-based fabricator and installer Aluserv fitted the...