Archetech Issue 48 2020 | Page 34

DOORS, WINDOWS & FITTINGS COMAR LAUNCH THE ECO LT WINDOW & DOOR SYSTEMS Comar profiles have thicker walls 7P.I ECO LT - ALUMINIUM DOOR SYSTEM providing extra strength and durability Comar 7P.i ECO LT Aluminium Door System has for the British market, ensuring both inward and outward opening options in that Comar performs. Designed single or double door combinations. There are two specifically for the British Market and thresholds available high weather performance offering a truly British engineered and low-rise for seamless balcony terrace solution. integration. Comar 7P.i ECO LT door has been Comar ECO LT sightlines have been for today’s specification demands. Utilising minimised whilst not sacrificing product performance. Large sizes come as standard from the same range of profiles. 5P.I ECO LT - ALUMINIUM WINDOW SYSTEM Comar 5P.i ECO LT Aluminium Casement Window System has both internally and externally glazed options. With the resurgence of slim aluminium high security externally beaded with sloped beads minimises the sight lines and maximises designed to provide high performance solutions Comar’s trademark P.i. (Polyamide Insulation) thermal break technology, it delivers superior thermal performance with an aesthetic edge. Aesthetics come from its slim 55mm profiles, seamlessly integrating with the Comar 5P.i ECO LT casement window system. Comar 7P.i ECO LT has been tested to BS 6375 which ensures the door performs well against the rigours of the British weather, reducing draughts and providing excellent weather proofing. daylight. The square chamfered profiles are a distinctive feature Security concerns are alleviated with the Comar 7P.i ECO LT door of this system, keeping the square look of a truly aluminium exceeding the requirements of PAS 24:2016. solution. For further information about Comar Architectural For Ovolo feature the ECO range seamlessly suites in: No Aluminium Systems, please visit www.comar-alu.co.uk, call matter the situation Comar 5P.i ECO LT delivers. 020 8685 9685 or email [email protected] UPHOLDING MILL TRADITION WHILST IMPROVING THERMAL PERFORMANCE In the 11th century, The Grade II* Listed Blue Mills in Witham, Essex was recorded in Domesday as the water mill at Benton Hall, a subsidiary manor of Blunts in Witham. The original 16th century cottage is attached to a Georgian house (at the front), a sequence of early Victorian extensions, and a later Victorian house in 1872 (at the rear). It was important to the owners that an effective resolution would complement the existing architecture of the building. They reached out to Selectaglaze for advice on the best possible treated with Selectaglaze’s heritage Series 47 hinged casement system which was able to sit tight behind the wooden shutters, allowing their continued operation. The aluminium profiles were coloured in a woodgrain finish which colour matched the existing surrounds perfectly. treatments for their primary windows; a mixture of timber sash windows, fixed lights and inward or outward opening casements. The quirks and irregularities around some of the bay windows meant that a considered approach was required. Once the owners were happy with the bespoke solutions With the key issue being heat retention, the owners are delighted with their decision to use Selectaglaze. As the secondary glazing has proved to significantly reduced heat loss, along with high performance seals eliminating draughts, more windows are due to be treated at Blue Mills later this year. suggested, they went ahead with the install. Despite the property being Listed, Maldon District Council confirmed that no formal Listed Building Consent was required for the works. A total of 22 windows have been treated thus far using a number of window styles: fixed light, vertical sliding and side-hung casements. Two windows in the wood-panelled room were ARCHETECH - PAGE 34 Selectaglaze is the leading specialist in secondary glazing, established in 1966 and Royal Warrant Holder since 2004. For further information, please contact Selectaglaze on 01727 837271/e mail: [email protected] or visit: www.selectaglaze.co.uk