Clearview National February 2019 - Issue 207 | Page 30

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ICONIC HOTEL TRANSFORMED INTO
LUXURY SEAFRONT APARTMENTS
» » SPECIALIST SPECTUS
fabricator Mercury Glazing has
manufactured and supplied 204
windows for the sympathetic
landmark refurbishment of Cliff
House, an iconic former hotel
in Felixstowe, into 24 one and
two-bedroom luxury seaside
apartments.
Working with main contractor
and developer Dragon Wood
Homes, the twelve-month project
involved Mercury undertaking
the manufacture and supply of
204 bespoke windows, which
included a mixture of arched top
vertical sliders, bowed vertical
sliders, circular windows and
standard vertical sliders. The
windows were manufactured from
Spectus’ vertical sliding and Elite
70 window systems and were
produced in white woodgrain foil
finish on both sides.
Originally constructed in
1906 as a prestigious 100 room
cliffside hotel, Cliff House sits
in a conservation area. It meant
the restoration needed to be
as sympathetic as possible and
maintain its original features,
including its sash windows.
Paul Whyman of Dragon
Wood Homes said: “The age
of the building and differing
window styles meant we needed
to work with a fabrication partner
who could deliver bespoke
energy-efficient windows that also
achieved the right balance from a
conservation point of view.”
www.spectus.co.uk
Steel windows shine in Jewellery Quarter
» » KETTLEWORKS ON POPE STREET IS
part of St George’s Urban Village –
Birmingham’s largest residential development
– and consists of 292 spacious homes
across a 2.67 acre site, where Colmore Tang
Construction is the main contractor, and
Building Design Group (BDG) are the
architects.
REA Metal Windows is the Steel Window
Association (SWA) member, which won the
contract from Colmore Tang Construction
under competitive tender, to produce a total
of 88 horizontal pivot windows, exactly
replicating the old medium universal section
fenestration. Having carried out an accurate
site survey of each opening over the four
floors of the old brickwork elevation, REA
began fabricating the W20 frames, ready
to be glazed with 16 mm Krypton filled
IG units as part of a tightly coordinated
installation programme.
The retention of a four-storey façade has
been one of the main technical challenges
for the project team involved in the
redevelopment of a former factory located in
Birmingham’s famous Jewellery Quarter.
All the windows, measuring some
3,500mm x 2,500mm, were hot dip
galvanised and finished in a RAL 7016 Matt
Grey, polyester powder coat. The 4-8-4
double glazing offers a centre pane U-value of
1.2 W/m2 K.
www.steel-window-association.co.uk
NEW 30-MINUTE FIRE DOOR
TO COMPOSITE RANGES
» » APEER HAS RELEASED ITS
new bi-laterally tested Isolate3 fire
door, combining independently
tested FD30 certification with
all the quality, versatility and
specification that customers
have come to expect from
the manufacturer’s popular
Traditional, Contemporary and
Modo composite door ranges.
Isolate3 orders are already
being taken for early 2019
delivery with the range now fully
integrated into Apeer’s Door
Builder online resource, enabling
installer customers to include the
FD30 standard product as part of
their own door offering.
As well as providing the benefit of
an FD30 spec range to its existing
customers, Apeer is also promoting
Isolate3 within the new-build and
retrofit commercial sectors where
quality, certified products that
meet the sectors’ rigorous fire safety
requirements are called for.
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The addition of Isolate3 is the
second investment Apeer has
recently made to further improve
their door offering. Earlier this
year, the company installed a
second high-tech paint line at its
County Antrim production unit
to stay ahead of demand for its
acclaimed composite door ranges.
The line also increases efficiency
by enabling different interior and
exterior colours to be applied in
half the time.
www.apeer.co.uk