Clearview National January 2016 - Issue 170 | Page 22

INDUSTRYNEWS

SOLVING
THE TIMBER
CHALLENGE
»»When VEKA Approved Installer
D&M Windows and Doors won the contract
to put windows into a timber framed building,
the first challenge was to avoid the woodgrain
texture.
That was no problem for trade fabricator
Glazerite Windows Ltd and VEKA however,
and while the contract presented other
technical challenges, the flat untextured RAL
7016 anthracite grey foil profile was produced
as a special order to fabricate the windows as
specified for The Edge, a five-storey student
accommodation block in Liverpool city
centre.
Mark Hoolickin, Managing Director at
D&M explained: “We had worked with
timber constructions before so we knew
about the allowances that need to be made
for expansion at each floor level. But we were
glad when VEKA and Glazerite were able to
come up with the smooth foil. Grey is very

popular, especially with commercial clients but
it’s more commonly on grained foil, though
we have worked with the smooth grey on
other locations where they wanted the same
aluminium look.”
VEKA Commercial Development Manager
Colette Hunter explained that the smooth
grey was chosen to resemble powder coated
aluminium, which had been the client’s first
choice: “But when we were able to show
them the cost difference and let them see
the product for themselves, they went for

PVCu in all the courtyard areas while keeping
aluminium on the front elevation.”
Oldham based D&M, run by Mark and
son Darren, installed 127 tilt/turn windows
in VEKA Matrix 70 with Maco concealed
gearing, fabricated by Glazerite at its north
west division in Bolton