Clearview National June 2018 - Issue 199 | Page 56

HERITAGE
Developing a Heritage Residence
A pure PVCu heritage window is defined by the exact detailing of the
PVCu profiles first and foremost, but also through acceptance by
planners for projects in conservation areas, as Sarah Hitchings, sales
and marketing director of The Residence Collection explains…
» » RESIDENCE 9 REMAINS THE MOST
authentic timber alternative window in the
UK and was the first ever PVCu flush sash
system designed based on 19th Century
timber sightlines. While the flush sash remains
one of the most talked about window genres
in the PVCu sector at present, it’s ultimately
part of a market segment that’s just seven years
old.
Within this period the clear majority of
70mm systems from the large systems houses
have launched a flush sash, very much as an
afterthought and not necessarily true to the
very virtues of a heritage window. Residence 9,
or R9 as it has become affectionately known,
has become the definitive brand when it
comes to low maintenance heritage casement
windows.
So what sets R9 apart? Given the fact that
the original sketches and subsequent design
of the system were based on considerable
research as to timber sightlines from the 19th
Century, then the exacting shape and detail of
the profiles and glazing beads set the system
apart. It boasts a low number of profiles, with
various styled glazing beads for double and
triple glazing, enabling low stockholding and a
vast amount of designs.
R9 has also been developed as a 100mm
system with nine chambers from the outset,
for unrivalled levels of energy efficiency and
sound reduction. It also provides a platform
for the adoption of fully working peg and stay
hardware and fully operational butt hinges,
so it’s everything that a timber window can
offer, yet without the requirement for ongoing
maintenance and with the opportunity for
lower heating bills.
With the fact that the window is fully
recyclable at the end of its considerably long
useful life, helps reduce energy costs and doesn’t
have an impact on natural resources, it’s also
better for the environment than a typical timber
window and is carefully produced in the UK
by one of our trained manufacturing partners.
It also incorporates recycled material in the
Werbar reinforcement too.
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The appearance of R9 has also been
carefully considered when it comes to foil
lamination and as much as we’ve inspired the
new genre of flush sash windows, we have also
led the market when it comes to new foils,
with Agate G