CPD Specifier May 2015 issue January 2014 | Page 20

Repair, Refurb, Retrofit

Ventrolla services ‘draughted’ in
to help Sandhurst

Army personnel at the Royal Military Academy,
Sandhurst, have saluted the renovation work
carried out to their Berkshire training college by
Ventrolla South East.
After the existing windows, dating back to 1862,
were given their marching orders due to their poor
condition, the timber renovation specialists were
drafted in to upgrade the ageing sashes.
As part of a £7.5m refurbishment across two
years, the Grade II listed building, used by the
Army Medical Directorate, presented 450 windows
in dire need of complete renovation and upgrade
due to many years of exposure to the elements.
The majority of sashes were one and a half metres
tall with larger ground floor windows reaching two
and a half metres.
The deteriorated condition of both the sashes and
frames meant the building was very draughty with
many of the windows being rotten and inoperable.
To remedy these problems the rotten timber was
routed out of the original box frames, and replaced
with Ventrolla’s patented epoxy resin VR90.
Bespoke slim double glazed windows were
manufactured to match the existing window
profile, and fitted into the newly renovated frames.
Preserving the original sa