8 | APRIL 2018
News
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FACTORY-
PREPARED
DOORSETS
ARE THE WAY
FORWARD
CONSERVATORY FIRM
TAPS INTO RURAL
TOURISM GROWTH
Luxury timber and glass specialist Mozolowski and Murray
is benefiting from the growth in Scotland’s tourism
sector, with a threefold increase in orders for bespoke
dining room extensions and standalone structures.
Manufactured at the com-
pany’s purpose-built factory
in Perthshire, Mozolowski and
Murray has become synonymous
with high end design and build
projects throughout central Scot-
land for over 30 years.
With international visitors
to Scotland up 21.6%* in Q2
2017, the company is seeing an
upsurge of interest from tourism
businesses seeking to increase
accommodation and dining
capacity.
Mozolowski and Murray is fur-
ther benefiting from commissions
from new entrants into the sector,
particularly landowners in rural
parts of Scotland that are diversi-
fying their agricultural businesses
to capitalize on Scotland’s appeal
as a visitor destination. Headed
by Virginia Murray and Craig
Hunter, Mozolowski and Murray
handles the complete project
from initial design to completion
besides taking care of the plan-
ning and building process which
appeals to businesses.
Speaking about the growth
in business customers, Virgin-
ia Murray said: “Our company
has established a reputation for
quality and creative design. At
the initial consultation with our
client we discuss fully their plans
and ideas and work with them to
create the perfect package. While
all clients require and expect a
professional build process, we
take great pride in ensuring that
the works are completed on time,
within budget and with minimal
impact on the day-to-day running
of their business.”
Among Mozolowski and
Murray’s projects is a significant
dining room extension at Fife’s
four-star Keavil House Hotel.
The contemporary glass and
wooden structure, made at the
company’s workshop in Kinross,
has been designed to enhance the
elegant beauty of the 15th Century
traditional country house, while
affording diners views on to the
mature parkland surrounding the
hotel.
Virginia explains: “This once very
private retreat has been lovingly
converted and extended to com-
bine all the comfort and luxury
of a modern hotel with the charm
of the ancient mansion. It was
important to us that we designed
an extension that was in keeping
with the building’s rich heritage
and traditional features. As a result,
this design is built to last and be
enjoyed for many years to come.”
*Source http://www.
visitscotland.org/pdf/2017_Q2_
Stats_Summary.pdf
DHF (Door & Hardware Federation) has
re-issued its call for the use of factory-
prepared doorsets in the wake of recent
findings regarding the Grenfell tragedy. It
was reported that a police investigation
found a number of the doors to flats
in Grenfell Tower did not meet test
standards and could only hold back a
fire for half the time they were designed
to: just 15 minutes as opposed to 30.
The test was conducted as
part of a Metropolitan Police review
into the fire in West London which
killed 71 people last June. Since
the tragedy, DHF has released
a number of recommendations
pertaining to the need for increased
fire safety in multi-occupancy build-
ings such as tower blocks and office
buildings and stressing the vital im-
portance of compartmentation and
the grave risks of getting it wrong.
The Tamworth-based trade associ-
ation believes that installing a com-
plete factory-prepared doorset that
has been tested as a complete unit,
manufactured under a third-party
certification scheme, installed and
maintained by companies certi-
fied to do so under third-party
certification, provides a plethora
of benefits, namely, safety, peace
of mind, reduced installation time
and ultimately, costs. In February,
DHF produced a comprehensive
guide to the benefits of ‘factory
prepared complete timber doorsets’
in a bid to raise awareness of their
many advantages, most importantly,
fire safety. And the organisation
has also urged the UK to follow
Europe’s lead in providing more
thorough fire door maintenance
procedures, which can ultimately,
save lives.
“We find the results of the Metro-
politan Police’s recent investigation
extremely troubling,” explained
DHF’s CEO, Bob Perry. “Fire doors
are an integral part of the fire
strategy for any building. Proper-
ly installed and maintained, a fire
door will achieve its specified fire
resistance which could be anything
between 30 minutes and four hours,
depending on location, providing
vital and life-saving minutes in the
event of a fire. We wholeheartedly
recommend the use of factory-pre-
pared complete doorsets whose
components have been tested
together and – when correctly man-
ufactured, installed and maintained
by trained personnel – will meet the
necessary fire safety requirements.
We would also once again encour-
age landlords and large housing
providers such as local authorities
and housing associations to be
completely aware of their legal and
moral responsibilities in ensuring
that their premises provide protec-
tion and keep their residents safe.”
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