4 | JULY 2017
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GLASS GETS UP TO SPEED
With clients ranging from Porsche to Goodwood and
with a wide variety of retail projects under its belt, glass
hardware flexibility has been key for Norwich Glass.
“Things don’t always quite
measure up,” says James Neill,
managing director, Norwich
Glass. “If you’re working off
drawings or half-way through a
build, the reality of construction
means that things aren’t always
delivered with ‘mm accuracy,’
when in glass you’re always
looking for a perfect finish. That
means that you need a level of
adjustment in your hardware.”
A case in point is Norwich
Glass’ recent installation for
Porsche at Goodwood. Installed
as part of the Festival of Speed,
balustrading formed a key feature
of the stand, fulfilling a critical
safety function but also delivering
clear sightlines to the cars being
showcased.
“It was a challenging installa-
tion in the sense that we had to
fit the balustrading to an uneven
and imperfect surface. It was
essentially a wood and scaf-
folding platform, so we needed
something which gave us a lot of
flexibility to make adjustments
and accommodate those imper-
fections”, explains James.
As part of its solution, Norwich
Glass specified Bohle’s modular
and flexible EasyMount Vario
base rail balustrading system.
Fully tested to BS6180:2011,
the system is suitable for floor or
lateral mounting, supporting fast
and easy installation.
It delivers variable glass adjust-
ment via a moveable base shoe.
Accommodating glass thickness
of 12mm to 21.52mm, combined
with simple fitting requirements,
it cuts installation time by as
much as 30 per cent over compa-
rable systems.
The other significant benefit
delivered by the EasyMount Vario
is that this adjustment can be
achieved from the balcony side
alone, making installation not
only safer but at lower cost.
James continues: “The adjust-
ability and the strength that we
got was key. It allowed us to
arrive on site at around 11am and
complete the installation by 5pm,
with a little bit of final adjustment
the next day – so that’s 20m of
balustrading in a little bit less
than a day.”
Working across commercial and
retail sectors, these efficiencies
and flexibility are cited by James
Major showroom investment
as important in the company’s
choice of hardware.
He says: “The Easymount
Vario is a very well-engineered
and good quality product but
that’s what we see across Bohle’s
hardware range. We haven’t had
a single product issue, everything
has done exactly what it’s meant
Roof window manufacturer VELUX®
based installer Hazlemere
Window Company is in-
vesting in its Hertfordshire
showroom with a major
refurbishment.
Previously branded as
Housemaster, the show-
room, at Mundells Indus-
trial Centre in Welwyn
Garden City, was last refur-
bished in 2014. However,
due to major developments
in its product offering in
the past three years, the
Hazlemere board made
the decision to invest in a
much larger, ‘ultra-modern’
showroom, converting most
of the storage and office
space, to be able to display
even more products under
one roof.
The new showroom will
contain the latest thermally
efficient windows, doors
and conservatories, in a
choice of materials and fin-
ishes. Also on display will
be aluminium doors, com- has added three more sizes to its curved
glass rooflight range.
Hazlemere Window Com-
pany sales and marketing
director Mark Austin said:
“We’ve been overwhelmed
by product changes and de-
velopments in recent years.
Being part of the Conserva-
tory Outlet Network means
we always have access to
the most innovative and up-
to-date product ranges on
the market. We just have to
find the space to show them
all off.”
www.hazlemere.co.uk
For more information visit
www.bohle-group.com email
[email protected] or call the
customer services team free
on 0800 616151 for more
information.
More sizes added to rooflight range
Buckinghamshire
posite doors, engineered
timber front doors and
PVCu doors, in different
styles and bespoke colours
to suit each customer’s taste
and budget. A range of dif-
ferent types of aluminium
and PVCu conservatories,
extensions and orangeries
will also be shown, with
a choice of double glazed
glass roofs or solid tiled
roofs that come with the
option of heat reflective
double glazing or alumini-
um or plastic roof tiles.
to do and probably made it easier
to