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Top: Window and door joinery was
supplied by NK Windows. Window
frames were fixed directly to the
building frame with no reveals,
just gib returns and a timber sill.
This provides a strong finishing
detail, typical of a European home.
A Basalt Grey foil exterior profile
complements the home’s cladding.
Above left and right: The architect
specified one of NK Windows’
coloured profiles with an Ivory base
colour on the interior.

NK Windows supplied the exterior uPVC
window and door joinery to frame the glazing,
says director of NK Windows Martin Ball.
“Our brief from the architect was to provide
a high performance thermally efficient window
and door solution, that would accommodate the
high spec glass. We had to take particular care
with the low-threshold sills on the main doors.”
The low-threshold door sills were needed to
help gain safe-living Lifemark status, and NK
Windows worked closely with the builder and
architect to achieve this. The other challenge
was the architect’s request to have the windows

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positioned in the centre of the framing in order
to achieve better thermal performance.
“This required us developing a customised
flashing solution for the residence,” says Ball.
NK Windows used its 5-chamber EuroFutur
profile from the Profine Group in Germany for
the sustainable house project.
“In addition, the quest for thermal efficiency
meant the windows are all inwards-opening
and tilt-and-turn,” says Ball. “This product
offers superior security, with multiple locking
points on the sashes, and also allows for a secure
ventilation option, vital to the design.”