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PRO INSTALLER MARCH 2015
PRO NEWS
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SCHOOL
HEATS UP AS
BILLS FALL
Heating bills at a
Cheshire school were
cut dramatically as
soon as its windows
were replaced with high
rated energy efficient
units from Cheadle
Glass and Glazerite
Windows Ltd.
Marple Hall School had
been getting by with its
original metal framed
single glazing for many
years but the resulting heat
loss became all the more
evident as soon as the new
windows went in – and
lower bills began arriving,
according to Cheadle Glass
Commercial Manager Karl
Minter.
Cheadle Glass was not
the cheapest bidder, he
said, but with the support
of Glazerite, the installer
was able to show the right
credentials and the right
product specification to
win the contract. More than
600 windows were installed
in four phases over 22
weeks. As well as overall
energy-efficiency for all
the frames, low solar glass
was used to combat heat
build-up on large expanses
of south-facing glass and
lower floors were laminated for added security.
According to Karl, it was
not only the windows that
needed the right accredi-
tation to win the contract.
The length of the contract
period meant much of the
work had to be done in
term time so on-site every
member of the workforce
had to undergo DBS
(formerly CRB) vetting
before working among the
students.
Karl added: “It is always
a pleasure to do a good
job for anyone but it was
especially satisfying when
the client could see the
benefits so clearly straight
away.”
For more information visit
www.glazeritewindows.
co.uk
New student accommodation
receives high performance seal
A new development of student accommodation in the Scottish
capital, designed by Richard Murphy Architects, is nearing
completion, with products from the range of tremco illbruck being
employed to install and seal the high performance, composite
window systems which project from the elevations in steel frames.
Holyrood South, constructed
by Balfour Beatty, stands
by Holyrood Road in Edinburgh’s famous Old Town.
It offers a total of 249
en-suite student bedrooms
arranged in groups for four,
five or six persons with the
living accommodation gaining natural daylight through
Velfac windows which are
being fitted by specialis