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NOVEMBER 2015 PRO INSTALLER
PRO NEWS
www.proinstaller.co.uk
Renovating
Salford
Landmark
When the brief for a
new development is to
blend in with a former
listed brewery and lodging house, the result
is inevitably going to
be something a little
above the ordinary and
the Sillavan Way development in Salford,
Greater Manchester,
has lived up to those
expectations.
It has also fulfilled the local authority’s aspiration for
a landmark feature at the
Trinity Way location, which
is the main route into the
city centre.
With nearly 600 casement
windows and more than 100
pairs of French doors in the
Spectus Elite 70 bevelled
system, the second phase of
the project was awarded to
Worsley Glass by executive
developer Renaker on the
strength of the quality and
service the Spectus fabricator
had delivered on phase one.
The development is made
up of four blocks comprising 327 apartments, a central, courtyard garden and
retail units. It sits among the
three iconic listed buildings,
which are now a mixture
of commercial, residential
and professional uses but
remain a distinctive feature of the city’s industrial
heritage, and all in the red
brick which characterises
much of historic Greater
Manchester.
To complement the brick
of both the new and old
buildings, RAL 7016 anthracite was chosen for the
exterior of the frames, with
white inside. With the tallest
block rising to 17 storeys,
weather tightness was integral to the specification, especially on the upper floors.
Acoustic glass was also used
on some elevations. The
windows and doors achieve
a U-value of 1.2.
Anthony Kilbourn of
Worsley Glass said: “The
success of phase one was
an invaluable foot in the
door for Worsley. It proves
how important each and
every job is, and why it’s
crucial that we deliver time
after time. There’s no doubt
the quality and performance
of our product played a big
part in us securing the second phase. Spectus supported us every step of the way,
advising on technical details
and supplying coloured profile on-time and in-full.”
www.spectus.co.uk
SPECIALIST
EQUIPMENT FOR
INSTALLERS
NAPIT Registered Installers
can now gain access to
an improved hire service
for tools and equipment
in association with Hire
Station. No matter how big
the project, NAPIT Hire provides the right tools for the
job delivered to your home,
site or office.
Installer Receives Top Marks
VEKA Approved Installer
D&M Windows and Doors
earned a glowing report from
the Headteacher at St Anne
Stanley C of E School in
Liverpool, where the installer
had a window replacement
contract.
Not only did the Glazerite
customer earn straight sixes – for
‘beyond expectations’ – on all five
questionnaire boxes of the quality
audit but Head Julie Simons added
her own words of praise:
“This is the most successful project St Ann Stanley has been fortu-
nate to receive. From the earliest
stages, all aspects of the service
have been outstanding.
“The windows are excellent.
From start to completion, every
aspect of the schedule of work
was completed thoroughly with
minimal if any disruption to the
school. I would recommend the
contractors to anyone.”
Oldham-based D&M, run by
father and son Mark and Darren
Hoolickin, put in 127 casement
windows in VEKA Matrix 70,
fabricated by Glazerite Windows
Ltd at its North West Division
in Bolton, replacing early PVCu
double glazed fully reversibles and
tilt and turns for client EC Harris
Consultancy.
“We’ve been with Glazerite about
a year now and we can’t fault
them,” said Mark, “the service we
receive is great; they have supported us all the way and that is
especially important with commercial work like this.”
For more information visit
www.glazeritewindows.co.uk or
www.dandmwindowsanddoors.
co.uk
This benefit of NAPIT membership brings highly competitive
prices to installers, with substantial discounted rates off the list
price. If you find prices cheaper
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who will arrange to match the
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top 150 hire items having an in
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It is free to open up a trade
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The newly designed website
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Michael Andrews, The NAPIT
Group Chief Executive, said:
“Through our continued
commitment to improving the
service NAPIT installers receive,
we are working with Hire Station to offer the best experience
possible when it comes to hiring
specialist equipment.”