DOORS, WINDOWS & GLAZING
NEWLY RENOVATED CAMBRIDGE CHURCH BLESSED WITH WARMTH FROM SECONDARY GLAZING INSTALLATION Downing Place United Reformed Church is situated in Cambridge. It was formed in June 2018 following the joining of Emmanuel and St Columba’s United Reformed Churches. The redeveloped St Columba’s site has been extensively renovated and main contractor Coulson Building Group contacted Selectaglaze to discuss secondary glazing solutions for the purpose of thermal retention. 56 units were installed; comprising of four Series 45 side hung casements in the Chapel and 52 Series 46 slimline fixed lights installed in the Nave. A large circular primary window in the Nave was perhaps the most complex treatment due to its shape and elevated position. A timber mullioned cartwheel frame was crafted to securely hold the secondary glazing. Seven bespoke Series 46 fixed light segments were made for it and glazed with 6mm toughened glass to give additional rigidity and structural strength. The church has now been made more thermally efficient with the inclusion of secondary glazing and DPURC should start to see a reduction in heating costs, with less heat escaping and uncomfortable draughts practically eliminated. www.selectaglaze.co.uk
HELPING TO PRESERVE AN INDUSTRIAL LANDSCAPE Two former furniture factory buildings in East London have been transformed into high-end apartments with the help of Crittall windows. Long Street in the Hackney conservation area was a key component in Shoreditch’s industrial heritage. The four-storey structural steel-framed blocks were built in Long Street in 1959 with plenty of natural daylight and generously sized lifts for transporting uncut sheets of plywood to the upper floors. The two blocks now form part of a luxury residential development, Long and Waterson. Architects Fletcher Priest have taken their design cue from the industrial lineage of the area, retaining original external brickwork and window settings and adding two rooftop penthouse levels creating a total of 71 apartments. Crittall Corporate W20 and MW40 systems were specified, in fixed and opening format together with Crittall cold form tubular doors that meet the RC3 burglary resistance security standard; a choice that preserves both the original appearance and the industrial heritage of the area. www.crittall-windows.co.uk
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