For Professional Installers of Commercial Façades and Windows, Doors, Extensions & Other Home Improvements
Editor Brian Shillibeer says now that spring has sprung and mortgage rates are likely to come down, there is a renewed sense of optimism in an industry where orders come in for summer jobs, where new installer partner schemes are coming on stream and where there is a new Glass Conference scheduled for the autumn.
SheerVent was specifically engineered to provide a practical, stylish solution that integrates with the Sheerline S1 roof lantern. It is now also available for S2 conservatory roofs, writes the company’s Jon Crohill who explains the development process and the importance of ventilation.
You may well be familiar with the phrase location, location, location but you should also be familiar with aspect, aspect, aspect, writes Don Waterworth, as it is aspect that will determine if windows are hit hard by the weather and thus if they will fail.
As they become increasingly popular, fabricators will be factoring in all the challenges faced when manufacturing triple glazed windows. Installers need to be aware of those challenges and how they and others will affect the projects they will be working on.
Architect Laura Jane Clark from BBC’s Your Home Made Perfect is already up and away in in her new role as the superhero promoting Ultraframe’s new Hup! building system for house extensions built on existing bases – particularly bases where outdated conservatories now sit.