Sim Chem House
2nd July 2019

More than 1,000 PROFILE 22 Optima chamfered windows have been used in the transformation of Sim Chem House, a disused 1960s office building in Cheadle Hulme, Cheshire, into 184 studio, one and two bed apartments.

The specification was for 1,050 PVC-U foil wrapped windows in a specific RAL colour on the exterior and white on the interior. The windows needed acoustic treatments to address noise from a busy town centre location and incorporate louvres for mechanical extraction.

Main contractor headoffice3 awarded the window contract to Profile 22 Approved Window Contractor Kingfisher Windows. Kingfisher glazed the 1,050 windows with a soft coat low emissivity glass, a warm edge spacer and argon gas to optimise thermal efficiency. Louvres were also glazed within the window system for mechanical extraction. Anthracite 7016 textured foil was used for the external elevations with white on internal elevations.

The Optima system delivers a 1.2 W/ m2K U-value as standard, with U-values as low as 0.8 W/m2K possible.

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