DELIVERING A SILVER STANDARD FOR AFFORDABLE HOMES
3rd February 2015

Two blocks of new affordable homes in Salford will have even more affordable heating bills, thanks to high specification energy efficient windows from Bolton-based Grosvenor Windows Limited.

Grosvenor gained AECB Silver Standard accreditation for its U-Value 1.2 windows using 6.8mm laminate glass, Styrofoam LBH-X inserts in the reinforcement steels, plus additional gaskets, in grey VEKA Matrix 70 frames designed and fabricated by Glazerite Windows Ltd.

The blocks were part of a development of 19 affordable and private residential new properties by Seddon Homes in the city’s Bowker Street.

The contract was especially challenging at the tender stage because of the requirement for AECB (Association for Environment Conscious Building) Silver Standard for the affordable homes, especially achieving U-Value 1.2 while using laminated glass, according to Grosvenor Commercial Estimator Lauren Wilcox:

“But after all the planning and discussion, the actual installation went extremely well and was completed well within the required timescale. Given such a demanding specification, the technical support we received from Glazerite and VEKA plc proved invaluable, as it has done many times before.”

Glazerite Director Jason Thompson added: “There are lots of jobs out there that can be made achievable for any competent installer with the right kind of technical support, as many of our installer partners have already discovered. More and more commercial clients and main contractors are taking matters such as energy efficiency far more seriously but this work need not be out of reach of any professional installer.”

Grosvenor also provided the windows for the private residential side of the development as well as all the French doors, which were Secured by Design accredited.

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