Child’s play?
7th June 2016

Pink and blue windows and doors – including circular fully-reversibles – were among the highlights of one of the most unusual recent installations by GROSVENOR WINDOWS as part of the striking design of a new-build private nursery.

The result may look fun but getting the specification exactly right was a serious matter, said Grosvenor contract manager Lauren Wilcox: “We pot-tested all the paints to make sure of a perfect colour match. Wind loading calculations were needed for a first-floor balcony with 2,200mm high glass panels, the glass was 6mm toughened to withstand impact and of course all opening windows had restrictors, including the round Fully Reversibles.”

The unit is the fifth Mulberry Bush Nursery in the Bury area but the group’s first new-build. Group Director Andy Robinson said: “We are only interested in running outstanding nurseries so when we had the chance of building one from scratch we wanted it to be visually outstanding as well. The site is at the entrance to a large business park and close to a 300-house private estate so there are obvious benefits to being noticed.”

As well as curtain walling, Grosvenor installed in total 43 windows, seven sliding patio doors, five single doors and one French door, all in the various colours, with the pink colour-matched to translucent Rodeca cladding, which was also used in the construction.

Grosvenor has its own in-house spray shop and working with trade fabricator The Glazerite UK Group Limited, the Bolton-based installer was able to come up with the required colours as well as the round frames with Fully Reversible function, all based on the VEKA Matrix 70mm profile.

www.glazeritewindows.co.uk