KEEPING DOWN THE DECIBELS
10th February 2015

Life will be a little quieter for residents of a new development near central Manchester where special acoustic glazing by Bolton-based Grosvenor Windows has drastically cut the noise intrusion from the busy streets around.

Working often against adverse weather to meet deadlines along with main contractor Galliford Try, Grosvenor had two teams fitting 547 windows over a seven-month schedule on the Humphrey Booth Gardens development of residential and affordable homes in Salford. Based on grey VEKA Matrix 70mm frames from Glazerite Windows Ltd, the installer used 10mm and 6mm acoustic glass in eight of the plots where specified, to combat higher traffic noise levels.

As a result, noise intrusion was reduced to 26decibels as against 32dB elsewhere. Alongside the glazing, the contract also specified a series of aluminium panels in various colours as a visual feature of many of the properties.

Grosvenor’s Steve Rigby said: “There were many challenges to the contract, not least the winter weather, but we really enjoyed being part of the project. The result looks superb and we know the residents will benefit from the extra bit of peace and quiet.”

The homes are new but the area’s history goes back nearly four centuries to two of Manchester’s most prominent social benefactors, the father and son both named Humphrey Booth.

Grosvenor is one of the most prominent customers of Glazerite’s North West division and has gained a growing reputation among the region’s commercial and social housing bodies as well as many domestic consumers.

www.glazeritewindows.co.uk