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Fibre composite chosen
18th July 2017

ASTRASEAL COMMERCIAL has completed the latest Waterfront phase of Berkeley Homes Royal Arsenal Riverside development in Woolwich using windows and doors fabricated in the Rehau Geneo six-chamber fibre composite system.

Berkeley Homes switched to Rehau Geneo from the aluminium and timber composite systems which had been used on the earlier phases of the project because Rehau’s commercial team worked with Astraseal to show the thermal, acoustic and security benefits of the system.

The 86mm Geneo system offers Uw values from 1.1 W/m2K for low energy houses to 0.73 W/m2K for Passivhaus installations without the need for high specification glazing. It also offers break-in protection up to resistance class 2 without reinforcement and class 3 with reinforcement, and sound insulation to class 5 without steel reinforcement.

One of the key factors for Berkeley Homes was that the system has sightlines of 115mm, replicating the look of aluminium for the residents of the £440,000 - £750,000 apartments.  It is extruded using the Rau-Fipro fibre reinforced composite material.  This means it could be used to fabricate windows and doors at Royal Arsenal Riverside with full height glazing up to 2.3m and full widths of up to 1.2m without the need for steel reinforcement.

Astraseal installed 660 windows and 124 doors on the project, as well as working on other elements including aluminium cloaking of reveals, soffits and the underside of balconies.

All of the window and doors were finished in smooth Anthracite Grey on the exterior and white on the interior to match the finish of the aluminium frames used on the earlier phases of the development.

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