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Ventrolla Cambridge and Essex has gone straight to the top of the class after completing a successful renovation project at a Barking school.
 
The company carried out work on 29 timber sliding sash windows in ten classrooms at Northbury Infant and Junior School on behalf of Barking and Dagenham Council.
 
Ventrolla secured the contract after agreeing to overhaul a single window free of charge to demonstrate the performance and efficiency gains obtainable through specialist renovation techniques.
 
Managing director David Greaves said: “Teachers were finding it difficult to control ventilation in their classrooms due to the condition of the original windows and also because the sashes were particularly large and high off the ground.

“We completed a demonstration window which showed how we could ease the operation of the sash mechanism and greatly reduce the amount of noise and heat loss through the application of our unique Perimeter Sealing System.  This helped us win the overall renovation project.”
 
Work was carried out during term-time, so Ventrolla had to plan activity carefully to avoid clashes with the school timetable as well as breaks when pupils might be playing in areas beneath the windows.  It also ensured all its installers and surveyors had undergone a CRB check ready to work in a school environment.
 
Most of the timber on the damaged windows was retained and restored, although a small number of sashes needed replacing altogether.  Ventrolla then managed the painting of the renovated windows via a third party contractor to complete the project.