Arts and Crafts with American influence
26th January 2016

A refurbishment and extension project incorporating Andersen windows and doors from BLACK MILLWORK has given new life to a substantial family home in Cambridge.

The property used to belong to Emmanuel College, used as student accommodation, but is now a private house. and was in need of some repair to make it suitable for family living.

Using 60 Andersen windows and doors supplied by Black Millwork, owner Tom Weaver was keen to achieve a traditional arts and crafts style with an American timber influence, as he explained: “Growing up in the United States, I wanted to recreate the style and feel of the houses I used to see – Andersen products were the perfect fit as they provided both the heritage and aesthetic I was after. It was also important that the fenestration performed well in terms of thermal efficiency and I’m please to say that the windows and doors delivered on that front as well.”

Installed at the property were 45 Andersen 400 Series casement windows. With marginal glazing bars, the windows achieve a U-value of 1.4 W/m2K.

Also installed were a number of Black Millwork French doors, bi-fold doors and oak exterior doors, including the custom designed front entrance door. Benefitting from extensive 10-year warranties, the doors also achieve a U-value of 1.58 W/m2K.

Tom continued: “From the start of planning to works completed it took just under 2 years and I couldn’t be happier with the end result. Changing the fenestration has had such a huge impact on the overall aesthetic and given me an authentic flavour of life back in America.”

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