Slimmer bars please planners
26th September 2017

Yorkshire fabricator DEMPSEY DYER worked with astragal bar supplier The Georgian Bar Company to produce a version of the Deceuninck Flush Sash that would overcome planners’ objections to a refurbishment in an Oxfordshire conservation area by local installer Windmill Windows.

Oxfordshire conservation officers has initially rejected the plan, arguing that its astragal bar was too wide, and not sufficiently timber-like, for use in a conservation area.
Outfitted with a slimmer astragal bar, the products were given the go-ahead, allowing Windmill to bring the project to a conclusion.

“All conservation areas are different – and products that might satisfy some conservation officers might not convince others,” said Peter Dyer, Dempsey Dyer Managing Director.

“Deceuninck’s Flush Sash is an outstanding product, but in this instance, Windmill Windows were up against a particularly demanding conservation office.

“When customers find themselves in circumstances like these, at Dempsey Dyer we’ll do everything we possibly can to help. In this case, we went straight to the industry’s go-to experts on astragal bars, The Georgian Bar Company - and together we were able to come up with a great solution.”

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