14 November 2005

CONSERVATORIES GO SKY HIGH FOR BLOOR

Sheerframe windowmaker Coalville Glass has created conservatories at rooftop level on a new Bloor Homes development of upmarket homes in the West Midlands.

Bloor's eightplusseven development of 15 luxury two bed apartments close to the centre of Acocks Green village near Birmingham is on the site of a former hotel. The two new build blocks are of timber frame construction with bay windows – also made and installed by Coalville Glass - on all floors.

In the initial designs, the upper floors were to feature open balconies but, working with Sheerframe systems company L.B. Plastics Ltd., Coalville was able to demonstrate how additional living space could be created via the construction of the unusual conservatory structures.

Now the balconies feature dwarf walls in brick with square and splayed bays surmounted by angled roofs using the new Sheerlite roof system and Sheerframe 6000 profile.

All windows on the two apartment blocks feature Georgian glazing bars on casement opening lights.

Coalville Glass recently completed work on a Bloor Homes flagship development at Burntwood near Lichfield and is currently working on a number of Bloor sites across the region including a three-year partnering arrangement to supply and install Sheerframe windows at Herringshaw Gardens, one of Bloor's major developments in Bilston, near Wolverhampton.