Clearview National July 2017 - Issue 188 | Page 30

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Filling Bath with light
Heritage colours and kerb-side appeal were among the
factors that persuaded the planning authorities of Bath
that Modus PVCu windows from Eurocell – the UK’s
leading manufacturer, distributor and recycler of window,
door, conservatory and roofline products – were the
appropriate alternative to timber on a prime, exposed
location near the UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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terraces and sweeping crescents, Bath is home
to around 5,000 listed buildings and historic
landmarks. It has been attracting people since
Roman times and today its streets bustle with
life and entertainment. Ensleigh’s location on
the outskirts of Bath makes this an ideal place
for families.
Consisting of 136 upmarket homes selling
at up to £1 million apiece, the Ensleigh estate
is being developed by Bloor Homes along
with another major housebuilder on a former
MoD site dating from WW2 that overlooks
the Georgian city and is near to its race- and
golf course.
“The planners originally wanted timber
windows but that wouldn’t work for our
designs because we wanted to install matching
fascias and soffits that fitted beneath
considerable eaves. This is on an exposed
site at the top of a steep hill so they wouldn’t
look great for very long,” explains Paul Baker,
Regional Managing Director for Bloor Homes
South West.
“Timber windows, fascias and soffits would
require expensive maintenance because of
the scaffolding required to paint them. These
PVCu alternatives not only have kerb-appeal
but are maintenance-free”.
Bloor Homes South West had also
had experience of the product at other
developments throughout the region and
had found it answered planning department
concerns. It worked with the Eurocell New
Build division, which supplied four samples to
show the various colours that might work on
site and to demonstrate the slim, timber-like
sight lines of the Modus.
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“The foil gives an appearance like timber
and the colour palette includes the heritage
type colours that fit in with a period
environment such as Bath,” comments Paul.
Once the Bath and North East Somerset
planning department was happy with Bloor’s
proposal to use Modus windows in Hazy
Grey, it gave the go-ahead for the same
product range, but in Agate Grey, to be used
at an adjacent development from the other
housebuilder.
Plans are now going ahead for each
housebuilder to construct a further 40 homes
on an extension to the original site, with
Modus being specified for this development
too. Paul Baker says that planners have been
visiting the development as Bloor Homes
hopes to use Modus in future schemes
throughout the South West.
He adds that the quality of Eurocell
fabricators and installers is also almost as
important a factor as the quality of the
window itself. In this case Bloor was supplied
by A & B Glass (South West) of Tewkesbury
while the neighbouring builder dealt with
Leicester-based Unique Windows.
Coming with a 12-year guarantee, the
Modus system is available in nine solid and
woodgrain-effect colours, all of which are
available with white internal finishes to create
a light and airy living environment. A further
range of more than 40 solid and woodgrain
effect finishes is available, including colour
both sides.
BBA certified to function satisfactorily for
more than 35 years, the Modus range has a
U-value of 1.2 W/m² using 4/20/4 mm sealed
double-glazed units. This effective thermal
performance is due to the 75mm six-chamber
profile system used in the Modus that enables
the range to achieve a U-value as low as 0.7
by installing triple-glazed units. This led to
Modus becoming one of the very first systems
to achieve the BRFC Window Energy Rating
(WER) of A++. This is only awarded to
windows with an energy index value equal to
or greater than +20; and Modus A++ designs
include casement, reversible and tilt and
turn.
Consisting of 50% post-consumer recycled
PVCu as standard, this range of doors and
windows has a smaller carbon footprint than
products made or recycled outside of the
UK. Eurocell achieves this by employing dual
material extrusion technology (DMET) that
layers post-consumer recycled and ‘virgin’
material simultaneously, so the recycled
material is concentrated in the central core of
the profiles where it cannot be seen once the
door or window is installed.
To simplify specification, Modus BIM
models are available to download for free from
the Eurocell website.
www.eurocell.co.uk