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News Release from: Beaufort Secure Design | Subject: HS horizontal sliding window
Edited by the Buildingtalk Editorial
Team on 09 June 2006
Beaufort backs the blues
HS horizontal sliding window from Beaufort's aluminium system is providing a premier solution at Southend United Football Club.
The HS horizontal sliding window from Beaufort's aluminium system is providing a premier solution at Southend United Football Club Twenty HS windows in a gleaming white powder paint finish have recently replaced double glazed units in timber frames in hospitality boxes at The Blues' Roots Hall ground
This article was originally published on Buildingtalk on 22 May 2006 at 8.00am (UK)
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Southend United opted for a three-panel design from the HS range, with a sliding centre panel which is operated from the inside for safety and security.
The new windows had to be fixed at a 15o pitch to maintain the original aesthetics and features of the Stadium and provide enhanced visibility through the glass without reflections.
Fabrication was undertaken by Essex-based Windors, with installation by Betterview, one of the Club's leading sponsors.
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The replacement windows are part of an overall modernisation of the Stadium and needed to be highly durable and low maintenance, explains Alec Trott, Windors' General Manager.
"Only an aluminium system could meet all the requirements and Beaufort's HS proved the ideal solution." The original fenestration also offered no ventilation.
Now the large central panel in the new windows can be slid open to let in fresh air and the sounds from the pitch and terraces, so giving spectators in the boxes a chance to capture the full atmosphere of a game.
Each double glazed window is 3.5m wide by 1m high and is fitted with toughened anti-sun glass to reflect excess summer glare and provide a clear view of the match.
A dedicated aluminium fabricator for the past 25 years, Windors has been working with the Beaufort system for more than a decade.
The company has over 200 customers nationwide and supplies doors, windows and conservatories for commercial and domestic projects.
Alec Trott continues: "Beaufort's service and support on the Southend United contract was very good, as indeed it always is".
"The team is really helpful and provides excellent technical backup and advice on specifications when we need it".
The HS window is a relatively recent addition to Beaufort's aluminium range and is a thermally broken system to combat heat loss and reduce condensation.
It is fully compliant with Document L and has a neat, slim appearance.
The development is based on Beaufort's proven patio door system, thus enabling fabricators to manufacture two product lines from essentially the same stock of profiles.
In addition to the three-panel option installed at Southend United, the HS is available in two- and four-panel versions.
All variants incorporate a night vent built into the top of the inner sliding leaves and each panel slides and locks independently for optimum security.
The HS window can be supplied in white, silver, brown or black as standard, plus special colours to order on very short lead times.
A comprehensive range of ancillaries to allow easy coupling to other products in the range is also available.
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