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News Release from: Profine | Subject: Kommerling GOLD 58mm chamfered system
Edited by the Buildingtalk Editorial
Team on 02 September 2005
Council invitation has pupils jumping
for joy
Children were jumping for joy when they realised that thanks to the new windows in their school they are no longer too hot in the summer and too cold in winter.
Children were jumping for joy when they realised that thanks to the new windows in their school they are no longer too hot in the summer and too cold in winter "The very hot weather just before the end of term would have been so uncomfortable in the past," says teacher Alison Chilton
This article was originally published on Buildingtalk on 9 Jul 2003 at 8.00am (UK)
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"But because we can now open our windows, the children kept cool.
And we'll see even greater benefits from the windows' energy-efficiency when the winter comes." Horsley Woodhouse Primary School, in Derbyshire, was built in 1913, and the single-glazed timber windows replaced by Great Northern Windows were the original ones.
Great Northern used modern technology and materials to bring the school's windows right up-to-date, while retaining the original character of the old building.
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As well as being so rotten they would not open, the old windows were also extremely draughty in winter.
Sixty replacement PVC-U windows were installed, manufactured from the Kommerling GOLD 58mm chamfered system, incorporating Pilkington K Glass, achieving a u-value of 1.8 W/m2K.
Extruded using Calcium-Zinc instead of Lead, all Kommerling windows are completely Lead-free, fully recyclable, environmentally-friendly, and energy-efficient.
As well as the children jumping for joy, the contract has also put a spring in the step of Great Northern Managing Director Ken Faulkner.
"Derbyshire County Council have insisted on Kommerling windows for several years, but this is the first time they asked Great Northern to tender for the work.
They're very pleased with the work we've done for them, and I'm confident we'll be doing more schools for them in future".
With the current downturn in the UK replacement windows market, Great Northern was beginning to look at alternative outlets to supplement its predominant trade and domestic markets.
"Things have been tight for a while, so the Council's invitation to us to move into the commercial market couldn't have come at a better time." While Derbyshire County Council have long insisted on Kommerling windows, Great Northern's ability to replace the 97-year-old timber windows with modern PVC-U frames which retained the unique character of Horsley Woodhouse School, was a contributing factor in selecting the Eastwood-based fabricator.
"The Council particularly liked the sightlines on our 58mm system, and by fitting Georgian bars to them we were able to ensure that the new windows matched the old ones with a like-for-like appearance".
Teacher Alison Chilton says: "Our new windows are entirely in-keeping with the age of the building, looking identical to the ones taken out.
But the new ones are much more energy-efficient.
"We're constantly promoting environmental issues to our pupils - we have our own wooded area and pond, so extending an environmental theme to our windows is particularly pleasing.
We're recycling all the time, so the concept of a fully recyclable window is good, too".
Now in its 14th year, Great Northern has only ever fabricated Kommerling systems at its semi-automated manufacturing plant close to the Nottinghamshire/Derbyshire border, where eight people are employed.
The factory has a capacity to make 130 windows a week.
"Staff and pupils at the school say their working environment is now considerably better," says Ken Faulkner.
"I'm so pleased to have made that possible for them.
This was the first school we have ever worked at, so it makes what we've achieved that little bit extra special for us.".
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