Selectaglaze has offered the secondary glazed units for the Kidderpore Hall which sits 250 toes above sea stage overlooking North London
This imposing Greek revival ‘nation residence’ was commissioned by John Teil in 1843 after his return to England, having made his fortunes within the tanneries of Kidderpore on the outskirts of Calcutta in India.
The home fell into disrepair after Teil’s dying in 1857. However, it reopened in 1889 as Westfield College, the one greater schooling establishments for girls in England.
Mount Anvil purchased the corridor and its land in 2014. Working with A&Q Partnership Ltd, it has been fantastically reimagined, with new housing constructed and landscaped areas.
Plenty of features within the Gothic revival constructing needed to be restored, with deep holes within the partitions, rotten ground boards; in addition to fixtures and fittings that weren’t in step with the unique grandeur of the house.
Secondary glazing was the ‘solely answer’
The home has been sympathetically refurbished and introduced again to its former glory to be bought as a single-family residence.
One of the areas of the home to be centered on was a room within the decrease stage the place there may be a new swimming pool and small spa space. The authentic single glazed sash home windows did little to supply warmth retention nor privateness from the neighbours overlooking the area.
It was deemed that secondary glazing was the one answer to help in upgrading the thermal insulation of the eight home windows and one door on this Grade II Listed constructing. Mount Anvil contacted Selectaglaze to judge the specification which was not a easy one.
24mm double-sealed secondary glazed units had been required with obscure glass to supply privateness. Six of the units had been produced from the Series 41 aspect hung casement vary, glazed with 4-16-4 fuel stuffed sealed units.
One of which was a massive door measuring 2295mm (h) x 1204mm (w). These programs, when mixed with a single glazed timber body window, obtain U-values of round 1.63 W/m2K.
To praise the sightlines of the bay window framing the jacuzzi, curved on plan units had been specified.
It is just not potential to make use of curved sealed units within the Series 41 aspect hung casement, in order that they had been manufactured with 6.4mm toughened glass to supply most warmth retention in these three stunning sweeping openings.
All the units had been completed in white with low profile handles, so as to add to the class of the end of the room and mix in seamlessly with the encompassing décor.
