Extract from: Refurbishment Projects

'Cotswold Casements eases energy concerns'

June 2002

Case Study - Ashorne Hill Management College

When a management center based in a historic Warwickshire country house was refused permission to fit double glazing by local planners, the owners believed they had been condemned to high heating bills for ever more. However, awarding the Cotswold Casement Company a contract to overhaul the building's ageing metal windows not only greatly extended their working life, it also improved the thermal performance.

The remedy offered by the Gloucestershire based metal window specialist for the Ashorne Hill Conference Centre involved removing each of the corroded and distorted frames and fitting temporary glazing in their place, while the originals were taken away for treatment.

The windows were transported to Cotswold Casements workshops based in Moreton-in-Marsh where they were overhauled, including repairing of sections, grit blasting of frames, hot dipped galvanising, polyester powder coating and finally draught proofing, prior to being returned to site for installation.

The leaded lights were restored with new lead cames being fabricated where necessary. The windows were then re-assembled incoporating modern high performance weather-stripping to greatly reduce air filtration. Badly fitting handles and other pieces of ironmongery were also repaired or replaced as required.

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