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Glass & Glazing; Groundworks, Drainage & Sewage Treatment
Glass Houses by Jeremy Uglow
Levolux
A roof lantern can create a very dramatic
Levolux has worked closely with
appearance in a room and give a
developers Urban Splash on the
stunning effect to a dark stairwell or hall
regeneration of two key sites:
by adding light and space. Flat roofs can
Fort Dunlop, the iconic former
be transformed and small awkward
tyre factory in Birmingham, and
spaces can be made into bright living
the new Matchbox building in
areas with a simple roof lantern.
South Liverpool. Part of the
Glass Houses by Jeremy Uglow
successful regeneration of the
continues to be one of the countries
Speke Halewood area,
main providers of bespoke timber
spearheaded by Liverpool Land
conservatories and orangeries.
Development Company, the Matchbox project is a spectacular
Roof lanterns are often an integral part of their designs and carry the
high specification fully glazed office building. Levolux has installed
hallmark of design and quality that the company’s reputation is built.
15 external Venetian blinds on each side, 60 in total.
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Fullflow Terram
Fullflow, has successfully As part of the reinforcement of
completed the installation of a the Monmouthshire and Brecon
combined gravity and canal in South Wales, engineers
syphonic roof drainage system have specified Terram’s specialist
on the new Everest geotextile and cellular Erocell
Community College, Merton systems to prevent erosion on a
Rise, Basingstoke. Fullflow’s section of the waterway.
syphonic drainage system After reading about Terram in
provides complete control over various civil engineering
downpipe discharge location; publications, British Waterways
as there is no need to route pipework on a gradient, giving increased selected Terram’s products for a
design & programme flexibility. This benefit coupled with careful trial section of the canal.
coordination with the M&E contractor and roofing trades meant Chris Rainger, Principle Engineer at British Waterways commented,
Fullflow were able to overcome all the design issues and successfully “We have been very pleased with the initial installation and hope to roll
install the combined gravity and syphonic system. out a full programme of renovation along the rest of the canal.”
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