Front Cover Story CRL’s TAPER-LOC®
eases balustrade installation at Olympia swimming and leisure complex, Dundee
CR Laurence’s TAPER-LOC® System has facilitated a speedy and simple
installation of a new glass balustrade system at Dundee’s Olympia swimming and leisure complex.
The complex features a 50-metre competition pool, wave pool, rapid river, dive pool, flumes and fitness suite. The Main Pool incorporates a moveable floor and end walls to enable it to be reconfigured into a 25 metre Training Pool for clubs and public lane swimming.
The TAPER-LOC® System was used to create a beautiful frameless
balustrade in several areas of the pool and leisure complex. The clean lines of balustrade solution offered a simple but effective method to enclose the different types of seating and staircase arrangements.
TAPER-LOC®
is the simple way to install glass railings and balustrades. It is a dry glazed system comprising a base shoe and a handrail (optional), negating the need for posts. The base shoe can be surface, side-mounted or even installed inside the substrate so tiles run up directly to the glass and it looks as though the balustrades are magically coming directly out from the floor. It can accommodate glass thicknesses from 17.52 to 25.52mm and it is very strong and very safe as it complies with all major European standards such as BS 6180:2011, ICC-ES and ABP in Germany.
The patented horizontal TAPER-LOC® system makes things easier for
the installer too. Allowing installation and removal of glass panels within minutes, the system reduces fitting time by more than 50% as it is a unique design that uses precision tension to secure the glass in the aluminium base shoe without the use of cement. Using CRL’s exclusive TLK12 installation and removal tool, the Tapers simply slide horizontally in the base shoe before being compressed, where it expands and locks into place. A new fast seal gasket has just been added to the range to enable the entire installation such as fixing the base shoe, external safety seal gasket, the glass and internal gasket. This is particularly useful when replacing a broken or scratched glass panel in high-rise buildings as it eradicates the need for expensive scaffolding altogether and the tapers can simply be unlocked to free the old glass panel and then relocked to secure the new glass panel into place.
Wattie Milne, of METALtech - Architectural Metalwork and Structural Glass Specialists who installed all the metalwork and the TAPER-LOC® system, commented, “CRL’s range of Architectural Hardware is first-rate. In particular, their TAPER-LOC®
System enabled a fast and efficient
installation, which not only makes our job easier but keeps costs to a minimum. Their products are also backed up with an excellent Technical Support division.”
Simon Boocock, Managing Director of CRL Europe, commented: “This was a great project to be involved with and we are pleased the TAPER- LOC®
TAPER-LOC® high calibre projects.” For further information regarding CRL’s TAPER-LOC® Dry Glaze
Balustrade System, or any other product from their extensive Architectural Hardware range, contact them on freephone 00 800 0421 6144, email:
crl@crlaurence.co.uk or refer to
www.taper-loc.co.uk
CRL TEL: 00 800 0421 6144
WWW.CRLAURENCE.CO.UK EMAIL:
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system was the preferred method for installing the balustrade. The system has been used for many years now on numerous
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