Maintenance & Refurbishment


Doors, Windows & Glazing Feature Innovative public housing with Nordic Copper


including Nordic Brown Light copper cladding – as part of its tenure-blind strategy. Branch Place provides the first replacement


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homes in the second phase of the Colville Estate Masterplan designed by Karakusevic Carson Architects, part of Hackney Council's innovative


n exemplar for a new, progressive era of public housing design in London utilises high-quality materials –


housebuilding programme, delivering hundreds of much-needed Council homes for local people through a pioneering model of financial cross- subsidy. The project provides 116 mixed-tenure homes alongside new public routes, play spaces and landscaping. The two buildings of Branch Place are


crafted from a considered palette of high-quality tenure-blind materials including brickwork, timber and Nordic Brown Light pre-oxidised copper. A copper mansard roof, installed by Full Metal Jacket, to the building next to Regent’s Canal reflects the roofscape of neighbouring historic warehouse buildings and marks an entrance to Branch Place and the new Colville neighbourhood. Nordic Brown Light is part of an extensive


range of architectural copper surfaces and alloys from Aurubis with an unrivalled lifespan counted in hundreds of years, no maintenance and full recyclability. With a melting point of 1083˚C and ‘A1 (non-combustible material)’ fire classification to EN 13501-1, copper is suitable for cladding tall buildings, using appropriate constructions. Low thermal movement makes it appropriate for any locations and it is non-toxic and safe to handle and work. Its inherent antimicrobial qualities make it ideal for touch surfaces internally as well. The Aurubis architectural range includes


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Nordic Standard ‘mill finish’ and Nordic Brown pre-oxidised copper, with lighter or darker shades of brown. The extensive Nordic Blue, Nordic


Green and Nordic Turquoise ranges have been developed with properties and colours based on the same brochantite mineralogy found in natural patinas all over the world, and offer various ‘Living’ surfaces. Copper alloys include Nordic Bronze, Nordic Brass and the innovative Nordic Royal with a rich golden through-colour.


01875 812 144 www.nordiccopper.com Hands on at The Window Company


Award winning commercial installer The Window Company (Contracts) proudly boasts that it has the best trained workforce in the industry. So determined is it to set the very highest installation standards in the industry that it has put together a CPD for clients to help them get the most from every window and door installer they work with. The first client to benefit from the CPD was Moat. Project managers and clerks of works took part in a workshop to learn about the latest regulations and best practice guidelines. They were then given a window and door set up created by The Window Company (Contracts) with 10 typical installation errors deliberately included and were challenged to identify them all.


01245 268120 www.thewinco.co.uk Concealment enhances tenant safety


British designed and manufactured, Powermatic controlled, concealed door closers from Samuel Heath are gaining increasing popularity for use on fire doors in high-rise flats, apartments and HMOs. The door closers carry the CE mark and have been independently tested and proved to meet the requirements for FD60 and FD30 fire doors under BS EN 1634-1. Totally concealed when the door is closed, Powermatic door closers are less susceptible to damage from vandalism or tampering. This gives them a significant advantage over surface mounted door closers when it comes to reliability of the fire door and maintenance costs, making them the right choice for both tenants and social landlords. Unlike other jamb-mounted devices, Powermatic door closers facilitate a door’s compliance with the accessibility requirements of Approved Document M, are the only Certifire jamb-mounted door closer and do not have to be removed from the door to be adjusted.


0121 766 4200 www.concealeddoorclosers.com 30 | HMM December/January 2020 | www.housingmmonline.co.uk Profile 22 Optima Windows


Profile 22Optima windows were specified in the development of 26 one and two bedroom apartments in a retirement development in Upper Norwood, London. The window specification required a U value of 1.4 w/m2


k on all windows and


Secured by Design accreditation on ground floor and easily accessible first floor windows. Acoustic glazing was also required because Lewis House is situated on a busy road so traffic noise needed to be minimised. Visually, the local authority had requested a grey exterior to give a modern appearance and provide a close match to aluminium. Installer, Newview used Profile 22’s Optima 70mm casement windows with 28mm Low E sealed glass units.


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