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Some of the UK’s most prestigious developments feature VELFAC aluminium / timber windows, as these award-winning residential projects demonstrate. Photo: Daniel Shearing VELFAC is becoming a mark of quality for residential developments. Architects specify VELFAC because they know the composite system offers quality...

VELFAC windows have been installed at the new Alder Hey Children’s Hospital, an ambitious, 62,500m2 hospital – designed by architects BDP - that has already become a Liverpool landmark. As well as delivering clinical excellence, the hospital is designed to encourage wellbeing by acknowledging the importance of natural...

Silkash, by North West-based homebuilder Northstone, is a design-led neighbourhood of 150 family homes, each featuring VELFAC aluminium/timber double and triple glazed windows. Northstone Operations Director Craig Nutter specified VELFAC for a number of reasons but particularly wanted to install windows which could...

De lune temperaturer og lange solskinsdage gør sensommeren ideel til vedligeholdelse af vinduer. Vi giver dig her en række gode råd, som du kan videregive til dine kunder og dermed styrke din egen service og rådgivning om vinduer. Afhængigt af vinduernes daglige brug og eksponering for vind og vejr bør de med større...

Specification of pre-tested, proven building products can provide valuable reassurance for clients who want to be sure that key performance targets can be achieved, while also ensuring project delivery stays on schedule and on budget. Proactive product testing requires significant investment which is why some...

Muller Yard is the latest addition to Elevate Property Group’s Trent Bridge Quays, a stylish regeneration project on the banks of the River Trent in Nottingham, which includes 44 apartments, 14 townhouses and a commercial property at street level Project information Project: Luxury apartments and penthouses Location:...

VELFAC composite glazing will be installed in the first four blocks of the Southall Waterside development in Ealing, London, by Berkeley Homes. Over 7,500m2 of aluminium / timber glazing and patio doors are being supplied to the first phase of the canal-side project, comprising over 600 new homes. Southall Waterside...

A major development from Redrow Homes will feature over 11,000m2 of VELFAC composite glazing. Colindale Gardens, in North West London, will eventually offer 2,900 homes, together with leisure and retail spaces. VELFAC has supplied aluminium / timber windows and sliding doors for the development, meeting acoustic and...

VELFAC glazing is installed at the award-winning Castle Rock High School, built on the edge of Leicestershire's Charnwood Forest. The school, designed by the County Council's architecture team, is BREEAM rated 'very good', and was also upheld as an exemplar design by the office of the Deputy Prime Minister. Large...

A small yet impressive development of four, five-bedroom houses features VELFAC composite aluminium / wood glazing in a series of distinctive stepped rear elevations with generous, full height sliding doors installed on the upper levels. VELFAC windows – and entrance doors - are also used in front facades to maintain...