REHAU’s
TOTAL70 window profiles, installed by Manchester’s Excell Trade Frames, have
been chosen for a brand new free school in Manchester, which will provide
education for up to 100 young people in the area with special learning needs.
The
Pioneer House High School has been built on the site of the former Piper Hill
High School in Wythenshawe.
The
whole site has been reorganised through demolitions, refurbishment and new
construction as part of a £3.6m scheme. The new single storey school building
delivers a vibrant and safe learning environment for students aged 11-19 and
features an interesting mix of materials from contemporary aluminium to
traditional timber.
Manchester-based
fabrication and installation company Excell Trade Frames won the contract to
manufacture, supply and fit the PVC-U windows required for the Pioneer House
project. Excell has an exceptional reputation in the North West for making and
installing high quality REHAU windows and doors to the highest specification at
its factory in Worsley.
Eddie
McGrath, commercial manager at Excell said: “The design for Pioneer House High
School required approximately 110 PVC-U casement windows and full height
screens, to provide the building with lots of ventilation and natural light.
Windows made with REHAU’s TOTAL70 profile were perfect for the job as they
would provide a flexible, long lasting, low maintenance solution to the variety
of new and refurbishment glazing required by the brief.”
TOTAL70
is one of REHAU’s most popular systems, offering a solution for both commercial
and domestic projects. Suitable for new builds or refurbishment installations,
the 70mm profile is available in chamfered and sculptured options, and the
windows have single leg beads to provide easy but secure on-site glazing.
Eddie
continued: “To win the contract for the school and make our offer stand out, we
developed the design brief further by recommending a Smooth Anthracite Grey
laminate finish for the PVC-U windows, to seamlessly match the smooth finish of
the aluminium doors already specified.”
To
simply customise the look of the TOTAL70 profiles, laminates – such as the
increasingly popular grey tones which mimic the modern finish of aluminium –
are a particularly cost-effective, no hassle solution. All REHAU high
performance foil finishes are durable, scratch resistant and can be easily
cleaned so they look newer for longer. The laminate is also resistant to UV
light, heat and the weather so the colour won’t deteriorate or fade over time.
With
the Excell factory located just 7 miles from the Pioneer House school site –
and coupled with a flexible approach and quick delivery times – Excell Trade
Frames was certainly a good fit for the Pioneer House project.
Eddie
concluded: “As we were based so close to the site, we worked closely with the
contractors Eric Wright Construction on a reactive basis – as soon as they
needed us in to fit the next wave of windows, we’d have them ready to go and a
team on site to install them within a matter of days. This helped to keep the
project ticking over, which was particularly important as the school needed to
be ready by September to receive the first intake of students.
“Our
commitment to working to the individual needs of our clients – coupled with
delivering high quality products – is what has earned us a first class
reputation in the area and beyond.”
Matt
Janicki, Area Sales Manager from REHAU said: “After 10 years making and fitting
REHAU products, Excell is very familiar with the product range at their
fingertips and they have clearly used that knowledge to challenge and develop
the brief for the Pioneer House High School project to add value to the
specification and create a seamless finish between the PVC-U windows and the
aluminium doors.”
