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External windows in industrial buildings

External windows in industrial buildings

Client: Biosynth Ltd
Value: £31k

Many of the office refurbishment projects we do, or just partitioning, the offices already have external windows. We try to position the walls to maximise the light inside the space, usually using glass. Sometimes however, there are no external windows at all!

We had to refurbish an internal office space, including building some offices, however this project needed some new external windows into an industrial building for Biosynth Ltd near Newbury.

There are a few key differences between windows in a house compared to windows in industrial buildings.

Most industrial buildings are steel structures with metal cladding, the cladding comes in all different profiles and colours. While the metal cladding makes cutting an opening for a new window relatively quick and simple additional timber framework must be installed inside the new opening to support the windows.

Specialist cladding flashing profiles are installed to make the new opening watertight. These are powder coated in any RAL colour to match the existing cladding.

Most industrial buildings use aluminium windows. These are much longer lasting than UPVC and can be powder coated in any colour.

Planning permission will be required to ensure that the windows are in keeping with the design of the building and the local buildings nearby. Planning will also pay close attention to what the new windows will be overlooking like residential areas or schools.

Preliminary work

This project required 6 new external windows. We produced multiple layouts for the offices to show staff positions and ensured that the new window positions were mirrored in each of the other industrial units next door.

The windows were kept in line with existing windows using 4  panel and 2  panels windows to match the height and width with the same top opening windows.

Work in Progress photographs

This particular unit had a block wall inside the steel structure and metal cladding. This is unusual as most building would simply be insulated and dry-lined inside but this meant a steel lintel was installed into the blockwork and the timber frame for the metal cladding was installed into the cavity.

The openings were then cut, flashing profiles installed and new windows installed at the same time to ensure the openings were sealed as quickly as possible.

Once the windows were in it was just a case of installing the plasterboard reveals around the windows, new window boards and decorating.

Completed photos

Once the new external windows were installed, plasterboard reveals and new MDF window boards were then installed and decorated.

The finished result is windows that match perfectly with the rest of the building and look like they have always been there.

Need new external windows in your building ?

If you would like new external windows installed in your building, please do give us a call on 01380 73 88 44, or email us at [email protected] and we would love to help.

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Kitchen Refurbishment in Swindon

Kitchen Refurbishment in Swindon
Stainless steel kitchen

Client: Mongoose Publishing
Value: £19k

The aim of this kitchen refurbishment project for Mongoose Publishing in Swindon, was to create something a little bit different. The game manufacturer specializes otherworldly Role-Playing-Games “RPG’s” and wanted to bring a bit of the spaceship theme into the new kitchen.

The kitchen serves as not only a tea and coffee point for the office but also as a catering area for the gaming zone in the evenings so it needed to be functional for all types of cooking with plenty of fridge and freezer space.

Preliminary work

The current kitchen was a galley style kitchen with a makeshift breakfast bar and the new kitchen needed to be more open and welcoming.

The kitchen was designed to have plenty of functional storage with a 2x full height pull our larder units, pan drawer storage below the hob and a full size fridge and freezer.

A double oven and a hob will give full functionality for cooking in the kitchen while a separate breakfast bar / worktop allows snacks to be led out away from the food and drink prep areas.

Existing Kitchen

Work in Progress photographs

Once the old kitchen was removed we were able to install the new wiring the the appliances along with install the ducting for the new extractor.

The aim of the design was to introduce as much stainless steel as possible. We used a stainless steel hob and extractor along with a stainless steel fridge, freezer and sink.

We used a gloss grey slab style kitchen with a 22mm oxidized metal effect worktop and then installed stainless steel checker plate onto the floor and walls to create a stunning shiny metallic effect.

Completed Kitchen

The finish product was certainly different. This wouldn’t work in most offices but it was really nice to see a company wanting to add their own identity into the space and have something very unique.

The kitchen gives them much more worktop space with a serving area and prep area, loads of storage and the capability of catering all their evening events.

Kitchen Refurbishment Projects ?

If you would like your kitchen refurbished or you would like to do something truly unique to you space, please do give us a call on 01380 73 88 44, or email us at [email protected] and we would love to help.

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Office Expansion in Corsham for Coombe Castle

Office Expansion in Corsham for Coombe Castle

Client: Coombe Castle
Value: £48k

Office Expansion in Corsham

This project consisted of converting a storage unit in to office space in order to provide some much needed office expansion. The project would involve fire protecting a mezzanine floor as this is required by Building Regulations if you have offices above, steel work and a suspended ceiling.  Ventilation had to be put round a chiller and fire sensors had to be installed within the chiller as it could not be moved to fit the fire protected board. Office windows had to be installed to match the rest of the building.

Upstairs needed a complete office fitting, so a suspended ceiling, dry lining the outer walls, decoration of the outer walls,  some fire rated partitioning to create a fire barrier between the offices and warehouse, as well as demountable partitioning within. Full electrical work including CAT2 lighting, 3 compartment perimeter trunking, flooring and new windows were also required. As always we follow our process, so the first step is to understand what the client wants, and then to assess what they have by taking photographs, and drawing everything.

Existing Space Photographs

It is a bit difficult to see from the photos, but essentially we had several areas to deal with. Underneath the mezzanine and on top of it was the main area, but included absolutely everything we do.

Building Regulations

It is crucial to consider Building Regulations when looking at layouts for offices. In particular fire ratings and Building Regulations which is a legal requirement. This particular project needed offices to be fitted on top of a mezzanine floor and so this is why it had to comply to the law.

If you need more information about Building Regulations, we have written a few things here.

Construction and finished photographs.

Office Expansion?

If you have a problem with your existing office space and need it altering as you are running out of space then Cre8tive can help. Please give us a call on 01380 738844.