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An estimated 20,000 disused churches and chapels have been sold for conversion into homes across the UK in the last 30 years. Combining period character including stained glass windows, gothic arches and timber eaves with contemporary living creates challenges. This includes preserving the character of the building, while making it ‘liveable’. Architects have turned to glass installations as a way of dividing and defining living space while retaining the defining openness of the original space, making church conversions potentially rich picking grounds for glass fit-out specialists. This includes the installation of balustrading, walls, showers and doors. Their age, their layout and often listed building status, however, can make conversions complex, requiring a high degree of adaptability from those running their renovation and not least the hardware systems they use. PGS Glass recently completed a series of installations as part of the conversion of All Saints Church, a converted former Anglican chapel in Horsmoden, Tunbridge Wells. Designed by the architect Robert Wheeler in the English gothic style, it was built over two years from 1869 to 1870 with Grade II Listing. This included the installation of a new shower enclosure in the master bedroom on the newly created first floor, bringing the top of the shower screen up to and around the eaves of the Victorian church. Paul Groves, Contracts Manager, PGS Glass, explained: “It looks straight forward but it was a very tricky fit because we went right up to the eaves. The back wall also wasn’t straight, which again made things more complicated.” PGS created the enclosure using 20mm X 15mm U-channel from Bohle which it set into the floor, the back wall and one of the eaves of the church. It combined this with Bohle’s Bilbao Premium swinging shower door hinges, which accommodate weights of up 36kg or 50kg per pair and 8mm, 10mm, and 12mm glass. This means that they can be used with doors of 1000X2000mm. Available in a choice of chrome or stainlesssteel finishes and with a contemporary design, they offer an infinitely adjustable zero position, a plus or minus 15 degrees return motion and use concealed fixings. “On a job like this you’ve got to be able to get over problems”, Paul said. “We’d spent a lot of time surveying but even then, there are little things that you encounter. The glass may be slightly bowed, the walls won’t be straight. “The Bilbao hinges are heavy duty enough to allow you to pull in the glass and then adjust them to accommodate other small imperfections so that every lines-up perfectly. “The guys doing the fit-out work love them because you get a lot of adjustment and that gets you over those little issues that could otherwise swallow up a lot of time on site”, For more about Bohle’s product and service offer visit www.bohle.com email info@bohle.ltd.uk or call the customer services team free on 0800 616151.

As the solid and secure Endurance Doors brand becomes synonymous with outstanding design, performance and security, they have further added to their credibility with the launch of their own branded ABS 3-Star cylinder as a standard offering.

It’s another important product launch from Endurance and they have partnered with ABS to develop this new improved specification branded, 3-Star, Sold Secure Diamond and Kitemarked high security cylinder. It’s a new cylinder with outstanding security and quality credentials and for the Preferred Installer network, they can promote this new development with complete confidence. Not only is the key branded, but the ABS dimple key is believed to be an industry first and together with the cylinder, there’s a £1,000 security guarantee as standard. Another important feature is the fact that the key itself can be cut at hundreds of outlets across the UK, without having to go back to the cylinder supplier. The cylinders are manufactured on cutting-edge, automated production lines outside of China and have completed an extended cycle test as a means of performance guarantee. Similarly, the precision-engineered key is designed to last a lifetime. The product’s introduction has been a joint affair between Scott Foster, Head of Group Sales and Marketing and Ian Murgett, Continuous Improvement Manager. he concludes.

Ian commented: ‘We have a product development programme in place to improve all aspects of the door as an on-going process and we were keen to source a cylinder that reflects the ethos of the Endurance brand, representing outstanding product design and specification. He continued: ‘We have a thirst for product innovation and in the coming weeks we have further new launches planned, as we set our stall out to become the trade’s solid and secure composite door brand of choice.’ For further information on the Endurance Solid and Secure composite door range and a free marketing pack, please call the sales office on 01652 659259, visit the new website at https://endurancedoors.co.uk, or e-mail marketing@endurancedoors.co.uk. You can also add to the Twitter following @EnduranceDoors.

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