Projects

Fosse Way School Window and Door Project This project was awarded in the early part of 2013 to Modern Glass, the successful tenderer. The work involved required careful planning and organisation to suit the special needs of the school. The majority of the work on this particular contract had to be executed out of school hours to a very tight completion schedule. The windows and doors comprised of: White uPVC windows complete with tinted safety…

This school project was carried out in the summer vacation of 2014. The old metal Critall windows were replaced with aluminium Thermal Break windows powder coated to the customers preferred colour. Aluminium windows had to sympathise the existing looks of the Critall windows which are slimmer than conventional aluminium windows. Another option for the customer was to incorporate Grey Anti-Sun toughened double glazed units to keep cool in the summer as well as keeping the heat in…

This project was carried out during the summer break and was another project on a tight schedule having to be completed by the end of August. The school wanted the benefits of uPVC windows for maintenance free and the thermal advantages that uPVC windows can offer. All opening vents were to high to gain access with conventional handles so we offered folding cams that could be gained by using a cam pole the folding cams…

This building had a complete overhaul inside and out with Modern Glass working in conjunction with Bray and Slaughter as the main contractor. Modern Glass were involved in replacing 80 new aluminium Thermal Break white powder coated windows on the first, second, an third floors. This project was carried out in January 2013 with a 8 week time schedule. The existing windows were single glazed silver anodised aluminium sliding windows.

Modern Glass carried out the installation of Aluminium and Timber Composite windows and doors to the Bristol Zoo Conservation Education Centre. These windows and doors require specialist fitting including the installation of compriband around the peripheries of the windows and doors. The installation of the windows and doors were carried out at different stages of the project to ensure that other essential work could carry on during the winter.

This Project was once again on a tight schedule and had to be completed during the Easter Half Term. The window replacements was the second phase of Building 300. The Aluminium windows and door had to match the previous replacements carried out in the Summer of 2014. Grey tinted anti-sun

Here is another school project carried out for the Local Authorities. This project was to remove all the timber windows and doors and replace with white uPVC  windows and doors incorporating the school colours (blue) into the solid panels in the bottom of the frames and glazing Grey Anti-Sun Toughened glass above the panels. All remaining timbers of the fascia’s, soffits and posts were cladded with white uPVC trims including the guttering. All opening vents to the…

This project was carried out in conjunction with Mr Chamberlain former Managing Director of Chamberlain Builders to resolve an issue with the main leaded lights on the front of Trinity Church. The issue was that there was a cross incorporated into the 3 main leaded lights, however this was becoming increasingly difficult to see as the colour of the glass were fading and previously someone had painted the cross with black paint to enhance the…

This contract was one of the largest in quantities of windows to install with the shortest of time scale to complete the installation of 278 windows and 1no pair of commercial Aluminium doors. The client had requested Aluminium Thermal Break windows powder coated in a Grey RAL finish complete with clear/obscured Low E Warm Edge spacer and Argon gas filled sealed double glazed units all windows incorporated trickle vents and restricted hinges. When we surveyed…

This project started early in the year (2009). The existing glass of three stable barns had to be carefully removed to allow the existing corroded metal frames to be restored, and then finally re-glazed to achieve it's former glory. The removal of the glass was painstakingly slow in order to preserve and protect the existing panes of glass. This procedure allowed the "old" glass to be re-glazed after the refurbishment of the metal frames. Each…