Greenhouse Sports was founded in 2002 as a sports coaching charity. Recently, they acquired 35 Cosway Street, located in one of the most deprived wards in London, and have refurbished the building into a state of the art sport centre. Christchurch, 35 Cosway Street, was granted a Grade II* Listing in 1954.
A radical and sensitive transformation was required to turn the church into a sports centre, to provide first-rate facilities for the coaches to deliver high-quality sports programmes, for the local community and beyond. Latitude Architects was engaged to work on the plans for the renovation, which were undertaken in consultation with Historic England. Planning permission was sought for the installation of a lift, new internal lighting, and balustrades to the gallery, a new sports floor and much more.
Surrounded by local shops, residential areas and community buildings; sound insulation was imperative to stop noise escaping and disturbing local residents.
Cosmur Construction (London) Ltd, experts in sensitive renovations of Listed buildings, were appointed as Main Contractor, and approached Selectaglaze to discuss the treatment and scheduling of secondary glazing works to the windows.
Although the secondary glazing wasn’t as problematic as other areas of the renovation, it still posed some challenges. The windows had large sweeping curved heads at high level. To enable exact measurements and a snug fit, a laser measurer was used to plot the arches to facilitate the manufacture of the units. The newly created mezzanine level cut the full height windows in 2 which left a void in all the reveals. To combat this, the 1st floor glazing also acted as a guard to the void, which included 12mm toughened glass.
88 units were manufactured and installed, which were a combination of Series 42 fixed lights with curved and standard heads, as well as Series 80 3HS contra sliding units. Some of the Series 80 were 1.9m (h) x 2.3m (w) and weighed over 130kg when all assembled, so fixing points had to be checked for their strength to maintain integrity of the installation. The units came in 3 separate panes to enable manual handling and accessing the specific areas for installation. The transformation has given the space a new lease of life, which will benefit the local residents for years to come.
Established in 1966 and granted a Royal Warrant in 2004, Selectaglaze is the leading specialist in the design, manufacture and installation of secondary glazing.
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