Blog & Projects

Glass Fins and Glass Beams: The Hidden Structure Inside a Frameless Extension

Clients ask what is holding the roof up on a glass box, and the answer is usually more glass. This is a plain-English look at fins, beams, silicone joints and the steel you never see — the parts of a frameless extension that make the parts you do see possible.

Steel-Look Aluminium Doors & Windows, Crosby

Full-height steel-look aluminium doors and fixed screens for a red-brick home in Crosby, Liverpool — slim black framing, floor-to-ceiling glass.

Glass Box, Glass Link or Glass Corridor? Choosing the Right Structural Glazing for Your Home

The three terms get used interchangeably and they should not be. A glass box adds space, a glass link joins two buildings, a glass corridor is a route. Here is how to tell which one your home needs, with examples from projects across the North West.

Structural Glazing on Merseyside, the Wirral and the Sefton Coast: Specifying for Salt, Wind and Weather

A glass box in West Kirby or a glazed wall in Formby lives in a harsher environment than the same design ten miles inland. Here is what salt, wind and driven rain do to structural glazing, and how we specify for the Merseyside coast as a company based in Liverpool.

What Is Structural Glass? A Homeowner's Guide to Frameless Glazing

Every glass box, link and frameless wall we build relies on it, and almost nobody outside the industry knows what it means. This is structural glass explained plainly for a homeowner planning a project — what it is, how it holds itself up, and where it does and does not belong in a house.

Glass Corridor Design: Widths, Heights, Roofs, Doors and the Details That Make One Work

Most guides tell you a glass corridor is beautiful. This one tells you how wide it should be, how the roof drains, what holds it up and which door to put in the end of it — the decisions we make on every corridor we design in the North West.

Glass Links for Lancashire Farmhouses and Barns: Joining Old Stone to New Living Space

Lancashire is where we have built more glass links than anywhere else — farmhouses to barns, houses to converted shippons, homes to garden offices. Here is what makes a link on a stone building work, and where the difficulties usually are.

Glass Box Extensions in Cheshire: Planning, Green Belt and What Actually Gets Approved

Much of Cheshire sits in the Green Belt or a conservation area, which changes how an extension is judged. Here is how a frameless glass box tends to fare with planners in Wilmslow, Hale, Knutsford, Prestbury and Chester — and what to sort out before you apply.

Stone Barn Glass Link

Two stone barns joined by a fully glazed link