Teleflex Midi Drive.

Just taken these shots for a customer, so I thought I 

would share them.

This is what a Teleflex Midi drive unit looks like 

with the cover off.

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Bespoke Window fittings at Widmerpool Hall

I came across these window fittings a while ago, whilst looking

for something else - usually the case.

I do have images of the fittings on the windows, somewhere!

I will try and find them out for another time.

Widmerpool Hall was the home of the AA Patrol Service Training School,

from the 1950's, up to a few years ago, when it was turned into 

luxury apartments.

I got involved with the job via the main contractor, who was very

keen to replicate the window fittings.

These are the two main items, although there were others, which

I may find another time

When I come across the other parts and the images I  took,

I will post those up as well.

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Smith Wallis 242 and Pace Handles.

Been a couple of weeks since my last entry - all sorts of

things going on.

Here are a couple of recent jobs - Custom length 242D openers

for a Police Station and some Pace Architectural Handles.

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on here, e.mail me at the address below.

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Heywood Williams Window Handles

Heywood Williams have been making commercial and domestic

windows for many years and a lot of these were fitted in

Schools, Colleges, Hospitals, Social Housing, Civic Buildings etc.

A great deal of these 30 - 40 year old windows are still in service.

Below is a selection of some of the handles fitted to the earlier series.

I will do the rest of what we have, next time.

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Pace 340 and Pace 620.

Pace Architectural was based in West Bromwich for many years

and was then acquired by Caldwell Hardware, who took on

board the range of fittings they made.

This included the now, industry standard folding openers, 

along with Spring Catches, Pivots, Locking Units, Hinges,

Handles and a range of "Fireman's Axe" fittings.

I took on board the Fireman's Axe fittings, Handles and

Locking units, some time ago and a good part of

the range is still produced.

The detail below shows a Pace 340 Locking unit

and a 620 Handle.

I will do more Pace fittings, another time.

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Aluminium Door Hinges.

Here is another purpose made hinge job.

Aluminium, powder coated door hinges.

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Purpose made Hinges.

Over the next few posts, I am going to feature some of the

purpose made hinges that we have made.

If an old door or window is in a sorry state, it is very difficult

to get it operating correctly, if replacement parts don't fit properly.

Perhaps the most important things are the hinges, as other parts

can be retro-fitted if the opening light swings and closes as it should.

Fitting something that is close, more often than not, causes more

problems than it solves.

So, with this in mind, wherever possible, we will make replica's,

so that all the engineer has to do is remove the old and tired

hinges and fit the new ones.

 

Tomorrow I will feature another purpose made hinge.

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Custom Brass Hinges.

This is one of the latest jobs I have been on.

Custom brass replica hinges for a steel window job, over in Ireland.

If you scroll down a little, you will see the job that they refer to.

 

The hinges, from a distance, looked like a standard 1260 W20

type but once removed, it is quite clear that they are not.

 

Slight issues with access means that a "fit it quick" solution was

required, as messing around trying to mackle something else

into position, is not the way to go.

Next week, I'll detail another hinge replica job. 

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Percy Lane Keep.

We have been very busy for the last couple of weeks, so I am running a little

behind on keeping this up to date!

Anyway, here's one of the latest jobs.

An original Percy Lane keep, that operated with a standard

catch, similar to the old CEGO type.

The problem was that with the aid of a screwdriver, the sashes could

be parted and then lifted.

We made a new keep, with a return lip to prevent the sashes being

parted and extended the height, so a new, locking catch could be used.

Job done.

Back next time with a few more projects.

Steel Windows on the Emerald Isle.

It's been some time since my last post and since then I have

been to Ireland and back.

 

After around 25 years of travelling around, surveying thousands

of windows, I  have found myself mainly office/workshop based for

the last six years, with the odd trip to site to meet a customer.

In all those years, I guess the furthest distance would have been around

200 miles, to a large vertical slider job on the south coast, so a trip to

Ireland would be the longest distance to date. 

 This is a wonderful old building, sturdy construction, with a lot of character.

The two days I was there flew by - taking details of parts required,

measurements and photographs as well as getting stuck into some

Scrape, Ease & Adjust work, to assess what could be achieved.
 

It was nice to get back into the thick of it, at the coal face, so to speak.

There is a lot to be done at this site but when it is all done, these windows

should give good service for many more years to come.


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Steel Window Fittings.

Old catalogues of Steel Window Fittings are very rare, as most of

them were considered obsolete when the new ones came out.

They give a great insight into parts of the time and the way 

that they were presented.

If you look at the prices on one of the sheets and scroll

down to part number 158, in RTD - listed at 37p, 

the same handle is still available, almost 37 years later

at over 35 times the cost!!

These are extracts from Smith Wallis, Cego and

Crittall-Hope catalogues.

If you are interested in, or involved in commercial

fenestration and you want to get in touch,

drop me a line here.

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