Sheerframe Creates a Room with a View - 9 August 2004

To make the most of the stunning views across 700 acres of woodland, parkland and
a PGA tour-standard golf course, luxury house builder, Countryside Properties,
has installed a large number of Sheerframe windows in each of its new homes
in the Reedlands development in Wychwood Park, Crewe.

Each of the four bed luxury family homes has up to 40 windows including four sets of French door combination frames in order to take full advantage of the views and to allow the maximum amount of light in. Many of the houses also feature an extended dining room with 10 sq metres of glazing, and a vaulted ceiling, creating an extra light and airy space.

Countryside Properties has only recently changed its specification of windows from timber to PVC, and is now using Sheerframe System 6000 casements, French doors and conservatories from systems company L.B. Plastics, and high performance engineered timber front doors from Manse Masterdor ltd.  Local Sheerframe fabricator Crystal UPVC Window & Door Systems fabricated and installed the windows and doors.

A Countryside Properties spokesperson, commented, “We recently switched to PVC for reasons of speed of supply, cost, and maintenance issues.  We were very impressed with the quality of the Sheerframe conservatories we used on one of our first PVC projects, so the windows were the obvious choice for this development.  Having specified timber for so long we were concerned that PVC would not look as good, but are very impressed with the quality and finish on the Sheerframe windows and think that it is a very neat and tidy product.”

Contracts manager, at Crystal, David Thomas, said, “The large feature windows add an extra wow factor to the homes and really make the most of the views.  In properties of such high quality it was important that the windows not only looked good from the outset, but also remained looking good for many years to come.  Sheerframe windows have the traditional look of timber without any of the associated maintenance problems.”