Blou continued their healthy working relationship with Coniston on the redevelopment of a Grade 2 listed building in the heart of Clerkenwell. Along with the typical 1st and 2nd fix carpentry and joinery works, Blou’s scope comprised of the design, manufacture and installation of the following:
- Fire rated timber internal and external doorsets with feature vision panels and Satin Stainless Steel ironmongery, certain doorsets incorporated complex AOV systems supplied by Blou.
- Timber casement windows and box sliding sash windows – a mix of traditional lead weight/pulley system and modern spring loaded system – incorporating AOV systems supplied by Blou.
- Timber-structured winding staircase including half landings and landings from the 3rd to the newly extended 4th floor with balustrading manufactured to match existing profiles and a Monkey-Tailed hardwood handrail.
- 3 metre height external entrance doorset designed in-house exactly in accordance with an existing doorset on the opposite elevation as required by the Architect, manufactured in solid hardwood at Blou’s Joinery manufacturing facility in Essex.
Despite the challenges faced during this project – due to the COVID-19 Pandemic biting around the commencement date – Blou successfully completed their works and received praise from Coniston’s Project Director:
“I just wanted to extend my thanks to all at Blou for the hard work over the past year on a number of Coniston projects, you have always delivered an excellent end product with minimal fuss.”
