Glazing Contractors
Winter Checks for Atrium Glazing Before the Weather Turns
Atrium roofs get found out in winter. The defects are there all year, but a dry August hides them, and then the first sustained period of wind-driven rain pushes water through something that had been coping. Autumn is the window for doing something about it, and most of the useful checks don’t need a contractor […]
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Emergency Atrium Call-outs and What They Actually Cost
A pane cracks in an atrium roof at five on a Friday afternoon. There’s glass over a public space, so the building has a safety problem, and the call that follows is one of the more expensive phone calls in facilities management. Nobody is surprised that emergency work costs more than planned work. What surprises […]
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How Glaziers Work Safely at Height Inside an Occupied Atrium
The glazing work is the straightforward half. Removing a failed unit from an atrium roof and fitting a new one is a trade skill, well understood, with established methods. The difficult half is that the atrium is in use. There are people below, a building that can’t close, and a roof that needs working on […]
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