A deprived building and local community receive something to go ‘ping-pong’ over.

35 Cosway Street, was granted a Grade II* Listing in 1954. It is a distinctive deconsecrated church in the Lisson Grove Conservation Area. Greenhouse Sports was founded in 2002 as a sports coaching charity. Recently, they acquired 35 Cosway Street, and have refurbished the building into a state of the art sport centre that enables them to extend their sport development model into the community.

A radical and sensitive transformation was required to turn the church into a sports centre. Latitude Architects was engaged to work on the plans for the renovation, which were undertaken in consultation with Historic England.

Sound insulation was imperative to stop noise escaping and disturbing local residents. Therefore, Latitude architects specified the use of secondary glazing to provide sound insulation; a reduction of 46dB was required. In addition, it improved the thermal properties of the building and provided guarding in certain areas.

Cosmur Construction (London) Ltd, was appointed as Main Contractor, who approached Selectaglaze to discuss the treatment and scheduling of secondary glazing works to the windows.

88 units were manufactured and installed, which were a combination of Series 42 fixed lights with curved and standard heads, as well as Series 80 3HS contra sliding units. Some of the Series 80 were 1.9m (h) x 2.3m (w) and weighed over 130kg when all assembled, so fixing points had to be checked for their strength to maintain integrity of the installation. The units came in 3 separate panes to enable manual handling and accessing the specific areas for installation.

Founded in 1966, Royal Warrant Holder Selectaglaze has worked on all buildings of all types from Listed to traditional and even new build. Selectaglaze will be showcasing a variety of secondary glazing products at Futurebuild from the 5^th – 7^th March, ExCel London at Stand D21.

Contact Selectaglaze on 01727 837271/e mail: enquiries@selectaglaze.co.uk or visit: www.selectaglaze.co.uk