Commercial
Secondary Glazing for Care Homes
Care-home residents spend disproportionately long periods within a few metres of their bedroom window — cold surfaces, condensation and noise all show up in CQC feedback. We handle the CQC environmental standards, Part L thermal, Part K safety glazing compliance side in-house so your project team doesn't have to.
Local reference points
- Regulations
- CQC environmental standards, Part L thermal, Part K safety glazing
- Typical project
- phased room-by-room installs over 4–8 weeks
- Recommended service
- Thermal Insulation
- Performance
- U-values from 1.868 W/m²K
- Recommended product
- hinged units
- Coverage
- South Yorkshire, West Yorkshire, Derbyshire, Notts
Standard spec for care homes
Restrictor mechanisms are safeguarding-compliant out of the box.
Handover pack includes a maintenance schedule for the facilities team.
Low-E soft-coat glass eliminates the cold-window surface residents feel in bedside chairs.
"Will it interfere with restrictor limits and safeguarding?"
All units carry factory-fitted restrictors within CQC-permitted limits.
Recent installs nearby
Kelham Island loft conversion
Four large steel-frame factory openings sealed with slim satin-anodised horizontal sliders. Post-install U-value 1.87 W/m²K.
Bennetthorpe villa Low-E retrofit
Full ground-floor sash retrofit with Low-E secondary sliders — gas usage down 22% over the following heating season.
Edgerton stone-mullioned villa
Whole-house retrofit of hinged secondary units behind original mullioned casements. U-value 1.94 W/m²K on tested rooms.
Other commercial sectors we cover
Common questions
How long does an install take?
A typical whole-house residential install is a single day; larger commercial jobs are phased so trading isn't interrupted.
Is there a warranty?
Yes — 10 years on the manufacture and installation, and a manufacturer's warranty on the glass units.
How does this compare to replacement double glazing?
A modern secondary unit with Low-E glass and a 100 mm cavity outperforms most existing sealed double-glazed units — and it works on windows you legally can't replace.
Can Low-E glass be combined with acoustic laminated?
Yes — most heavy specifications combine both, so you get acoustic gain and thermal gain in the same install.
Will it help with condensation on my sash windows?
Almost always — the room-side pane raises the surface temperature of the glass you touch, which stops warm interior air condensing.
Commercial-grade specification, phased around your operation
Hotels, schools, offices — tell us the trading pattern and we'll fit around it.
Next step for care homes projects
Tell us the site, the trading pattern and the acoustic or thermal target. We'll come back with a phased programme and a fixed-price quote — most care homes projects complete without any operational disruption.