Lonsdale help rejuvenate
Forest Mere Health Farm
Patent Glazing systems manufactured by the Lonsdale Metal Company have
been installed in the Forest Mere Health Farm located in an area of outstanding
natural beauty deep in the Hampshire countryside.
Featured in a BBC "fly on the wall " TV documentary and described
as a "true fitness and beauty paradise", this exclusive health
farm has reopened following a £14 million high quality rebuild and
refurbishment. Guests now enjoy a café style restaurant, new accommodation,
the first Thalassotherapy salt-water hydro pool in the United Kingdom,
a 25 metre indoor swimming pool, luxurious sauna and steam rooms plus
extensive landscaping of the grounds.
In keeping with a relaxed atmosphere, Architects C.D.H Pottinger of Portsmouth
have created bright and airy interiors with Lonsdale's patent glazing
used to the very best advantage.
The most spectacular structure supplied by Lonsdale is a double glazed
cruciform lantern light topped by a pyramid roof. Spanning the windowless
reception and lounge, the lantern provides diffuse natural top light throughout
the area. To protect guests from the vagaries of the British weather,
a bright 17 metre double glazed walkway was also installed linking the
Spa café to the main house and accommodation blocks. The timber
beam roof in the café has a 10 square metre double glazed skylight
also manufactured by Lonsdale, it's clean lines blending well with the
roof beams.
Both the lantern light and walkway are based on the company's pre-fabricated
SpanGard system that ensures maximum light penetration and high performance
weathering. The structures were first "built" on computer using
the latest surface modelling MIS software to ensure accurate manufacture.
The glazing bars were then prepared in Lonsdale's works, sub-assembled
and finished in white polyester powder coating to BS6496 before transporting
to site for final erection. The software also provided the glass shapes
required by the glazing contractor.
All the structures, including the skylight in the Spa café, use
the company's ThermGard aluminium glazing bars. The slim, ventilated box-rafter
design is Lonsdale's answer to achieving thermal break roofing and features
a continuous pressure plate to ensure a weather tight seal that eliminates
air infiltration. On the outside, a low profile snap on cover provides
a neat invisible fixing. The main feature of ThermGard is that the self
supporting box section does not protrude to the outside and remains within
the environment of the building thus greatly reducing the risk of condensation.Glazing
contractors for the project, Solaglas of Portsmouth, found that Lonsdale's
long experience in supplying patent glazing systems proved invaluable
during the design, planning and installation stages.
Project Details
Project: Forest Mere Health Farm
Liphook
Hampshire GU30 7JQ
Tel: 01428 726000
Architects: C.D.H.Pottinger
23, High Street
Portsmouth PO1 2LS
Tel: 023 9282 1306
Main Contractor: Warings Contractors Limited
Gatcome HouseHilsea
Portsmouth
Hampshire PO2 0TU
Tel: 023 9269 4900
Glazing Contractors: Solaglas
Limberline Road
Hilsea Industrial Estate
Portsmouth PO6 1RU
Tel: 023 9266 4455
Patent Glazing manufacturer: Lonsdale Metal Company Limited
Unit 40
Millmead Industrial Centre
Mill Mead Road
London N17 9QU
Tel: 020 8801 4221
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