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Lonsdale Patent Glazing lets light in at Waterloo

The 23,500 sq/m glass roof at London Waterloo railway station, the equivalent of five football pitches, has been re-glazed using a patent glazing system. To the layman the roof's nine barrels all look the same but in fact each one varies greatly in size and profile. Lonsdale's SkyGard patent glazing system was chosen by main contractors, Amec Capital Projects as it would easily accommodated the tolerance and shapes encountered by the roofing contractor Kelsey Roofing. Despite SkyGard being a tried and tested product, Lonsdale had to develop specially extended spacer brackets for the installer to permit ventilation at the bottom of each glazing tier. The brackets allowed air circulation under the roof to dispel diesel exhaust without undue ingress of driving rain.

The refurbished roof covers nineteen platforms all of which remained open and functioning for the duration of the contract with minimum inconvenience to passengers or train running times.

Project Details

Project: Regeneration Programme for Waterloo Station

Roofing Refurbishment Customer: Network Rail

Design Engineer: Stephen Frankham Associates

Main Contractor: Amec Capital Projects

Roof Glazing Bar Supplier: Lonsdale Metal Company Ltd
Product: SkyGardSky71 Patent Glazing Bars

Laminated Glass Supplier: The Dorset Glass Company

Glazing contractor: Kelsey Roofing Industries Ltd

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