PR 35665.DRS
20 February 2014 

DR-AMATICEDGE PROTECTION

  

As an acknowledge leader in the production and installation of glazed balustrades, DR Services regularly assists architects and interior designers create visually dramatic staircases, balconies, bridges and atrium elevations. 

Thanks to the availability of its patented DR-y^RSHOE , the Harlow based architectural glazing specialist can not only create glass balustrades that are elegant and unobtrusive, but is also able to meet the highest level of barrier load condition at 3 Kn. Furthermore, thanks to DR Services' extensive experience across all the sectors, the balustrades can also be specified to comply with the fullest extent of DDA legislation. 

The shoe can be bolted to either the face or edge of the floor slab - and even onto other sections of laminated glass in order to create a totally transparent bridge structure, often up to 1400 mm in width. 

While such fabrications were once the reserve of top end hotels and restaurants, DRS is now regularly fitting them in retail and office developments. 

Director of DR Services, Julie Jarvis, comments: "As with most of our work all of our glass balustrades are bespoke to suit the customer's requirements, though they tend to feature 32 mm thick laminated glass with three sheets of toughened glass and two interlayers. At a 1100mm high, retained by our DR-y^RSHOE system, that can withstand the heaviest barrier loads that people design to - 3Kn - without the need for a capping rail to provide additional rigidity.

"The glass itself is held in the plastic Iso-Shoe (spelling) extrusion with a tapered aluminium wedge being used to secure it - while this can be demounted again if required. The shoe is normally covered by a brushed stainless steel cap, but it can be cloaked with any metal, either coloured or with an architectural finish. There is virtually no limit to what we can offer customers in terms of glass balustrades." 

For more details call D R Services on 01279 445277, e-mailinfo@drservices.co.ukor look at websitewww.drservices.co.uk.

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With compliments:
Taylor Alden Ltd
Unit 2, Temple Place
247 The Broadway
Wimbledon
London
SW19 1SD
Tel: 020 8543 3866
Fax: 020 8543 2841
email:pr@tayloralden.co.uk