Manchester
Manchester – Advanced Glass Glazing and Façade Services
Manchester has one of the UK’s most ambitious city skylines with major residential towers, commercial hubs, and mixed-use schemes transforming areas such as Deansgate, Spinningfields, and the Northern Quarter. For main contractors, delivering façades in Manchester requires tackling challenges like tall building wind loads, complex site logistics in the city centre, and increasingly demanding fire and energy efficiency standards.
Advanced Glass glazing and façade services supports main contractors by taking responsibility for the full package including design, engineering, installation, testing, and handover. Our approach reduces risk, ensures compliance, and provides the certainty needed on high profile Manchester projects.
Safety and Compliance: Fire rated glazing, fire stops, and performance tested systems ensure compliance with Approved Document B and Part L.
Cost Control: Value engineered solutions using Technal, Senior Architectural Systems, and Aluprof.
Programme Certainty: Seamless coordination of design, procurement, fabrication, and installation avoids delays.
Quality Assurance: On site testing for air and water tightness with full O&M manuals at handover.
Advanced Glass offers a full range of façade systems suitable for Manchester’s demanding projects, including:
- Stick curtain walling
- Aluminium windows and doors including fire rated options
- Rainscreen cladding systems including glass, stainless steel, and aluminium finishes
- Shopfront glazing
- Façade design, engineering, and performance modelling
- Procurement, fabrication, installation, and testing
Manchester’s skyline is expanding rapidly and Advanced Glass glazing and façade services is the trusted partner helping main contractors deliver safe, compliant, and reliable building envelopes.
Ready to partner with a trusted façade contractor in Manchester?
Contact Advanced Glass today to discuss your project requirements. Our expert team is ready to support your build with safe, compliant, and high-performing façade solutions. Contact us by clicking the link below to get started.
Frequently Asked Questions
Aluminium windows offer durability, low maintenance, excellent thermal efficiency, and modern aesthetics, making them ideal for commercial applications.
Yes, modern aluminium windows feature thermal break technology to improve insulation, achieving low U-values meeting Part L building regulations and often exceeding it.
Options include double or triple glazing, solar control glass, acoustic glass, laminated safety glass, and enhanced security glass, depending on performance needs.
Yes, commercial aluminium windows can be PAS 24 certified and meet Secured by Design standards with multi-point locking systems with reinforced frames.
When properly maintained, aluminium windows can last 30 – 40 years, due to their corrosion resistance and high-quality powder-coated finishes.
Yes, they are available in a wide range of RAL colours, anodised finishes, and different configurations, including casement, tilt-and-turn, and sliding options.
Aluminium windows are designed to withstand extreme weather conditions, with high wind load resistance and water-tightness ratings to ensure long-term performance.
Minimal maintenance is needed – just the occasional cleaning and lubrication of moving parts is required to help ensure smooth operation and longevity.
Yes, aluminium is up to 100% recyclable, and many modern aluminium window systems use recycled materials, supporting sustainable building practices.
Lead times vary depending on customisation and project size, but standard windows typically take 12 – 16 weeks for design, manufacturing and delivery.
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If you’re looking for a specialist curtain walling, facade, or cladding contractor to assist you with your upcoming project, ensuring on-time delivery and a smooth process from start to finish, our expert team are on hand and ready to assist you.
