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Interesting Alternative to Glass

22nd November 20230

No two jobs are ever the same… we thrive on finding solutions for our customers, achieving their expectations, needs, and within budget.

One particular customer came to us with a very clear idea of what they wanted – a glass room to create a corner of private tranquility in their garden. They had a hot tub, which was the driving force behind creating this relaxing area, which needed to be covered for all year round use.

We went about measuring and designing their bespoke glass room. However, there was another request… there was a fence which didn’t particularly look great and they had a requirement for privacy. We came up with an idea to create a contemporary, aluminum side wall, hiding the view of their adjacent fence while creating private seclusion.

Although the aluminum side wall wasn’t a product option at that time, we were more than happy to investigate and to bring one to market, helping to create the customer’s ideal outcome. The end product needed to have an identical matching colour to our framework, in the same textured and very on-trend, Anthracite grey.

The end project was a beautiful success, individually created for our client, who was thrilled to be able to switch off from the hustle and bustle of life, taking a few steps out onto her patio into her garden glass room – in privacy and without staring at her fence!

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14m Wide Victorian Glass Veranda

5th July 20230

Our lovely customers in Hertfordshire, Mr & Mrs P, had only recently ‘downsized’ to this fabulous new home which features a superbly wide patio terrace.

Their initial enquiry was for a three or four meter wide Traditional Glass Veranda, to be built in the far left-hand corner of the patio, which by the time we got to meet them had grown to a five meter, or maybe even six meter, larger design.

The client was under no illusion about how beneficial this feature would be on the back of their home, they didn’t want to regret choosing too small a size, and they could see the added benefit of covering both sets of patio doors. Added to that, they soon came to realise the advantage of having further dry walkway access to and from their kitchen door, at the far right-hand end of this wide terrace.

Needing no encouragement from us at Elegant, this forward thinking customer opted to span their entire terrace width, ordering a fabulous 14m wide Traditional Victorian Glass Veranda complete with solid bollard bases, and ornate Victorian brackets, all in a powder coated RAL colour to match their windows and doors.

Our Veranda system here is one continuous 14m width, custom CAD designed to fit the house beautifully, and fitted with care by our own in-house team. Once complete, all agreed that it looked a perfect picture adding a touch of charm to the property.

 

Traditional glass veranda during construction.

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Installed More Than Once!

12th May 20230

Our client from 2017 in Oxfordshire was thrilled with the result installing a large glass veranda in a contemporary grey-black. However this was not the end of the tale.

This particular glass veranda stretched across the back of the house, some 11.5m wide, and came outward to a projection of 3.5m. Several years passed by and the plans for their house changed, with the clients looking to build an extension at the back, over the space occupied by their glass veranda.

So, they approached us to see what could be done with the existing veranda. We came up with a plan to dismantle the existing veranda and store the glass, the frame and all the profiles. Our team carefully carried out a very precise plan to remove the glass veranda, secure it carefully transporting it to a garage for safe keeping, where it could hibernate whilst the house had a large extension built.

Once the house building work was completed our team returned to reinstall the veranda (complete with its original tinted glass and all of its many parts) back to the extended house, attaching it to the newly constructed wall and to a perfection in which no-one would imagine it had ever been moved. It is testament to the quality of our product that, after years of use and then reinstallation, it polished up like brand new!

Our clients were thrilled to have our trusted company look after this project for them, with ‘kid gloves’, seeing it reinstated to the exact specifications and standards of its original build.

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Weinor Glass Room in Kent

27th February 20220

Recently we completed this spectacular transformation of a terrace in Kent, for customers Sharon and Ron, replacing their ageing wooden trellis and deck structure.

A stunning Weinor glass veranda, complete with w-17 glass doors, now upgrades this outdoor living area in the place of their previous arrangement. Gone with the old timber deck boards, darkening trellis fencing and yellowed polycarbonate roof sheets, and in with a remodelled patio, Weinor Terrazza veranda with three sets of Weinor sliding glass doors! Colour coded to match with the grey-black cladding of their home, even the veranda roof glass was in our solar grey-black tint. The finished result looks a pleasing picture with the customer delighted.

 

The terrace before with wooden trellis structure.

Sharon and Ron were keen to pay attention to the details on this project, they chose Elegant to provide their glass veranda knowing that detail and quality matter utmost to us too. With the patio tiled in slate grey, even the existing duck egg blue summer house received a coordinated coat of fresh paintwork. Coordinating with surrounding elements leads to a more consummate completion, leaving no stone unturned they now have a beautiful outdoor living area, flooded in light from glass all around, an asset to their property and home lifestyle.

To achieve a high end finish for your glass veranda project call Elegant today.

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UK Atomic Energy Authority

15th August 20210

The government UKAEA selected us at Elegant to provide this impressive 19m wide x 5m veranda system, for their kitchen restaurant courtyard at Culham science centre, Oxfordshire.

Meeting up with us in early Spring, design for this substantial glass roof system was to form a major part of the makeover planned for their kitchen courtyard, improving the outdoor environment for staff at Culham. Technical obstacles included how the glass veranda could not be fixed directly to the building, this due to the office construction of cladding and aluminium window frames. Instead, a free-standing support frame was to be concreted deep into the ground, supporting this veranda off the building at its rear. For product info see Custom Brackets.

All of the staff here at Elegant Glass Verandas passed stringent security checks to gain passes onto the high security government site. The UKAEA also has excellent codes for workplace safety, something which all contributing companies and contractors must be able to demonstrate and strictly follow. Elegant Glass Verandas were chosen for our professional reputation and our ability to meet their high standards. We completed this project in July 2021, on schedule, on budget, and meeting full commercial health and safety protocols.

The UKAEA at Culham researches fusion energy and its related technologies, with the aim of positioning the UK as a leader in sustainable nuclear energy. Fusion, the process that powers the Sun, can play a big part in our low-carbon energy future. UKAEA scientists and engineers work with partners around the globe to develop fusion as a new source of sustainable energy, for tomorrow’s power stations.

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Milo, Yogi, Craggs & Crufts

11th February 20200

Recently we were in Buckinghamshire helping Andrew & Naomi Cragg with a glass veranda. Australian they both love being outdoors, and now living in England they wanted a covered area.

Not long having been in England, both Andrew and Naomi were keen for a protected barbecue terrace. During the course of proceedings at their home they asked if dogs were a problem, that they had two shut away in a room, and so two energetic hounds came bounding out into the garden. Instantly we realised that their two dogs were the same breed as our dog, Milo (in the photo above), a Hungarian Vizsla. Naomi asked where we had got our dog from and so we told of our breeder in Cumbria – whom it seemed Naomi knew of immediately.

Naomi then explained that Milo’s father was a dog called Yogi, real certificated name “Hungargunn Bear It’n Mind”, and that he was the winner of Crufts in 2010. Asked how on Earth she could know this Naomi announced that her dog had in fact been our dogs father – from Australia! Naomi had bred him in Sydney 2004, Yogi had won lots of shows, he’d come to England at 5 years of age winning his crowning glory at Crufts, and from Australia they’d bred him worldwide – including with our breeder up in Cumbria.

What a small world! Andrew and Naomi are loving their glass veranda and we wish them and the dogs many happy evenings outdoors.

 

Hungarian Vizsla
These aristocratic red-coated thoroughbreds are rugged yet elegant athletes. Third or fourth fastest dog on the planet Vizslas can run at 40mph with boundless energy, they make good gun dogs and exhausting pets! By nature Vizslas are lively, gentle-mannered, affectionate and sensitive, they are loyal and possess a well-developed protective instinct. Created in Hungary to work as a pointer and retriever Vizslas were known as the “Gift of Kings” as breeding was restricted to Nobility in the Greater Hungarian Kingdom. The first written reference of the breed dates back to 1357 in the Illustrated Vienna Chronicle prepared for King Louis I of Hungary.

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A Picture Perfect Veranda

7th September 20190

Over the past 17 years at Elegant we’ve had many lovely and talented customers, although not many have surprised us with a painting illustrating them enjoying their new glass veranda.

Heather and Tony Wass in Cambridgeshire were so pleased with their Elegant glass veranda that it inspired Tony to paint a personal thank you card. Tony has always enjoyed art and painting, and having his new veranda he can now get outside more often enjoying the natural light when creating his masterpieces. It also means that whatever the weather they can enjoy another pastime – having a nice glass of wine together on the terrace! A lot of our customers share enjoyment of that hobby and we often receive photographs of such.

But Tony went further getting his easel and colours out. Tony’s delightful artwork illustrates how the new glass veranda has transformed their patio and home life. Tony sent us an A4 folded card featuring one painting of him struggling onto an empty wet patio, with an umbrella, then inside the card was a second painting of himself and Heather seated below glass – and raising a glass. A large caption reads, “WHOOPEE ! And Thanks, the Wasses”.

Our thanks to you Tony we’ll be getting that one framed!

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Glass Veranda in Salisbury

19th July 20190

Mrs C. in Salisbury got in touch wanting to upgrade her patio awning to a glass veranda, like her neighbours across the road, but wishing to keep the use of her existing awning too.

Our lady customer in Salisbury had been happy with her sun awning for several years, it had served her well, but it fell short come less clement weather and it didn’t give the permanent cover Mrs. C. now desired. When one of her neighbours benefited from installing a glass veranda Mrs C. realised the way forward and how a veranda could be a better option – awnings are great but can have their limitations during the four seasons of our weather.

We visited her lovely home, and what a fantastic location, her patio enjoyed a close view of the magnificent Salisbury cathedral spire standing 123 meters tall (404 feet) it dominating the landscape since construction in the 14th century. Mrs C. had a beautiful little garden which she enjoyed very much. Green was to be the theme following on from her awning fabric colour and so our Forest Green framework was chosen for the veranda.

One key factor was that Mrs C. wanted to keep her patio awning too, in order not to be wasteful, and in respect of the several years of fine service it had payed. And so our installers, Paul and Luke, free of charge reinstalled the customer’s awning higher up over the glass veranda, to give shade and sun protection whenever required. You can see the awning just visible in the photo above, above the glass. Paul & Luke then also gave her neighbours veranda a full wash and clean in way of a thank you  – such good guys. Thanks.

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Outdoor Living Fireplace

14th September 20170

Fire pits may be all the fashion right now but let’s not forget about chimeneas – the original patio fireplace. Outdoor heating that’s a fun veranda accessory as autumn approaches.

Our customer Mr Spedding, in Surrey, highly recommends his chimenea. He loves his new Elegant glass veranda, of course, and on being invited to visit him after installation we learned some useful advice about how he heats his terrace during frequent garden parties – outdoor entertaining his friends and neighbours late into the evenings. The glass veranda in point is featured in the photo above, a contemporary gunmetal gray replacing Mr Spedding’s previous wooden structure. The new veranda installation even includes a drinks fridge – plus his faithful chimenea sitting center stage.

Getting-Started Advice

Clay models have the best combustion and will burn fuel to a fine ash. Place outside of the glass veranda – you’ll feel the heat just fine, and be sure to pour a few inches of sand in the bottom of the chimenea before adding fuel. A sand bed protects the clay from cracking and should remain in place.

Mr Spedding, Derek, recommended Heat Logs for fuel – widely available including online order from Amazon or in DIY stores. Environmentally friendly heat logs are made up of wood from managed forests and recycled timber, cleverly compressed into handy logs. They are easy to light, they burn hot, are clean to handle and burn clean and smokeless – meaning guests won’t smell like a bonfire!

Use only dry wood or heat logs, not coal or charcoal which burn too hot damaging the chimenea. When not in use apply the chimney lid, keeping rain out, and use a protective cover over winter. Avoid water logging the clay and don’t light your chiminea if noticeably water logged, allow it to dry out naturally under the veranda. Always note manufacturer advice and use common sense with children.

Derek says that just two or three heat logs are enough to warm your glass veranda and adjacent patio during an Alfresco drink or short barbecue, this costing just a couple of pounds. A very long evening might use ten or twelve logs, maybe £7 or £8, but it’s all good fun and your veranda party guests will love it.

History

Historically made from fired clay the traditional Mexican chimenea dates back 400 years keeping families warm for hours burning only a few sticks. Originally used for both heating and cooking, outside and inside, they provided evening warmth and in the morning could be used for baking bread. Today they are purely terrace heaters and a quality model can last many years.

Thanks Derek, we love outdoor living too!