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Spectus Slide to Success at Wimborne
11/01/2006
Traditional-style VS profile by Spectus, installed by Dorwin, are fulfilling
conservation requirements at the listed Wimborne Junior School in Portsmouth.
Spectus' VS profiles are designed to look like the original vertical sliding sash
windows and work in the same way, and are being regularly being approved
by local authorities and specifiers to ensure the integrity of listed buildings.

Wimborne Junior School
was constructed in the
late 19th century and
is set within a strict
conservation area.
When several hundred
original timber sash
windows required
replacement, the
Spectus VS was specified,
in conjunction with Dorwin,
to retain the original
appearance of the building
in a low maintenance,
high-performance
construction. Fabricated
and installed by Dorwin, the
white Spectus VS windows
have the thermal efficiency
of modern PVC windows.


Spectus VS Windows at Wimborne Junior School, Portsmouth

Using Spectus' VS fabricators such as Dorwin can create widows with the all
important period details. Those fabricated for Wimborne School have a deep bottom
rail for a traditional vertical slider appearance and a traditional opening mechanism.
To increase the weather resistance of the window there is pile seal detail on the
outer frame and sash edges.

With a total of over 300 pupils, Wimborne Junior School is a co-educational
community school that caters for children from the age of seven to eleven.
Dorwin worked in partnership with the school to co-ordinate installation
within the live school environment.