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Built in 1865, the Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery has long housed treasures from the likes of Edward Burne-Jones, William Morris and Dante Gabriel Rossetti and has an unrivalled 2,000 piece Pre-Raphaelite collection. However, it closed in November 2022 for essential maintenance which included electrical work, upgrading of the heating, lift replacement and roof repairs.
New rooflights are a key element in those roof repairs, so the challenge for Whitesales was to supply and install high performance, energy-efficient replacements for the timber originals which satisfied the constraints of the Grade II* listing and met the requirements of the City Council’s conservation office.
Once the design and specification had been agreed for the historic building, the rooflights also had to be fabricated and safely delivered to site in manageable-sized elements because access in and around the city centre site was difficult.
Whitesales worked closely with contractors ISG on the specification and design of the new aluminium rooflights. We visited the site for a survey, attended design meetings and delivered a sample to the site so that everyone on the client team was happy with what we were supplying in terms of both performance and aesthetics.
The finished rooflights are all bespoke. One is a 2610mm x 1260mm Monopitch rooflight with vertical face and sides set at 350mm. The other two are lantern rooflights of 2400mm x 2000mm and 3730mm x 1650mm with verticals of 450mm and 440mm. They are all finished in an anthracite grey on the exterior and white on the interior and are all CWCT TN92 Class 2 non-fragile to ensure the safety of anyone walking on the roof.
Whitesales has a long standing relationship with ISG, based on the quality of the work we have carried out on previous. For ISG’s Trainee Construction Manager Ryan Linnecor, Whitesales impressed with our knowledge and experience on heritage schemes. He commented: “Whitesales had a clear understanding of the Grade II* listed scheme and the constraints that presented. They impressed us once again with their approach on how to undertake the work sympathetically and the finished installation is of a very high quality.”
The clients at the Museum have already commented on how the new rooflights are bringing new natural light into previously dull areas of the building, something which will be appreciated by visitors when the Museum and Gallery starts to reopen in 2024.
Built in 1865, the Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery has long housed treasures from the likes of Edward Burne-Jones, William Morris and Dante Gabriel Rossetti and has an unrivalled 2,000 piece Pre-Raphaelite collection. However, it closed in November 2022 for essential maintenance which included electrical work, upgrading of the heating, lift replacement and roof repairs.
New rooflights are a key element in those roof repairs, so the challenge for Whitesales was to supply and install high performance, energy-efficient replacements for the timber originals which satisfied the constraints of the Grade II* listing and met the requirements of the City Council’s conservation office.
Once the design and specification had been agreed for the historic building, the rooflights also had to be fabricated and safely delivered to site in manageable-sized elements because access in and around the city centre site was difficult.
Whitesales worked closely with contractors ISG on the specification and design of the new aluminium rooflights. We visited the site for a survey, attended design meetings and delivered a sample to the site so that everyone on the client team was happy with what we were supplying in terms of both performance and aesthetics.
The finished rooflights are all bespoke. One is a 2610mm x 1260mm Monopitch rooflight with vertical face and sides set at 350mm. The other two are lantern rooflights of 2400mm x 2000mm and 3730mm x 1650mm with verticals of 450mm and 440mm. They are all finished in an anthracite grey on the exterior and white on the interior and are all CWCT TN92 Class 2 non-fragile to ensure the safety of anyone walking on the roof.
Whitesales has a long standing relationship with ISG, based on the quality of the work we have carried out on previous. For ISG’s Trainee Construction Manager Ryan Linnecor, Whitesales impressed with our knowledge and experience on heritage schemes. He commented: “Whitesales had a clear understanding of the Grade II* listed scheme and the constraints that presented. They impressed us once again with their approach on how to undertake the work sympathetically and the finished installation is of a very high quality.”
The clients at the Museum have already commented on how the new rooflights are bringing new natural light into previously dull areas of the building, something which will be appreciated by visitors when the Museum and Gallery starts to reopen in 2024.
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