Over the past 25 years, Signature Windows & Doors has established itself as the first port of call for bespoke, premium window and door solutions. Building Ireland had a chat with marketing manager Jamie Hackett to find out more about the range of commercial and residential products offered by this industry-leading operation.
From its bases in Dunlavin, County Wicklow and Rathmines, Dublin 6, Signature Windows & Doors delivers an extensive array of premium, bespoke solutions to home owners, developers, main contractors and the construction industry in general, working to the very highest standards on residential and commercial projects alike, including replacement windows and doors, extensions and new builds.
Down through the years, the company has supplied unrivalled products and workmanship on major projects for a who’s who of clients. At the time of writing, for example, one of their ongoing projects was the supply and installation of wood windows and doors to Ireland’s first forest resort, Centre Parcs, Longford, which features a bespoke curtain walling system. This large-scale project is being constructed by John Sisk & Son and is due to open next summer.
Since the company was established by managing director Ger Mooney a quarter of a century ago, Signature Windows & Doors has consistently worked to the very highest standards pertaining to industry, providing premium solutions that have seen Signature – the authorised distributor for Andersen Windows and Doors, UPB and Megrame Export windows and doors in Ireland – go from strength to strength on the back of a steady volume of repeat business and positive referrals.
Marketing manager Jamie Hackett points out that Signature’s window and door range can be divided into three themes: “Firstly, there’s a traditional wooden window and door range. We also offer a contemporary slimline aluclad range, which is one of the first to feature a thermal break between the aluminium and wood, resulting in passive -near passive U Values and a very high performing water management system. Meanwhile, Andersen is a premium window and door collection with a classical design.”
Manufactured by Megrame and designed by Signature Windows with exceptional aesthetics and unparalleled performance, the traditional wooden window and door range (including weighted and sprung sliding sash windows, casement windows, fixed and shaped windows, top-hung windows, front doors and French doors) matches indigenous UK and Irish styles.
Four traditional profiling options are available for frame and sash, with five standard sash horn types to meet bespoke requirements. Any RAL colour and dual colour option for interior and exterior can be provided. Bespoke design and glass options are available, backed up by an extensive 10 -year warranty as standard.
The contemporary-styled slimline aluminium clad wood windows and doors offer modern designs and unmatched performance. Offering contemporary glazing profiles, passive standard U-value and optimum energy efficiency, sound-deadening performance and high-security glazing options in double- or triple-glazed, this range includes the largest lift & slide door available in the Irish and UK market (6m x 2.8m in two panels).
This Innovative Energy-Efficient and Water-Tight Window design achieves the highest energy efficiency and durability in the industry today. This state-of-the-art sustainable system offers the most cost-effective thermal efficiency windows solution to any passive building project, its traditional Scandinavian window design combining modern shapes, faultless functionality and superior quality.
Andersen’s premium, exclusive aluminium clad wood windows and doors are designed to complement homes with luxury. Made to order in dramatic sizes and combinations to let in more natural light, these American-made windows and doors offer premium products, delivering ultimate design freedom by combining elegant craftsmanship, unlimited product options, architectural authenticity with high performance.
The Signature Windows & Doors team of design and service professionals boast two-and-a-half decades’ experience in designing, delivering and installing wood and alu clad / wood window and door solutions. Signature’s specialist’s work with builders, architects and homeowners, providing a large selection of window and door products from the traditional to the extraordinary and assisting customers in choosing the right products for their project. They provide drawings of windows, doors and curtain walls for each project, allowing clients to see how their window designs will look.
Covering all of Ireland, Signature Windows & Doors offer a complete replacement solution for windows and doors within existing homes or when trying to recreate historically accurate windows in a new build. Their 30+ in-house team includes experienced craftspeople, paint specialists and design consultants, with full installation usually a preferred option.
Signature provide keen attention to the crafted detail of each window and door, customisation flexibility, tight delivery times and competitive prices. Commercial projects are given the full support of their in-house project managers, designers and installation teams, with all products designed and manufactured in keeping with the precise needs of the project.
Specialising in largescale commercial projects, Signature Windows & Doors have a proven track record for providing cost-efficient, high-quality solutions on time and to programme within the commercial realm. They supplied 400 heritage windows to the prestigious Eton College, for example, and installed over 900 sliding sash windows in Griffith College, as well as various schools projects, foyers of five-star hotels and contemporary apartment blocks. Each commercial windows and doors project is explored with a view to providing the best glazing solutions.
“We have a lot of commercial projects ongoing and have worked on the Opera House in Wexford, Oatlands College in Dublin and Wynns Hotel in Dublin as well as Naas Town Hall. We offer premium products and in-house services, with our own in-house architectural technician, who works with the project architect to engineer windows that meet the exact look and performance required. Signature Windows are on the approved suppliers list of Irish Georgian Society of Joiners for the supply of conservation Sash and Casement windows, doors.
“We offer our customers complete design freedom to meet their project vision and design needs,” Jamie concludes. “We can also supply in high volume and provide premium, bespoke, industry-leading products with valued engineering and a vast range of different options.”
Signature Windows & Doors,
Dublin Showroom
71/72 Grove Road,
Rathmines,
Dublin 6.
Dunlavin Showroom
Stephen Street,
Dunlavin,
County Wicklow.
Tel 01 4066440 / 045 401000
Email: [email protected]
Web: signaturewindows.ie
Taken from Building Ireland Magazine, December 2018, Vol 4 No 11
