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The Pinnacle Building, Sheikh Zayed Road, Office 607
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Balcony glazing upgrade
Replacing what the developer left on a balcony is a different job from closing an open one. The opening is already decided — the soffit above, the returns at the sides, the parapet capping beneath — and so are the fixings, sitting in that perimeter under years of old sealant. In almost every tower the elevation is not yours to alter either, so the picture from the pavement has to come out the same as it went in. What is left is everything behind that picture: the system, the seals, the glazing unit, the hardware, the drainage and the way it opens. Those are precisely where the original savings were taken, which is why an upgrade that changes nothing visible can change how the balcony behaves.
- already decided the opening
- must not change the outside face
- seals, unit, gear what improves
We produce
Curtain walls, structural and semi-structural glazing, ventilated and cassette facades. The system carries its own weight and the wind load of a tall building, and the glass line stays unbroken across the elevation.
Canopies, balustrades, railings and pool fencing, where glass is carried by an aluminium or steel frame. The load goes through the metal, the glass stays transparent.
Frameless glazing, spider systems, skylights and roof lanterns — everything built so the frame disappears and only the glass is read.
Office and glass partitions, sliding and smart-glass systems. They divide a floor without walls: light passes through, noise does not.
Glazed structures with a fire-resistance rating for escape routes and openings between fire compartments.
Priced per project
Glazed facade
Curtain wall
Glass floors
Stair railings
Glass fences
Glass canopies
Skylights
Glass partitions
Fire-resistant glazing
How a replacement is carried out
- Existing frame identified and its fixings traced Engineer on the balcony within 48 hours
- Colour matched against the weathered frames alongside Not against a chart or the original code
- Like-for-like submission prepared for the building Far simpler when nothing visible changes
- Old frame cut out rather than levered out The perimeter is not torn about
- New fixings taken into sound material Preparation is most of the working day
- Out and back in, planned as one visit Sequenced so the opening is closed the same day
What can change and what cannot
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Fixed
Opening and perimeter
Soffit, returns and parapet capping
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Fixed
Outside appearance
Colour, tint and the line panels follow
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Yours to choose
System and seals
Where the original saving was made
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Yours to choose
Glazing unit
The same tint, a different build-up
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Yours to choose
Hardware and drainage
Rollers, locks and a track that clears
Let's calculate
the cost of glazing
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Partitions
Office partitions made of aluminium profiles are a simple, quick, and cost-effective way to organise efficient zoning within a large space, while maintaining interior unity.
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Aluminium office partitions with glass
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Full-glass office partitions
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Transformable partitions for the office
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Accordion partitions for the office
Pricing
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What are we making
Shape and opening
Size
Width and height: 300–6000 mm. Not sure? Clear the fields — we’ll measure at the free survey.
Width under 300 mm — check that it is in millimetres.
Width over 6000 mm — we’ll confirm it at the survey.
Height under 300 mm — check that it is in millimetres.
Height over 6000 mm — we’ll confirm it at the survey.
Enter a whole number of units, 1 or more.
Glazing unit
Extras
Do you need a windowsill?
Do you need a coloured profile?
Do you need installation?
The honest downside
When replacing the balcony glazing is not the answer
An upgrade keeps everything the building decided. The opening stays the same size, the colour and tint follow the neighbours, and the panels follow the line they followed before — so if what you really want is a wider view or a different look, a like-for-like replacement will not deliver it in most towers.
It is also a bigger job than some complaints need. A track that grinds, a leaf that has dropped or a whistle in the wind often comes from worn rollers, gaskets and brushes rather than from the frame itself, and those parts can be changed without cutting anything out.
If the frames are straight, the profile is sound and the problem is wear, replacing the seals and running gear is the quicker and cheaper fix. A full upgrade is worth it when the profile has no thermal break, the balcony is being cooled, or the system itself was the saving.
Consider instead
Seal replacement
Frequently asked questions
Usually nothing that was wrong on handover day. It was bought to a budget, in a package covering hundreds of identical balconies, so the savings were taken where they do not show: thin sections, an unbroken profile, plain rollers, ordinary gaskets, a sealant line doing the work a designed seal should do. None of that is visible from the flat and all of it is what you notice a few summers later — a track that grinds, a leaf that has dropped, a whistle in the wind, water on the frame the first time the balcony is properly cooled. The upgrade is aimed at exactly those things.
In a tower, almost certainly. The elevation is common property and the management company judges the result from the pavement and from the balconies either side, so the colour, the glass tint, the visible width of framing and the line the panels follow are set by what is already there. That is less restrictive than it sounds, because nearly everything an owner is unhappy about lives behind the appearance. The two routes are also treated differently: a like-for-like replacement — the same picture, a better product — still needs the management company's NOC, but it is judged on whether it matches; changing the look is a change to the facade, which always needs approval and can be refused.
Because the frames you are matching have been in this sun for years. A new frame made to the original colour reference can sit beside them looking obviously new, which is the very thing a management company objects to. Matching what the neighbouring frames look like now, rather than what they looked like leaving the factory, is what gets the approval and stops one balcony standing out along the elevation. So we take samples up, hold them against the frames on either side in daylight, and choose the powder coat from that rather than from a book.
Usually part of a day, and the job is planned so that the flat is not left open overnight. The old frame comes out, the perimeter is made good and the new one goes in and is sealed within a single visit, because a flat should not be left open to weather, to dust or to the drop. In practice that means the door into the flat is sealed and protected before anything is cut, a barrier stays across the edge for the whole time the glazing is off, and the debris goes down the service lift rather than through the corridor. It also means the day is planned so that nothing is started that cannot be finished.
Related pages
Nearby pages and the rest of the catalogue.
- All-glass corners
- Aluminium railings
- Balcony glazing
- Cassette facades
- Conservatories
- Curtain wall
- Floor-to-ceiling glazing
- Frameless balcony glazing
- Frameless glazing
- Garden rooms
- Glass balustrades
- Glass canopies
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Dubai — Showroom
The Pinnacle Building, Sheikh Zayed Road, Office 607
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