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View all postsCustom Roof Tile Project
We have, for many years now, supplied both reclaimed and new roof tiles for projects all over the United States. In most cases the Architect and or Home Owner has an aesthtic look in mind and we can supply the right solution in terms of colors, barrel or Roman Pan, flat tile, ridge tiles etc.
We now have been comissioned by an Architectural Firm to find a solution to a particular design requirement of theirs - They are looking to recreate the terracotta rooftiles used on Greek Stoas. The Stoa (or Colonnade) was a common building type found in ancient Greece and many had a flat pan (also known now as a "Roman Pan") with an angled "barrel cap" between the pans. Some Images can be seen here .
So armed with some sketches and photos from books
We start NFRC Certification
Today we announced that we have started the process to have our Bronze and Steel windows and doors NFRC certified.
You can see the Press Release here:
http://www.cooritalia.com/press/2011/11/22/cooritalia-begins-nfrc-certification-steel-and-bro/
What does NFRC Certification mean? As we said in the Press release the NFRC (National Fenestration Rating Council) is a non-profit organization, that administers the only uniform, independent rating and labeling system for the energy performance of windows, doors, skylights, and attachment products. NFRC Certification is a standard against which fenestration products can be compared in terms of energy efficiency.
What it means to the consumer is that there is a single organization (and thus database) that tests windows and doors and verifies what their performance is when it comes to energy conservation. The look at things like how much heat is transfered through the frame and the glass (known in the business as Uvalue) The lower the Uvalue the more energy efficient the window and door is.
A Floating Eliptical Staircase
This was a highly complex project - the Architectural firm BAR had designed an elliptical cantilevered staircase in wired brushed Portuguese limestone called Alhambra. CoorItalia worked with the architects and General Contractor in the USA first, to come up with the templates for each one of the stairs - treads and risers, and with the laboratory in Italy to come up with the Shop Drawings. These steps were then manufactured in near Carrara, in Italy, assembled in mockups, disassembled and shipped to the job site for final staircase installation.
The end result is spectacular - a true example of the staircase as a lifting focal point in a home. But the triumph was also in taking exacting design and construction requirements (the tolerances for the treads to fit over the cantilevered rods were extremely tight) and making everything just fit perfectly.
For the same project we produced in the same Alhambra limestone, cut to size floor tiles, two fireplaces and a solid sink for the powder room.
Introducing CoorItalia
Today we introduce CoorItalia’s Blog
Why would our company even need a blog? We felt the need for it for a number of reasons:
- to introduce new and interesting projects in a timely fashion, so that they do not have to wait to make it to the Case Study pages of our web site
- to highlight details and/or certain aspects of the work that goes on “behind the scenes” for projects that do not warrant a case study all for itself
- to introduce some of the people behind the Company
- to give an insight on how we work