Hollins Window Systems (HWS) loves a challenge when it comes to glazing. Afterall, windows are a large part of a construction project and can make or brake a building design and appeal.
Offering a full range of products types. Everything we do is made to measure. Just provide us with your ideas and plans and we will quote your project accordingly. Ensuring you of our best intentions at all times for the right price, excellent product and service throughout the project, to completion.
Below showcases, just a few of many products we can manufacture, supply and install.
All made to meet your requirements.
Sliding windows are great space savers and allow for blinds and curtains to be fully closed while the window remains open, without interference. Hollins Window Systems (HWS's) sliding windows slide smoothly to open without effort. Brush seal are provided around the windows to create greater sound and weather insulation.
Our sliding windows are designed to your specific requirements, whether it's for a new construction or replacement of old windows. They can be made in a huge range of colours, glass types and handle hardware.
The elegance of the uninterrupted pane of glass combined with a sturdy frame, make the awning window a traditional favourite of architect, builders and home owners.
HWS awning windows open with ease. Brush seal are provided around the windows to create greater sound and weather insulation when closed.
HWS manufacture domestic and commercial awning windows to any requirements in any aluminium colour and glass types, whether it's for a new construction or replacement of old windows.
The casement window provides a tradition of old style window look and feel and allows for maximum ventilation through your home, apartment or commercial building. Hinged on one side, the casement window offers the flexibility to capture as much, or as little cross breezes and brings the outdoors in, if fully opened. An ideal window to maximise the view because of the unobstructed areas of glass without frame.
HWS casement windows are built to your specific requirements, whether it's for a new construction or replacing old windows. This window style can be built in a huge range of colours, glass types and handle hardware.
Corner windows can be framed with a full aluminium frames as shown left or glass can be butt joined with a clear stripe of silicon where the glass joins to create a seal. Shown above.
Louvre windows make a bold visual statement to a residential or commercial property, whilst also allowing maximum control of the airflow into the area, which you can control. HWS's louvre windows are designed and manufactured to your requirements with a choice of frame, louvre blades, clips and handles for manual windows or automatic operating systems. The windows are easy to clean are attractive and simple operated.
Hollins Window Systems (HWS's) manufacturer and install high quality domestic and commercial bi-fold windows and doors to your specific requirements whether its with an aluminium frame or frameless bi-fold window and door set up. When a bi-folding window or doors is fully opened, it will transform a buildings architecture, opening up the interior and bringing the outdoors in, creating the versatility of a large single area, while providing maximum ventilation and with a clear unobstructed view.
HWS's bi-fold windows and doors slide smoothly and open with ease. Brush seal are provided around the windows to create greater sound and weather insulation while closed.
Sliding doors are great space savers and allow for blinds and curtains to be fully closed while the window remains open, without interference. Hollins Window System's (HWS's) sliding doors slide smoothly to open without effort. Brush seal are provided around the doors to create greater sound and weather insulation.
Our sliding doors are designed to your specific requirements, whether it's for a new construction or replacement of old doors. They can be made in a huge range of colours, glass types and handle hardware.
Pivot doors have become popular choice allowing a modern appearance for contemporary architecture whilst providing a wide generous opening for an entry door to a home, restaurant, shop or office.
HWS can manufacture pivot doors with a frame or frame-less system. They rotate on two metal pivots at the top and bottom of the door, allowing it to open in both directions. The door system can also be set to open at different positions.
Consider weather issues when deciding on a pivot door as it's not watertight, draft or insect proof. Dual swinging door have no weather stop which impede its actions of the door.
Hinged doors can be supplied in single glazed, double glazed, from 6mm up to 32mm thick. Frames can vary from narrow style to wide style with surface mounted door closers, electric locking systems, digital key-pad locking systems and much more.
HWS manufacturer and install high quality domestic and commercial bi-fold windows and doors to your specific requirements whether its with an aluminium frame or frameless bi-fold window and door set up. When a bi-folding window or doors is fully opened, it will transform a buildings architecture, opening up the interior and bringing the outdoors in, creating the versatility of a large single area, while providing maximum ventilation and with a clear unobstructed view.
HWS bi-fold windows and doors slide smoothly and open with ease. Brush seal are provided around the windows to create greater sound and weather insulation while closed.
Multi-stack doors are perfect for the modern home. Very popular, the multi-stack door is chosen for the uninterrupted outdoor viewing they deliver and the will let natural light they let into a room. When opened fully the multi-stack door brings the outside in, creating one large indoor-outdoor area, allowing large accessibility and modern entertaining.
HWS can manufacture multi-stack doors to any shape or size, with an aluminium frame or frame-less system that will complement any residence or commercial building.
Automatic sliding door other great solutions for today’s living requirements in any commercial environment.
HWS supplies and installs the DORMA automatic sliding door range. The DORMA range are a robust mechanical performing door, that delivers a sleek styles, infinite control and smooth functionality. The design possibilities are only limited by the imagination.
The DORMA automatic operator is fully compliant to N.C.C and AS5007 certified by an independent NATA accredited laboratory.
HWS can also offer alternative auto operators to suit your requirements.
HWS use powder coat or anodise the aluminium framing around their windows and doors for maximum durability.
Powder coating is a high-quality, durable finish found on thousands of products today. It looks great. Is very tough and lasts a long, long time. Powder coated products are more resistant to impact, moisture, chemicals, utraviolet light, and other extreme weather conditions. Plus there is a reduced risk of scratching, abrasions, chipping, fading, and other wear issues.
Powder coatings can be applied over a wide range of thickness. The new Australian Standard, “AS/NZS 4506 – Thermoset powder coatings”, will recommend 25 micron minimum for mild interior situations and up to 60 microns for exterior.
HWS can powder coat aluminium to just about any colour you can image. Colours choices and finishes is almost limitless, if time and money are not an issue virtually any powder can be produced for any requirement. We use the Dulux powder coating colour range. We have provide a link to the this range here.
Anodising aluminium of an entire aluminium section will add a protective coating, making it resistant to salt corrosion. It looks great, and will not chip, flake or peel. 10, 20 and 25 year warranties available upon request subject to application and location conditions.
Anodising is produced and tested in accordance with Australian Standards AS 1231 aluminium and aluminium alloys – Anodised coatings for architectural applications.
Talk to HWS about the wide colour range available in anodising.
Choosing the right glass for a project is a crucial part of the design process, as it can affects the design, appearance, thermal performance and occupant comfort of a building. It’s important to identifying key issues at the buildings design stage and find the appropriate glass products to suit specific application and standards requirements.
Hollins Window Systems currently source glass products from Viridian™ who produce a huge range of glass types. https://www.viridianglass.com/products/product-range/
Below we have included a small description of the most popular glass types used.
Sand, soda-ash, limestone and dolomite is melted in a furnace to create Float Glass. The furnace outputs a continuous ribbon up to 3660mm wide of molten glass and is floated onto a large bed of molten tin. This mixture slowly solidifies to a thickness controlled by the speed it is drawn over the molten tin. It's then control cooled to anneal the glass - ensuring for flatness and optical clarity and enabling it to be cut - maximising its potential mechanical resistance.
Float Glass is available in clear glass, toned glass, high performance toned glass, ultra clear low iron glass and Low E pyrolitic coated glass.
All glass can be produced at a number of thickness.
Laminated Safety Glass
Laminated safety glass is made up of two or more layers of glass, permanently bonded together with an interlayer or resin. If broken, the interlayer is designed to hold the glass together. Virtually all glass types can be laminated and the thickness and type of interlayer can be varied to provide safety ballistic, bomb or physical attack resistance. Normal laminated glass can be cut and further processed.
Toughened Laminated Glass
Toughened Laminated Glass is the optimum in safety glass. Two pieces of glass are cut to size, toughened to provide superior structural strength, then bonded together using either PVB or resin as the interlayer medium. This will ensure, if the glass is broken, pieces will be held together by the interlayer. Toughened laminated glass size cannot be adjust after the productions process.
There are two kinds of toughened glass. Fully toughened and Heat strengthened:
Fully toughened glass is four to five times stronger than ordinary glass and if broken forms small granules.
Heat strengthened glass has a lower residual stress and is two times stronger than ordinary glass. It is not a safety glass and if broken it forms large pieces.
To create toughened glass, Float glass is placed in a roller, which rolls through a toughening furnace. The glass is heated then rapidly cooled, resulting in the glass retaining high compressive stresses. Toughened and heat strengthened glass cannot be cut and both are resistant to high temperatures but at different degrees (180–250°C).
Toughened glass can be produced at a number of thickness.
Double glazed units are built-up assemblies where tow pieces of glass are separated by a spacer. The spaces between pieces of glass can be filled with air or an inert gas, such as Argon. Argon is most common, but Xenon and Krypton are more efficient (and considerably more expensive). The sheets of glass are tempered or laminated for safety, and are generally 6mm thick with a 12mm air space.
Finally, the most critical component of the double glassed unit is the desiccant (granules), inside the spacer, which removes humidity from the cavity to prevent condensation within the unit.
Hollins Window Systems can source a huge range of hardware for your windows, doors and partitions, from our many reputable suppliers and brands.
Gaskets, seals, door locks, hinges, door closers, fasteners, door and window covering, security and flyscreens. If you need an accessory for an Aluminium System, Hollins Window Systems can source the right product for your job.
If you need an accessory for an Aluminium System, Hollins Window Systems can source the right product for your job.
