Crofton Interiors along with our market leading partners, can offer the widest range of partitioning systems that may include special acoustic partitions, fire rated screens, acoustic doors, standalone glazed acoustic meeting pods, and office furniture.
We have carefully selected functional and flexible systems, enabling our partitions to be adopted to suit all types of buildings. Specialist Areas include:
- Single Glazed Systems
- Dual / Double Glazed Systems
- Fire Rated Glazed Office Partitioning
- Frameless and Framed Doors and Glazed Sliding Doors
- Selection of different finishes and bespoke manifestations
- Standalone meeting Pods
- Office Furniture
Our Glazed Partition products are constantly developing ensuring we remain the market leaders when it comes to performance and design. Please contact a member of our team to learn more on our products and how we can meet your needs.
Glazed office partitions provide the ideal way to allow natural light into our working environment. Natural light is not on its own however, in contributing to maintaining our mental health in the workplace: Suppression of noise is also a key factor, and more importantly, we cannot concentrate in a noisy environment.
We are more productive when excessive noise is kept at bay! Results of experiments completed by Simon Banbury and Dianne C. Berry published in 2011 show that both speech and office noise can disrupt performance on memory for prose and mental arithmetic tasks, and the effect is independent of the meaning of the irrelevant speech.
If the ambient office noise is expected to be low, and conversation confidentiality is unimportant, then a single glazed system may be the optimum solution, Otherwise, it would be prudent to examine the below table and select a Double/Dual Glazed system with an acoustic level more suited to your specific office environment:
Acoustic Partitioning Selection Criteria
| dB Rw rating of System offered | Communication Privacy | System selection |
|---|---|---|
| 25db Rw | Low to normal speech can be overheard and interpreted easily | Single Glazed |
| 30dB Rw | Standard to Loud speech can be overheard and interpreted easily | Single Glazed |
| 35dB Rw | Loud speech can be distinguished and interpreted under normal background levels | Single Glazed |
| 40dB Rw | Loud speech can be heard but not easily distinguished | Single Glazed or Dual Glazed |
| 45dB Rw | Loud speech can be heard but not distinguished | Dual Glazed |
| 50dB Rw | Very Loud speech or Shouting can be heard but not distinguished | Dual Glazed |
Differences in Noise Volume Levels and Levels of Perceptibility in General:
1dB is not practically noticeable
3dB is just perceptible
5dB is clearly different
10dB halves/ doubles the noise perception
Door Types Within Various Framing Types
Frameless Glass Doors without Door Frames
| Door Types | Frameless Glass doors without Door Frames |
|---|---|
| Approx. Acoustic Value | Door does not have an acoustic certificate due to the 4mm air gap all around, however, it would be circa 25-27dB Rw. The overall sound dampening effect of the screen with door shown here is likened to 36dB Rw |
Frameless Glass Doors in Aluminium Frame
| Door Types | Frameless Glass door in Aluminium Frame |
|---|---|
| Approx. Acoustic Value | Glass Door circa 28dB Rw without Drop seals, and 1dB Better with acoustic drop seals. |
44mm Timber Doors
| Door Types | 44mm Solid core timber door in aluminium frame with threshold seal |
|---|---|
| Approx. Acoustic Value | 44mm Solid timber door circa 33-35dB Rw with drop seals |
54mm Timber Doors
| Door Types | 54mm Solid core timber door in aluminium frame with threshold seal |
|---|---|
| Approx. Acoustic Value | 54mm Solid timber door circa 33-37dB Rw with drop seals |
Single Glazed Framed Glass Doors
| Door Types | Fully framed single glazed glass door in aluminium frame with threshold seal |
|---|---|
| Approx. Acoustic Value | Single glazed version available up to 37dB Rw |
Double Glazed Framed Glass Doors
| Door Types | Fully framed dual glazed bonded glass door in aluminium frame with threshold seal |
|---|---|
| Approx. Acoustic Value | Dual glazed version available up to 45dB Rw |
Profile Systems and Acoustic Ratings
- Our 25mm Single glazed system is assessed up to 40dB Rw
- Our 54mm and 105mm Dual glazed systems are assessed up to 52dB Rw, 54dB Rw when glazed with special glass
The acoustic ratings are generally dependent on the glass thicknesses.
Standard colours off-the-shelf are Black, White and Grey. All other colours are available on a longer lead time.
PRODUCT FEATURES & SPECIFICATIONS
Single Glazed
Single Glazed Partitions
Areas formed with fully glazed partitions create a light, spacious and attractive environment in large or small rooms and in either new or existing buildings.
| System Thickness: | 25mm |
|---|---|
| Dry Joined: | Glass to glass and glass to aluminium |
| Acoustics: | 12mm Toughened 37dB |
| 12.8mm Stadip silence 40dB | |
| Door Options: | Frameless or aluminium framed 12mm toughened |
| Veneered door in an aluminium or timber frame | |
| Flush bonded glazed door in a frame | |
| Framed or frameless sliding glass door | |
| Finishes: | Satin anodised |
| Simulated satin stainless steel finished | |
| Powder coated (any RAL or BS colour) | |
| Manifestation: | Applied film (Opal Frost, Dusted Crystal etc) |
| Digital printed graphics on optically clear film | |
| Drywall Abutments: | Fully integrated double glazed drywall endcaps |
Double Glazed
Double Glazed Partition
A Frameless Double Glazed Partition from Crofton Interiors is the perfect solution when effective sound reduction is required while maintaining a light and elegant interior.
| System Thickness: | 54mm |
|---|---|
| Dry Joined: | Glass to glass and glass to aluminium |
| Acoustics: | 2 x 12mm Toughened up to 46dB |
| 2 x 12.8mm Stadip silence up to 52dB | |
| Door Options: | Frameless or aluminium framed 12mm toughened |
| Veneered door in an aluminium or timber frame | |
| Flush bonded glazed door in a frame | |
| Framed or frameless sliding glass door | |
| Finishes: | Satin anodised |
| Simulated satin stainless steel finished | |
| Powder coated (any RAL or BS colour) | |
| Manifestation: | Applied film (Opal Frost, Dusted Crystal etc) |
| Digital printed graphics on optically clear film | |
| Drywall Abutments: | Fully integrated double glazed drywall endcaps suitable for 100mm and 122mm drylined walls |
Fire Rated
Fire Rated Glazed Partitions
- Our QbiQ Prtotect Hightech Office Partitioning systems are available up to EI60 Fire resistant for a seamless transition where both fire and non-fire rated screens are required.
Regardless of the office partitioning system type selected for acoustic reasons, Crofton interiors can provide various effects as required by various trending architectural focuses.
Framing Options Available for Fixed Panes from Crofton Interiors
Frameless “Butt Jointed”
The glass abuts the next pane using a 2mm transparent double sided low-tac glazing tape.
Fully Framed
All panes of glass are fully framed with 38mm mullions and or transoms where required.
This construction is available in simulated divided lite or Truly divided lite format depending on requirements.
Crittall Effect/ Warehouse Look
A current architectural trend, glass is separated into small pane dimensions with slimline mullions and transoms into various rectilinear patterns of architectural choosing.
The slim cosmetic plant-on strips mimic the appearance of old-world steel windows.
Specialist Finishes to Metals
Crofton Interiors can now offer a real copper, brass, or other precious metal applied surface finish, or a textured enamel endurance coating to our steel and aluminium profile. Please contact us to find out more about this amazing technology!
Brass or Copper
Copper, Bronze or Brass Textured Enamel
Textured Enamel
Copper Bronze
QbiQ System Catalogues
Please contact us to arrange a CPD presentation on QbiQ systems at your offices on 01 4569888
IQ Pro Wall Systems
IQ Protect Hightech
IQ Single
IQ Structural
Glazing System Accessories and Options Available from Crofton Interiors
Safety
| Adhesive Film Safety manifestation dots are required as a minimum at 900mm from FFL and 1500mm from FFL to avoid injuries sustained from walking into glazed partitions. |
| Dots are available in a range of designs: Circular, Square, Hexagonal etc. |
| Instead of Dots, lines may be used |
| Solid bands between 900mm and 1500mm may be used, particularly where there is a permanent need for semi-privacy |
Privacy
Where there is a need for full visual privacy, permanent, semi-permanent and fully switchable options are available in the form of:
| Adhesive film applied to the whole aperture | Translucent, coloured, or fully opaque |
|---|---|
| Back-painted glass is also available as an Opaque option. | |
| LCD Electronic Switchable privacy | Pioneered by Smartglass™ there are now a range of options available, including a version which can be projected onto. |
| Integrated Blinds | Tilt & Turn only / Tilt & Turn with up & down / Motorised options available |
| Remote Control Operation | In the case of electronically operated items, Smartphone/ Tablet control options are possible. |
Please contact our technical department for further details on any of our Glazing Systems at info@croftoninteriors.com or at 01 4569888.
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