Terrace enclosures and frameless glass curtains in Lloret de Mar, the Costa Brava and La Selva

Square metre for square metre, glazing is the most profitable improvement you can make to a coastal home. It turns a balcony the wind makes unusable into a room you sit in during January, protects the furniture from sea salt, and adds an air gap that noticeably cuts street noise and heat loss.

Our main system is the glass curtain: 8 or 10 mm toughened panels that slide along top and bottom aluminium tracks and stack folded to one side, leaving the opening almost completely clear. There are no vertical posts between panels, so with the system closed the view runs uninterrupted. Each panel pivots on itself so you can clean both faces from inside — something you appreciate a great deal on a fourth floor.

When more thermal performance is needed — a porch you want to turn into a room, a glazed gallery you intend to heat — we build with thermally broken aluminium profiles and double glazing with a cavity and low-emissivity glass. For pergolas and porches we make fixed roofs in laminated solar-control glass that let light through while holding back radiation. Before quoting we always check whether your building's community or the town hall requires a licence or a standard enclosure design for the façade.