Ultraframe’s Goalpost enables Grand Designs-style expansive openings

Ultraframe customers have a simple way to ‘open up the market’ into Grand Designs type projects thanks to the company’s Goalpost, which allows for open-sided extensions with clear openings in excess of 6.5m, and doors in excess of 10m.

The Goalpost, which is compatible with the Glass Roof and Livinroof systems, can be ordered quickly and easily via the company’s Udesign software and was developed to provide a hassle-free route to structural support for large spans of doors or clear spans, on conservatories and extensions. 

Explaining more about the Goalpost, Ultraframe Marketing Director, Alex Hewitt, said: “Large spans of doors and clear openings have become hugely popular over recent years as more and more homeowners strive to achieve the Grand Designs look for their home extension or conservatory project. Where builders and installers have previously used a steel fabricator and a structural engineer to create a bespoke steel goalpost, our Goalpost product is ordered directly with us, providing assurance that the roof and goalpost will work in harmony when they are installed.”

All structural calculations are undertaken in-house by Ultraframe’s own structural engineers, meaning that Ultraframe installers can deal with one supplier for their roof, goalpost, and structural calculations, instead of three.

As with all Ultraframe systems, the Goalpost offers fantastic benefits on site for fitters as its engineered aluminium beams are as light as they are strong and come in lengths no greater than 7m. When spans longer than 7m are required the Goalpost can be joined with another post at a fixed point. A beam deflection kit is also available if required, which acts as a cushion or spring, allowing the header beam to safely deflect by up to 6mm without affecting the head of the door frame or the smooth operation of the doors below.

As the Goalpost is typically used in projects where aesthetics are of the utmost importance, it can be concealed within the Ultraframe internal pelmet or left visible and powder-coated in a colour of the homeowner’s choice for a more industrial look.