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A self-storage company has reset its business sights to sky-high following the installation of a Clovis canopy. Presented with a unique challenge involving designing a 100m canopy for a number of storage units which had yet to be built, Clovis provided Space Saver in Whitstable with a covered loading bay that offers year-round protection from the elements for customers and their goods.

Space Saver is thought to be the first self-storage company in the UK to offer covered access to vehicles. The company, founded in 1992, has 1,200 rooms for business and personal storage.

Managing director, John Burgess, said Clovis’ expertise and experience in providing bespoke outdoor canopies was the deciding factor in specifying the unique L-shaped design shelter.

“The canopy had to fit in with our existing buildings, which it did beautifully,” he said. “I was also very taken with the simplicity of the design. It also helped that Clovis were able to bespoke the canopy in Space Saver livery – blue, white and yellow. It’s given us a unique self-storage option unlike any other in the country.”

The L-shaped canopy, made up of two designs – the Oxford Barrel and The Oxford Lean-to – was required to cover 60 storage units at the site. The specifications were three-fold; as well as linking planned and existing storage units together, the canopy needed to be long and wide enough for vehicles to turn. It also had to be high enough to allow access for removal lorries. With a 7m x 40m roofspan and 4.4m high eaves, the canopy comfortably met these requirements.

Doug Cox, contracts manager at Clovis, said the Space Saver installation started life as a conceptual project, and it was up to his team to realise their customer’s dream.

He said: “The main challenge was to develop what the client anticipated into the finished project and create the plan before the storage units were in place. Thanks to our experience and expertise in the field of bespoke canopies, the project was a joy to be a part of, and complete.”

With the covered storage in place, John Burgess said the towering, weatherproof structure was a symbol of his company’s bigger ambition. “With the canopy enabling us to provide a facility we are sure our competition are unable to offer, I’m hoping in business terms it will take Space Saver to the next level.”

Sector Commercial and Retail Premises Canopies

Canopy Use Industrial Canopies

Design Oxford Barrel

Specification

Shape: Curved Lean-to
Support: Free Standing
Cladding Type: Polycarboante
Lcoation: Kent

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Why Clovis Canopies?

British made

Made to measure

Up to 25 year framework guarantee & 50 year structural design life

All year round use

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Frequently Asked Questions

Will there be any additional hidden charges to the quotation?

No, our prices are all inclusive.

What guarantees are offered?

Subject to appropriate cleaning and maintenance we offer the following guarantees:-

Framework – 25 years against failure within design, wind and snow loadings
Polycarbonate – 10 years against discolouration from sunlight
Fabric Cladding – 10 years against degradation / failure from sunlight

We aim for 100% satisfaction 100% of the time.

What colour can the framework be?

Each canopy framework is supplied in the colour of choice from the standard RAL range. A match for most school colour schemes can be found with that range if required.

Do you use Polycarbonate, PETG, GRP or Acrylic for non fabric cladding?

At Clovis Canopies we use polycarbonate roofing as although slightly more expensive, we find it has a better combination of strength, impact resistance, sheet size and colour, fire / flame resistance and longevity of life than any of the other above mentioned cheaper materials.

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R Dray, Site Manager, Foxwood School

Just a word of appreciation for the canopy that you supplied and fitted for us. Very favourable comments have been received by all that have seen it. If has been a pleasure dealing with your company throughout the process, from start to finish, which has been conducted in a very professional manner. Please pass our appreciation to all that contributed to the final product.

M. Tonet, Nephco Ltd

Thank you, everyone at the hospital have been very complimentary about the design and build quality of this replacement canopy, I would like to personally thank you for managing this project and planning the works so that there has been no disruption to the hospital. I look forward to working with you on a future canopy project.

G White, Capital Programme Manager., Surrey PCT NHS

Clovis provides an excellent design service offering 2D and 3D drawing of the proposed canopies and quotation stage if required. This can be especially helpful to illustrate the proposed canopy to the client or Local planning Authority. Clovis will also visit the site if the host building has a complication or the canopy has an unusual configuration. When an order has been placed, service continues to be timely and flexible and the end product has always been delivered and installed on programme and to a very high standard. I have worked with Clovis Canopies for several years and have always found their response to be prompt, helpful an knowledgeable. We test the market value for every canopy that we procure and have found Clovis to be good value. I am often asked to pass on Clovis’s contact details to those who have seen the canopies.

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