Delicate operation to install protective screens
A Durham glass supplier is helping thousands of visitors stay safe at one of the region’s most popular tourist attractions.
Glass & Mirror Solutions, based in Gilesgate Moor, has installed dozens of sneeze guard screens at Beamish Museum.
The company was tasked with kitting out all of the museum’s customer service points with glass safety screens ahead of the site reopening to the public last week.
Screens have been installed at Davy’s Fish Shop, the sweet shop, Beamish Motor & Cycle Works, pharmacy, bakery, entrance and more.
The Covid screens were specially adapted to ensure they would provide a perfect fit without causing any damage to the antique counters at the living museum.
Graeme Hawes, director at Glass & Mirror Solutions, said: “We’ve been very busy for the last couple of months, supplying and installing sneeze guard screens as businesses of all shapes and sizes have gradually reopened across the North East.
“But when Beamish Museum approached us for a solution to keeping their staff and customers safe, we knew this would be no ordinary job.
“Some of the museum’s counter tops are hundreds of years old, so obviously we couldn’t drill into the tops or risk damaging the surface with clamps to secure the screens.”
He added: "Many of the screens also had to fit around unique features, such as copper piping and service hatches, so they all had to be individually measured up, designed, manufactured and fitted.”