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ISO-Chemie has launched the ISO-Connect EPDM sealing collar which provides air and weather tight sealing around windows and doors. The self-adhesive sealing collar is a single-piece solution, which can be quickly fitted around fenestration elements installed in facades and load bearing walls to provide long lasting external protection against the elements. Featuring vulcanised sections, the collar can be fitted up...
This month’s victor of Endurance’s Installer of the Month is Make an Entrance (trading as MAE Windows and Doors), a Frimley based installer. Scott Foster, marketing manager at Endurance Doors, said: “As a relatively new Installer to the Endurance Doors Preferred Installer Network, Make an Entrance have certainly made an impression. We see lots of their stunning installations by following...
Following increasing demand for the dataset, Insight Data’s nationwide database of architects now has more than 20,000 email addresses. Providing real-time information on architect firms and solo practitioners across the UK, the database allows Insight Data customers to contact architects and promote products and services earlier in the specification process. “Our in-house research team work incredibly hard, conducting over 20,000...
West Midlands-based Excel Glazing has become a Swish fabricator and will be manufacturing the company’s 24/7 windows, doors, conservatories and bifolding doors. Christopher Kailey, assistant director at Excel Glazing, said: “Joining Swish was a no brainer. They have over 40 years’ experience in the industry plus they have the additional reassurance of being one of the system brands that make...
Rocal has acquired East Midland Panels, breaking into the GRP composite door market with a new brand ‘MyDoor’. The company said it has listened to the needs of its Installer Network to introduce a GRP composite door product to its range. The MyDoor brand will sit alongside Endurance Doors, Impressions uPVC Panels and Rocal Extrusions. Supported by a new brochure,...
Swisspacer has introduced the online ordering of warm edge products. Via the website, customers can order warm edge spacers, Georgian bars and accessories, at any time. Swisspacer said the online ordering tool makes it simple to select the required product, followed by colour and width. Past orders can be added to the basket, making repeat ordering easy. Andy Everett, national...
Modplan has added the Wendland Lantern Roof to its product portfolio. Justin Williams, international sales and marketing director for Modplan, said: “Today’s homeowners are looking to create light-filled rooms that add extra year-round space and that’s exactly what the Wendland Lantern Roof delivers. The addition extends our conservatory and roofing solutions range and means installers have access to a full...
Astraseal has reported a surge in demand for Alitherm 800, its aluminium flush casement window. Since its launch earlier in the year, the Wellingborough-firm said it has become one of its fastest growing and popular products. “The response we’ve seen so far for our new aluminium flush casement has been absolutely incredible, it’s such a strong validation of both the...
Quest has launched a new hardware and joinery catalogue covering all main product areas with 8825 products across 304 pages. Issue 4 covers 2018/19 is currently being distributed to all Quest customers, online requests, and will be available to pick up at the Buckingham and Bedford trade counters. The Quest catalogue features a wide range of product areas including: multipoint...
SupaLite will be exhibiting at the FIT Show 2019. Alongside a variety of lightweight conservatory roof systems, the SupaLite stand will feature its new flat-roof orangery system along with its new Sky Vista roof. SupaLite has even hinted at some surprises on the stand when doors open in 2019. “After another great FIT Show appearance last year and very successful...
Jade Engineering has developed a PVCU welding method that creates an external mechanical joint aesthetic, but with the strength and integrity of a welded finish. The company said it has listened to comments from its fabricator customers, who said mechanically jointed top and bottom rails on traditional window styles are continuing to grow in popularity. This demand can raise issues...
Linn Tech Scotland has transformed the way it uses its LogiKal aluminium processing software, it said, as a result of two days of specialist training and consultancy from BM Aluminium. Linn Tech, a long-established Seniors Architectural fabricator, had been using LogiKal since 2010 and felt that it was time to review the software and see whether it could be doing...
BetweenGlassBlinds units have passed the BS EN 1634-1 internal door fire resistance test. The company put its double glazed integrated blind units to the fire test, in both 44mm and 54mm timber doorsets, to achieve FD30 standards. Both doorsets and BetweenGlassBlinds integrated glass units passed the test. The furnace was turned off after 45 minutes with IGU units intact. Mark...
Mercury Glazing Supplies has reportedly become the first fabricator to manufacture the new aluminium Integral bifolding door launched by Epwin Window Systems. Mercury director Steve Cross said “it will add value to our established door portfolio”. He continued: “Aluminium is the perfect material for bifold doors because it has the lightweight strength that’s required. However, the clinical lines of aluminium...
The Glazerite UK Group has launched its Heritage Range brochure and an accompanying suite of marketing materials for installers. The 24-page brochure showcases Glazerite’s complete range of heritage-style systems, from brands including The Residence Collection, Halo and Veka. Glazerite has also launched a range of accompanying sales support material, which can be tailored with the installer’s own branding and company...
The latest version of Windowlink’s roof software is designed to make the sale of solid roofs quicker and easier, the company has reported. The latest software shows both internal and external views of the project. Tiled and profiled roofs including Ultraframe’s Livinroof are featured, as well as hybrid roofs that include full length glass panels. Roof light options include top...
Despite the potentially catastrophic consequences of changing a specification for glazing, doors and windows that offer passive fire protection, specifications are still being routinely altered just to save a few pounds or due to a lack of technical understanding, according to Promat UK. Promat UK has launched a campaign to raise awareness of the risks of changing even the tiniest...
ODL is promoting its Blink blinds as an upselling opportunity for customers. Blink blinds are fully encapsulated by glass, so the blinds require no cleaning and have no exterior cords or cumbersome controls. A switch controls the raise, lower and tilt facility, and the full-height privacy channels eliminate light gaps, shadows and sunlight glare. Every blind in the range carries...
Distinction Doors has reported an imminent 50% upturn in sales of its glass range. That demand passed 45% this year against the same period in 2017 and is still climbing towards the 50% milestone, according to Distinction Doors’ national sales manager Andrew Grogan. “We saw sales beginning to climb as soon as we unveiled our own glass design creations two...
Sheffield Window Centre has extended the Rehau Total70 range to include Rehau Co-extruded profile, enabling it to provide customers with an environmentally friendly product. Located in the heart of Sheffield, the family-owned fabrication and installation business has been making PVCU windows and doors for over 40 years. In 1991, the company started fabricating Rehau profiles, and Centre now fabricates and...