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Posted On - 29/01/2019
Northern Building Plastics (NBP) has reported a significant change in customer buying patterns, with a marked increase in sales of Freefoam’s coloured products. NBP marketing manager Martin King said: “We’re seeing our customers’ clients invest more in their homes and take advantage of a wider range of products. Ten or more years ago most people just had white windows, but...
Posted On - 23/01/2019
Window Ware has launched Duco louvre vents from air management specialist RW Simon. Designed for a wide variety of non-domestic applications, the Duco louvre range delivers ventilation with its stackable ‘Z’ shaped blades that guarantee strength, durability and dependable burglar resistance, the company said. Available with a wide array of blade and frame options, the new range is equally at...
Posted On - 23/01/2019
A Cubelock CLB2 fixed restrictor can more than double the holding force of any window restrictor, which tackles the problem that window restrictors may be in adequate in preventing a determined effort to force a window open beyond the 100mm restriction. The Department of Health, Estate and Facilities Alert EFA/2013/002 highlighted that the force testing of window restrictors to BS...
Posted On - 17/01/2019
In co-operation with Renolit SE, Profine Group (with its brands KBE, Kömmerling and Trocal) is the first international systems provider to introduce the Renolit Exofol PX laminate as standard. The structure of the Renolit Exofol PX laminate gives the PVCU window profile a particularly long-lasting protection, the company said. The foil also offers improved UV protection and better resistance to...
Posted On - 17/12/2018
Blu has launched its new LP400 stainless steel letter plate, following best in class results against the new BS EN air permeability, water tightness and wind resistance tests. The back-to-back sleeved letter plate on the market has an integrated brush and gasket weather seal system, and the new LP400 achieved the highest possible results when undergoing the BS EN test...
Posted On - 13/12/2018
Cubelock Triple Lock window safety restrictor with Lock Safe Action is at the centre of a social media campaign to keep children safe. The Child Accident Prevention Trust website said: “Parents often see falls from windows as ‘freak’ accidents, but the statistics belie that view. In fact, nationally, one child under five is admitted to hospital every day after falling...
Posted On - 13/12/2018
Window Widgets has launched its new website at www.windowwidgets.co.uk. Designed to be fully responsive on mobile, tablet and desktop, the site has been split into 20 colour-coded product categories, each one detailing product and ordering information, offering downloads and highlighting key features. These sections include couplers, baypoles, corner posts, jacks and foiled trims. The recent graphic elements inspired by pop...
Posted On - 13/12/2018
Ian Woolley, sales director at Hitech Blinds, discusses the company’s new rooflight with integral blinds. There has been a definitive shift in UK architecture towards contemporary minimalist designs and clean sightlines. That has driven the development of the growing market for rooflight installations, as flat-roof extensions take an increasing share of the home improvement market. Also, home extensions are becoming...
Posted On - 13/12/2018
Roseview has reported that it is on course for a record-breaking 2018-2019, and is now 15% ahead of where it was this time last year. The Buckinghamshire-based firm has benefitted from rising demand for its Rose Collection from both the trade and commercial sectors. “It’s hugely gratifying for us that, even after all these years, we’re still seeing new customers...
Posted On - 12/12/2018
ISO-Chemie's ISO-TOP Winframer thermal insulating and load bearing bracket system for the rapid installation of windows has been fire rated to E30. The award confirms ISO-TOP Winframer can protect the entire window area from fire for a minimum of 30 minutes, guaranteeing the retention of structural integrity, as well as supporting at least 200kg/m and providing an airtight cavity support....
Posted On - 10/12/2018
Force 8 has noticed a rising trend in customers wanting Georgian bars within their products, from windows to stable doors. Dennis Sumner, managing director of Force 8, said: “Adding Georgian bars to any of your products can add real character your home and also add kerb appeal. This is a simple yet effective option using products from The Georgian Bar...
Posted On - 10/12/2018
GBP has seen Freefoam’s roofline and rainwater colour sales grow significantly in recent years, with the benefit of Freefoam’s Colormax technology, the company has reported. General Building Plastics (GBP) has built its business over a period of 28 years, with 20 of those years spent in close partnership with Freefoam Building Products. GBP sells a wide range of products including...
Posted On - 21/11/2018
Hodgson Sealants celebrated its 50th year in business during 2018. The company was founded in 1968 by Peter Hodgson and remains a family business, managed by the current managing director Charles Hodgson,. Over the last 50 years the company has seen fundamental changes in glazing and the way in which sealants are used in manufacturing and installation processes. Today the...
Posted On - 15/11/2018
Dudley’s Aluminium has improved the productivity and efficiency of its materials handling at its manufacturing facility and storage unit with the recent delivery of a second Combilift multidirectional forklift. The Cardiff-based company specialises in the fabrication of architectural aluminium and offers full in-house design and production of aluminium curtain walling, windows and shop fronts, which are used in projects in...
Posted On - 13/11/2018
More than 2,000 SF sound attenuator (SFSA) Xtra 2500EA vents and canopies from Titon have been installed in Fairview New Homes’ newly built houses and apartments in Greater London. Each of the new developments had precise air flow and acoustic specification requirements. Titon’s products were incorporated into the windows fabricated by Dungiven-based Compass Windows and Doors. A combination of different...
Posted On - 31/10/2018
Veka Group has unveiled clip-on sills and a new, Halo large outerframe option. The systems supplier said the perfect product range doesn’t begin and end with the ‘big ticket’ items; Veka and Halo fabricators and installers can take advantage of all the extra details. The clip-on sill eliminates a host of potential problems that can occur during installation, the company...
Posted On - 31/10/2018
The latest offering from Tremco Illbruck is illbruck SP510 low mod construction sealant, for use in window and door perimeter joints. The new sealant offers enough elasticity to create movement joints, bonding strongly with a wide variety of building substrates, including metals. Manufactured in Germany, with a new solvent-free formulation, the company describes illbruck SP510 as a sealant applicator’s dream:...
Posted On - 31/10/2018
With the onset of winter, rapid and effective onsite sealing of window or door frame connecting joints in freezing or wet conditions, is taken care of by external sealing foil technology from ISO-Chemie. The flexible humidity variable sealing foil ISO-Connect Vario SD, available in full surface self-adhesive Complete and Complete Duo variants, enables onsite installation work to continue even in...
Posted On - 31/10/2018
“Between 40% and 50% of windows we install include a feature bar from The Georgian Bar Company,” said John King, director at Nationwide Frame Services, specialists in newbuild manufacture and installation of windows and doors. “It’s a popular addition for housebuilders like Morris Homes and David Wilson who offer the extra styling on windows across all their sites.” Nationwide Frame...
Posted On - 30/10/2018
Up to one million windows have been fitted with the Link Vent trickle ventilator, since its launch by Glazpart in 2016. The vents, which are the size of a traditional 2000 vent, provide the performance of a typical 4000 vent. As only one vent type and rout size is required to meet the minimum regulatory requirements of Approved Document F,...
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