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Posted On - 07/02/2020
Rapierstar is providing extensive support to window and door manufacturer Shelforce to streamline fastener usage and ensure its workforce is fully supported to achieve the highest quality finished products. The Birmingham-based manufacturer is already benefiting from a 25% reduction in the number of different types of fasteners it uses following a Rapierstar fastener ‘health check’. This identified instances where a...
Posted On - 07/02/2020
MI Products has created a handy guide to help customers meet Building Regulations Approved Document Part M. The guide includes information about the correct thresholds to use in order to meet the guidelines for accessibility. “We created the Guide to Thresholds and Part M as a crib sheet for fabricators and installers to refer to,” Ian Searle, director at MI...
Posted On - 06/02/2020
Hodgson Sealants has added its new Foamfix expanding foam in a gun grade formulation, along with a dedicated cleaner and a gun, to its product range. Foamfix is suitable for a wide range of gap filing and sealing applications and is a moisture cure, polyurethane construction foam developed by Hodgson for the use in window and door installations. It can...
Posted On - 06/02/2020
ISO-Chemie’s new ISO Bloco 600 Premium Edition foam tape provides fast and easy joint sealing in temperatures as low as -30°C The pre-compressed impregnated self-adhesive foam tape, which has been independently tested and is BBA approved, can be used on joints up to 42mm, providing a high-performance weather tightness and thermal/acoustic insulation seal for fenestration and facade applications. The tape...
Posted On - 06/02/2020
Carl F Groupco has supplied Aeropac ventilators to Dyer Mackay Developments for a new housing scheme – ‘Maypole View’ – in Thaxted, Essex. Dyer Mackay selected Carl F Groupco on the basis of product availability and excellent communication, both in response to the initial enquiry and additional information provided. The recommendation for the Aeropac, which offers excellent sound insulation and...
Posted On - 04/02/2020
A simple device could save householders £hundreds a year on their heating bills, and reduce the UK’s carbon emissions, scientists have concluded. Environment experts at the University of Salford put Thermocill, which is made entirely from recycled plastic, through exhaustive tests in their Energy House thermal comfort laboratory, part-funded by the European Regional Development Fund. Thermocill is fitted above the...
Posted On - 14/01/2020
High-performing personal protective equipment (PPE) is essential for anyone working with glass, and the wide range of PPE from CR Laurence offers that important last level of defence against common occupational hazards, the company has reported. The range includes everything from gloves to goggles, wrist guards, cutters aprons and safety glasses. There is also a range of gloves with various...
Posted On - 10/01/2020
CDW Systems, the respected trade and commercial fabricator has been recognised as a certified fabricator of automatic opening vents (AOV) from SE Controls. The Gloucester-based company is now an authorised partner following extensive auditing and inspection. By passing the requirements of the Factory Production Control process, CDW Systems can manufacture smoke and heat exhaust ventilation (SHEV) systems to the standards...
Posted On - 08/01/2020
Endurance Doors has launched a range of perfectly matching finishing trims that sit alongside alongside its solid timber core composite doors. Through the online door designer, customers also have the opportunity to add the finishing trims – which are already cut down to a 2.3m size – to their order. The company said the addition of the coloured matched trims...
Posted On - 08/01/2020
Garrard Windows believes that partnering with suppliers, such as The Georgian Bar Company, that provide superior products and outstanding customer service is vital to its growth. Key to the company’s success, it said, is a firm objective to remain reliable, efficient and customer orientated – and these are qualities that Garrard also benefit from by working with The Georgian Bar...
Posted On - 07/01/2020
Liniar has launched high quality shiplap cladding, made from the same lead-free, high quality materials as the rest of its range. With fully matching foiled finishes available, it provides an eco-friendly, durable and low-maintenance alternative to cedar shake or timber cladding, the company said. Liniar said that while demand for cladding has traditionally been within the holiday home market, the...
Posted On - 07/01/2020
Anglo European has received a series of independent test approvals on its PVCU window and door galvanized reinforcements. Conducted by Build Check, testing found that reinforcement options from Anglo European matched requirements set by Rehau, Veka and Liniar, for reinforcement; weathertightness tests were fully compliant with BS6375-1:2015. Completed at the end of November, the series of independent assessments also found...
Posted On - 07/01/2020
Freefoam Building Products has launched a new video to illustrate how PVC roofline products can work seamlessly as part of a wider home improvement offering. Working with Nottingham-based NG Roofline Windows and Doors, Freefoam filmed a refurbishment installation to illustrate how roofline products, fascia, soffit and gutter, can be fitted as part of a wider project including replacement windows and...
Posted On - 02/12/2019
Renolit Exofol PX Sage is the latest new colour addition to Renolit’s exterior range of films. Sage is an original subtle olive grey toned colour completed with the popular Ulti-Matt emboss. “The colour provides a sophisticated, elegant green sitting midway between the more striking Chartwell Green for a bolder statement and the much paler Agate Grey for lighter on the...
Posted On - 26/11/2019
There will be growth in 2020 despite uncertainty around Brexit and the economic plans of the new government, according to Andy Swift, ISO-Chemie’s sales and operations manager. He expects the impact of any UK exit from Europe or otherwise to have little impact on the products his company currently supplies to domestic house builders and commercial property developers. He said...
Posted On - 20/11/2019
Anglo European has said its customers are saving up to £200,000 a year by buying-in cut-to-size reinforcements direct, rather than going through their systems companies and cutting their own product. The figures, based on customer modelling, reveal that larger fabricators (1,500+ frames per week) will comfortably save more than £100,000 a year in lower purchasing and manufacturing costs. The specialist...
Posted On - 14/11/2019
Weru UK has announced a new partnership with Conservatory Blinds, to help customers find modern window coverings for bespoke aluminium designs. An increasing number of homeowners are choosing unique styles of glazing in different shapes and sizes, including apex windows and continental inward-opening windows, the company said. This has meant that standard curtains and blinds are not always a suitable...
Posted On - 14/11/2019
Hodgson Sealants has launched Silfix U8, which has been specifically formulated and packaged for the professional applicator. Silfix U8 is a low modulous, neutral cure, solvent free, alkoxy silicone sealant. It provides excellent application characteristics and outstanding adhesion to a wide range of substrates used in the building envelope, the company said. Packaged in a large 380ml cartridge, Silfix U8...
Posted On - 14/11/2019
HY-Spec 25 was launched at the FIT Show as a next generation hybrid sealant for the installation of windows and doors. With a new inline tinting facility for Hodgson Sealants in Hull, the company is making this new product in white, black, grey, anthracite grey and brown, and a new product video supports the launch. This hybrid sealant is paintable,...
Posted On - 13/11/2019
StarFix masonry screws from Rapierstar could help installers achieve a better all-round result in less time and without generating unnecessary plastic waste, the company said. StarFix fasteners are designed for quick and easy installation, requiring only a 6mm or 6.5mm pilot hole through the frame, reinforcement and brickwork before the screw can be driven into place. This saves time as...
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