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Endurance has reported a strong sales start with a number of new customers coming on board for its new premium composite door offering – Endurance Plus. Endurance Plus has a 75mm, six-chambered Eurocell Modus outer frame with a triple seal, and incorporates a newly developed 56mm slab that houses a BBA-certified core, using Kerto LVL timber. A Moisture Barrier System...
Endurance Doors has unveiled Endurance Plus, a range of premium composite doors. Endurance Plus boasts a 75mm Eurocell Modus frame with a triple seal, and includes 50% post-consumer recycled PVCU as standard. The flush casement variant of Modus helps to replicate the appearance of traditional timber windows. A new 56mm timber composite door slab has also been developed, 27% thicker...
Distinction Doors has launched five door designs that it said reflect traditional cottage charm: the solid Retail Cottage Door slab and four glazed door designs in the Rustic Renown Collection. Chantel Roach, Distinction’s marketing director, said: “Our Retail Cottage Door and the doors in the Rustic Renown Collection have all the beauty and quality you’ve come to expect from Distinction...
Two glow-in-the-dark Night Bright colours have been added to Brisant Secure’s Keycap and Keyring range for Ultion keys. Homeowners can choose from one of 10 bright colours so they can easily identify the keys by door or person. With Keyring, homeowners can also track their keys using their smartphone, making them ring when they can’t find them. Brisant Secure’s CEO...
Apeer’s doors have passed the latest PAS24 cut test, in accordance with Approved Document Q requirements – without having to alter the spec of its existing doors. Every door in its Apeer, Modo, Double Diamond and Lumi Composite ranges was put through the full physical testing process but, as marketing manager Linda Tomb explained, the test was only a formality....
Selecta’s Advance 70 System has welcomed two new profile sections that have been integrated into the existing chamfered and sculptured systems. The new flush fit sash and 80mm traditional frame profiles have been designed to fit in to the existing suite, so there is no need for extra machinery, tooling or unnecessary extra stock holding – just the addition of...
KAT has launched an aluminium entrance door, which are available with a high security four-point locking system, excellent thermal value and almost no maintenance required. KAT’s aluminium door is guaranteed for ten years and is available on a two-week ‘order to delivery’ turnaround, which matches the rest of the KAT aluminium and PVCU product portfolio. Manufactured in the most popular...
Windowlink has created a bespoke window surveying and pricing solution for Customade and its Real aluminium brand. Custodian is a software solution that allows Customade’s trade clients to instantly generate quotes and access pricings of the fabricator’s Real range of aluminium windows, doors and lantern roof systems. Available in both a basic and full version, Custodian provides an estimating service...
UK homeowners are conscious of the need to prepare their homes to withstand bad weather. Vista’s managing director Keith Sadler commented: “With the terrible weather we’ve seen in recent years, and more forecast for this winter, it’s no surprise that homeowners are weatherproofing their homes by choosing XtremeDoor. “With its waterproof skin and triple-sealed PVCU outer frame, XtremeDoor will never...
TruFrame has introduced its new online composite door designer. The door designer has been designed by Business Micros and fully supports its composite door range, which is based on the Endurance Doors slab, which has a BBA-certified timber core. TruFrame customers can now create a perfectly bespoke door in real time on mobile, tablet or PC with the added benefit...
Synseal has introduced a new, classic handle style for the WarmCore folding sliding door system. The new high-security lever/lever handle is well-suited to residential and French doors, which are more conventionally paired with lever/lever hardware. With a solid extruded aluminium baseplate to safeguard the cylinder, tested to PAS24 standards, the lever/lever handle surpasses British standards for high-security door hardware. Andy...
Sameday Trade Frames has added the Ultimate Evolution aluminium bifolding door to its trade offer. Sitting alongside its established aluminium bifold door offer from Aluk, it features a fully adjustable jamb option, which makes it simpler to align the door, even where apertures are out of square – cutting installation times to 45 minutes, it has been claimed. With trade...
PC Henderson offers a range of sliding and folding door hardware systems that guard against elements such as salt spray and sea air. Seaside destinations have become the most popular overnight holiday locations for Brits with 13.7 million visits in 2015. With this in mind, it is important that proprietors and builders safeguard the security, weather tightness and corrosion risks of...
Mercury Glazing Supplies has reported soaring sales on its Smart Visofold 1000 aluminium bifold door. Chris Reeks, Mercury’s sales and marketing director, said: “Our aluminium bifold sales are rocketing at the moment – in the last three months our output has more than doubled on the same period in 2015.” The Smart Visofold 1000 aluminium bifold door offers slim sightlines...
Kömmerling’s PremiLine PRO patio door has achieved PAS 24 in a four-pane variant, using a single door set for the entire testing procedure and without the need for additional plunge bolts. PremiLine PRO was originally launched in August 2015 and was claimed to be the first PVCU patio door that could achieve PAS 24. It could also meet the standards...
ExtrudaSeal has launched a new fit-and-forget aluminum bi-folding door threshold gasket, which uses a semi-rigid box foot to provide a secure fix, improved compression, and weather sealing. Suitable for use with a wide range of aluminium systems, including Aluk, the new threshold gasket was developed by ExtrudaSeal’s in-house design team, in response to installer and fabricator demand. Used as an...
Endurance Doors has become Metsä Wood UK’s largest industrial partner, as it continues to enjoy a long period of growth. For more than 20 years, Kerto LVL has been used widely in the construction sector for walls, floors, roofs and other applications including solid core composite door manufacture through Endurance Doors. It’s a laminated timber construction from Metsä Wood that’s...
One of the highlights of the Distinction Glass range, launched by Distinction Doors in October this year, is the contemporary glass designs. Chantel Roach, Distinction’s marketing director, said: “Until now, glazing options that complemented contemporary door styles have been limited. We’ve changed all that with the introduction of our contemporary glass range which is really setting the bar in glass...
Dekko Window Systems has added Deceuninck’s Slider 24 to its product range. Deceuninck’s R&D division extensively tested leading sliding doors already on the market, with the aim of producing a product that surpassed them in all areas. The resulting door delivers A+-rated energy efficiency, PAS24-accredited security, and excellent weather resistance performance – Slider 24 achieves Class E8A water permeability with...
The Smartglass brand from Clayton Glass – synonymous with conservatory glass – has been bought to the bifolding and patio door markets, with Smartglass-W. Typically, the glass used in ‘A’ rated and above windows is designed with an element of solar heat gain within the calculations. This is all well and good in typical domestic properties for replacement windows, but...