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Bohle has added a third profile option to its easy-fit balustrading system, Vetromount. Developed by Bohle specifically for the growing residential and light commercial market, Vetromount simplifies balustrade installation, eliminating the requirement for specialist tools and reducing fixing costs. Already available in a standard and flush-finish option, Bohle has added a third ‘Y’ shaped channel to its range. This tapers...
Morley Glass and Glazing has launched a new blackout system for pleated integral blinds. The ScreenLine pleated blackout blinds sit inside Uni-Blind sealed units to ensure complete shading from the sun and other light sources such as streetlights and passing vehicles. Complete privacy and the exclusion of external light are particularly welcome in environments such as bedrooms, children’s nurseries and...
Available in a matte black finish, the CRL Brooklyn frame system brings style and elegance to sliding glass door partitioning for domestic and commercial use, the company has announced. In the domestic setting, CRL Brooklyn taps into the move towards open-plan living, acting as a practical partition between kitchen and living areas, for example, while ensuring that natural light can...
Bohle has said glass processors are losing £tens-of-thousands each year to poor edge quality, something that makes even less sense at a time when product is in critically short supply. With the UK glass sector reeling from the disruption caused by Covid, plus lower product availability caused by allocation, the industry is still wasting hundreds of thousands of square metres...
AGC has added nine new glossy colours to its Lacobel painted glass range, and five new colours to Matelac, its matt alter ego, in bid to cover the colour spectrum and meet every need, the company has announced. Lacobel is now available in 24 colours and Matelac in 15 colours. These two ranges also share 10 common colours. “Now more...
Morley Glass and Glazing has launched the SV+, a completely symmetrical version of the ScreenLine SV (sliding venetian) Uni-Blind system thanks to a slim dummy rail on the opposite side to the sliding operating system. The SV+ works the same way as the SV System, using a manually operated magnetic slider on either the left or right-hand edge of the...
OnLevel has launched a selection of new products, including the Bird Protection Glass. It is estimated that up to one billion birds are killed each year in North America alone due to collisions with glass on human-built structures, making bird collisions one of the most significant causes of avian mortality globally. Understanding that birds can see light in the ultraviolet...
FH Brundle offers several glass Juliet balcony systems. The first is the Sky Force Balcony. Cost-effective and simple to install thanks to its ‘slide and click’ design, it can be mounted directly onto the window frame or masonry. This system is aluminium anodised, covers widths of up to 3,000mm with only one two-part balcony kit, and is suitable for 10mm...
Bohle has launched an improved version of the Alva self-closing hydraulic patch fitting. The new Alva patch fitting is easier to install, the company said, as it can be secured with two screws instead of four. There is now 29mm between the first hole in the baseplate and the wall, which gives fitters more room to position a drill. Once...
Following the success of the CR Laurence and Dormakaba partnership announced in Germany last year, both companies will now proceed with the same arrangement in the UK and Ireland. As part of the partnership, CRL will hold stock of the most popular Dormakaba glass product range and deliver the highest level of technical guidance and support to customers. Simon Boocock,...
AGC is using the launch of its new product website to share its passion for glass with its various target audiences, the ultimate aim being to support them as they go about their everyday business, the company has announced. The new site will serve as a fully integrated hub guiding visitors to relevant AGC products and services based on each...
Swisspacer’s La Pensilina glass canopy system has received a stamp of approval from Staffordshire-based customer, Montane Projects. Montane Projects, which specialises in the design, fabrication and supply of aluminium windows, bifolds, doors and curtain walling, recently supplied and installed six La Pensilina canopies across six blocks of apartments at Blythe Valley Park, a Crest Nicholson housing development in Solihull. The...
TuffX’s All Glass Infinity rooflight continues to prove a success with customers as week-on-week sales go from strength to strength, the company has announced. TuffX has also seen a rise in the number of enquiries about its all-glass ‘frameless’ rooflights, from both new and existing customers. TuffX’s managing director Graham Price said: “Due to its lightweight, slim-line design constructed completely...
By Gary Dean, OnLevel. Post system glass balustrading is commonplace throughout the UK, featuring internally and externally on a number of applications. Whether used externally on balconies to provide a secure barrier with clear views, or internally on a staircase to provide light and airy spaces, post balustrading is clearly here to stay. The popularity of post system glass balustrading...
Dormakaba has added a new range of matt black fittings to its glass door range. Available for hinged, pivoted and sliding doors, the powder-coated Night Edition #304 installation sets, locks and handles will ensure a high-quality finishing touch, the company said. A range of Dormakaba sets are now available in the new Night Edition #304 finish, including the Muto M...
Swisspacer has expanded the scope of its online tool, Caluwin, so that IGU and window manufacturers can easily check if the use of Swisspacer Air is able to achieve the pressure equalisation required to avoid the damage caused by climatic loads. These loads include different climatic zones and height differences. The online claculator also makes it possible to determine whether...
Glasstops UK recently turned to Kolbus Autobox to provide protective packaging for its flat glass products, including table-top protectors, mirrors, and coloured worktops, all of which are delivered nationwide. Until recently, orders were packaged in wooden crates which, while was safe, was a costly and time-consuming way to manage outgoing deliveries, the company said. Glasstops managing director, Daniel Dunwoody-Kneafsey, discovered...
Achieving a flush fit when working with glass, often from height, can be time-consuming and challenging in terms of safety, but not with TaperLoc from CRL, the company has reported. “Complete with a base shoe for a perfect fit no matter what the situation a flush fit is entirely possible with no risk of damage or crumbling,” the company said....
Pilkington UK has developed AviSafe, which is designed to help prevent birds from colliding with the windows and facades of buildings. Most birds collide with glass when they confuse what’s visible in its reflection for the real thing, such as trees or an open sky. Pilkington AviSafe features a UV enhanced pattern that’s more visible to birds than it is...
By Gary Dean, OnLevel. There continues to be debate and controversy over the current ‘ban’ on the use of laminated/toughened glass on balconies on high-rise buildings (those above 18m) in England. From the industry perspective – and indeed OnLevel’s – this current ban is an incorrect overreaction to the welcome drive to use non-combustible materials on facades. Indeed, OnLevel has...