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Deceuninck Aluminium has added a slim interlock option to its energy efficient Decalu163 Lift-and-Slide aluminium patio door. The heavy-weight system can accommodate individual sash weights of 400kg and achieves U-values of 0.8 W/m2K triple glazed. Nigel Headford, Deceuninck Aluminium’s business development director, said: “Lift and slide products are seeing resurgent demand as part of the lockdown-driven boom in home improvement....
Kall Kwik has launched its partnership scheme ACE (advice, care, and engineering), which provides fabricators with a support package. The range of benefits for companies signing up to be ACE partners includes breakdown cover, regular servicing, discounts on spare parts, performance audits and a free consultation to assess how to improve efficiency and profitability. “Machinery is at the heart of...
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...
Yale has welcomed new recommendations from the Door and Hardware Federation (DHF) marketing sub-committee, which highlight the need to reduce touchpoints within UK buildings as the Covid-19 recovery continues. The report – titled ‘The post-Covid world: DHF’s recommendations for a ‘touch-free environment’ – pinpoints a number of solutions that can reduce interior touchpoints to limit the transmission of the virus....
Kenrick has joined the Joinery Network as an affiliated partner. Joiners manufacturing the Joinery Network’s Lignum Flush Sash timber casement window will now be able to use Kenrick’s flagship Excalibur multi-point window lock, which has been modified to help the window meet the requirements of PAS24: 2016. Steve Williams, Kenrick’s sales and marketing director, said: “Timber is becoming more popular...
Fensa has introduced beepaidGo, a new app that allows Fensa approved installers to take payments for work via their mobile phone or tablet. beepaidGo was introduced following calls from installers for a more up-to-date and faster way of accepting payments, one that allows them to minimise paperwork. Developed by takepayments, beepaidGo is offered to Fensa approved installers at an exclusive...
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...
Winlock Security has introduced the PAS 24-accredited ICAM Locking System, which offers flexibility during manufacturing and fitting, and is available for a range of system profiles including: Garnalex, Deceuninck, Selecta, Liniar, Eurocell and Kommerling. The ICAM Locking System is available in backsets of either 20mm and 22mm, and features self-adjusting cam height technology, a 3mm overall compression adjustment, as well...
Epwin Window Systems has launched Connect, an integrated digital resource centre designed to help its customers make the most of their partnership with the systems company. Gerald Allen, marketing manager at Epwin Window Systems, said: “Our customers have access to a wealth of cutting-edge business, technical, commercial and marketing support, and the new Connect digital platform brings all these elements...
The video of Emmegi’s new Fusion 4H PVCU Quad Welder being installed at O’Grady UPVC’s factory in Kiltormer, Galway, has been viewed almost 5,000 times on LinkedIn. This is the first installation carried out in Ireland of a machine which made its debut at the FIT Show in 2019. What is generating the biggest response is the quality of the...
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...
Prefix has launched Opal, its new aluminium brand designed to meet the growing demand for aluminium windows and doors. “Creating a brand for aluminium was important to allow us to stand out in a growing and competitive market,” Prefix’s Chris Baron said. Featuring slim, thermally broken profiles, Opal Heritage windows are available in a number of formats, including fixed-pane, sash, top-hung and...
Devon and Cornwall Windows has recently begun manufacturing Stellar from Epwin Window Systems. Owner Adam Page said: “Stellar’s ease of fitting is a huge advantage to our customers. Just as importantly, its superior slimline flush aesthetics are a huge advantage too.” Mark Austin, sales director at Epwin Window Systems, said: “Devon and Cornwall Windows have a strong reputation for delivering...
Prefix has improved the quality if its products, while speeding up lead times, after it brought its colour bonding and spraying facilities in house, the company has announced. “With recent investment in a new state-of-the-art spray booth and finishing system in Blackburn, we have added further capacity to our existing colour range providing greater flexibility and options for our customers,”...
ISO Chemie’s thermal insulating and load bearing bracket support system has been specified as part of energy efficiency improvements to dozens of residential homes in the West Midlands. The move sees Winframer units being retrofitted under an initiative to bring poorly insulated properties in Coventry up to current energy efficiency standards and provide better quality housing for homeowners along with...
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...
A+W SmartFactory – a new production system – has been chosen to automatically control the complex production of fire protection and safety glass at Vetrotech in Würselen, Germany. A+W SmartFactory can also display its strengths at companies with traditional production facilities, and can even automate production if a company’s machinery is not yet digitalized, the company said. A Swedish manufacturer...
Whiteline Manufacturing, one of the first fabricators to manufacture Sheerline’s aluminium windows and doors from Garnalex, has recently sung its praises. Steve Milham, Whiteline Manufacturing CEO, said: “The Sheerline system is new, innovative, British, thermally efficient, clean and extremely versatile. It’s hard to think of a reason not to buy it. For those of us that have been in the...
VBH has been awarded the new BSI Kitemark in respect of building hardware used in windows and doorsets, and is among the first companies to have achieved this certification. The hardware includes products for the manufacture of outward opening, and tilt and turn windows, residential doors, bifold doors, lift and slide doors, inline sliding patio doors, and the greenteQ Invisifold...
With 90% of tradespeople having introduced new ways of communicating in 2020, demand for digital tools that ease communication and simplify quoting processes has grown, according to Rehau. According to recent research by Yell, 46% of respondents claimed that the introduction of a new service was crucial for them to be able to survive the pandemic. Of those new services implemented: 41%...