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Astraseal has reported a surge in demand for Alitherm 800, its aluminium flush casement window. Since its launch earlier in the year, the Wellingborough-firm said it has become one of its fastest growing and popular products. “The response we’ve seen so far for our new aluminium flush casement has been absolutely incredible, it’s such a strong validation of both the...
Sheffield Window Centre has extended the Rehau Total70 range to include Rehau Co-extruded profile, enabling it to provide customers with an environmentally friendly product. Located in the heart of Sheffield, the family-owned fabrication and installation business has been making PVCU windows and doors for over 40 years. In 1991, the company started fabricating Rehau profiles, and Centre now fabricates and...
HWL Trade Frames’ non-glass-bonded Residence 9 Window has completed final independent testing, delivered in partnership with R9. The specialist trade fabricator has developed an R9 frame-only offer, applying Timberweld sash-welding technologies in its manufacturing process. This allows HWL to butt-weld window sashes inside and out, replicating the aesthetic delivered in a 90° mechanical joint. This increases sash corner strength, which...
Origin has launched the Origin Slimline Window (OW-70). The new system has been introduced to the range alongside the Origin Premium Window (OW-80) after there was a significant demand for a slimmer sightlined window that offered a wider customer appeal, without compromising on quality. Ben Brocklesby, Origin’s sales and marketing director, said: “This new addition to the Origin Home Range...
Aluplast has launched a new slim sightline, modular PVCU flush casement. The new system maximises the glazed area of the window and is defined by a slim sightline chamfer to the IGU. Designed to integrate seamlessly with the German system house’s Ideal 70 and Ideal 4000 systems, the new system features a choice of standard and heritage deep bottom rail,...
The combination of visual elegance and excellent thermal performance makes the ultra-slimline FWS 35 PD panorama design facade from Schueco the ideal system solution for low-rise, high-end residential and commercial projects, the company has announced. The frameless glass-to-glass corner option eliminates the need for an intrusive corner profile by transferring the glass load directly onto the adjacent mullions. The result...
Conservatory Outlet has launched its new Extreme Collection to its exclusive network of retail partners. The collection includes windows, feature doors and a patio door. The new Extreme brand boasts five unique selling points consistent to each of the products: security, comfort, style, peace of mind and warranty. The products are available exclusively to Conservatory Outlet retail partners, and are...
HWL Trade Frames has said that all of its pre-existing Residence 9 accounts have switched to buying in non-glass bonded frames. The trade fabricator has led the development of an R9 frame-only offer, pioneering the application of Timberweld sash-welding technologies in its manufacture. This allows HWL to deliver a 90° external and internal butt weld, emulating the appearance of a...
Trade and commercial fabricator Astraseal has launched the Alitherm 800 system, a new aluminium flush casement from Smarts. Colin Stanley, operations director at Astraseal, said: “Not only does Alitherm 800 present new opportunities for our customers – capitalising on the huge demand for flush casements – it’s actually far more cost-effective compared to its PVCU counterparts. “We have invested in...
Defying typical seasonal trends in secondary glazing, manufacturer Incarnation has reported a surge in leads and sales during the summer. Traditionally, interest in secondary glazing is strong throughout the winter months, when improving thermal efficiency and cutting energy bills is very much on people’s minds, but then drops off during the summer. “Once, secondary glazing was often written off as...
Tradelink Window Solutions created the definitive Residence range for installers by adding the seamlessly welded R9s to its collection. Just like the R7s window, R9s offers a fully welded frame. R9s is PAS 24 certified and comes with the option to glaze on-site, or have fully bonded glass, depending on the installer’s preferred choice. Jim Moody, managing director at Tradelink,...
R7, part of The Residence Collection, is proving increasingly popular in chalk white and in premium foiled finishes. Sarah Hitchings, sales and marketing director of The Residence Collection, said: “While much of the talk in the industry is about foils, the market for flat white or chalk white as we have branded it, takes account for over 50% of the...
Force 8 manufactures casement windows with run-through sash horns for an authentic timber alternative, the company said. Fabricated using sash horn components from Rehau, the horn is incorporated into the structure of the window, replicating traditional timber manufacturing techniques. Dennis Sumner, managing director at Force 8, said: “Many homeowners want to enhance the traditional style of their properties and, when...
Nottinghamshire’s Nova Trade Frames is now offering its trade customers heritage-style PVCU windows, with the introduction of run-through sash horns for its Heritage and Total70 profiles. Nova Trade Frames is an authorised Rehau partner and fabricator of windows, doors and conservatories. The family business supplies trade and retail customers nationwide and recently invested £10,000 in a new end miller machine...
Roseview Windows has achieved PAS24 accreditation for its largest ultimate rose sash window. Based on Rehau’s Heritage range, Roseview’s Ultimate Rose window comes in a range of sizes, but after several enquiries from Victorian schools and hospitals about larger sash windows, the company designed a 3,000mm x 1,500mm frame. With a strong 35mm mid-rail, Roseview was confident the range extension...
TruFrame has been offering a five-day service for foiled products since 2013 and is now offering this lead time on an even wider range of colours. TruFrame director Patrick Firmager said: “Though the market demand for PVCU profiles in an ever-increasing number of colour options has never been in doubt, the product complexity and requirement for foiled-on-white and foiled-both-sides means...
CDW Systems has added the Smarts VS 600 vertical sliding window to its product range. The VS 600 vertical sliding window incorporates the traditional styling of sash windows with the thermal performance and durability of aluminium. The traditional sash window may be used in heritage and conservation areas where Georgian and Victorian architecture is prominent. New research suggests there are...
Lumi2, the retrofit-friendly successor to Apeer’s Lumi, is now available for installation. Dublin-based Harvest Energy was the first to put in the new system, and immediately won another order on the strength of it, with a third signed up soon after and a few more homeowners already showing an interest. Lumi2 was designed with retrofit in mind – with its...
Customers buying in Residence 9 unglazed are saving up to third on installation costs compared to the install of glass-bonded products by reducing weight and simplifying handling, according to reports. HWL launched R9 unglazed last year following investment in its manufacturing process and the addition Timberweld sash-welding technologies. This gives it the capability to butt weld window sashes inside and...
Veka now has 16 colour combinations available ex-stock, including anthracite grey smooth. With the continuing growth of the vertical slider market, the company has also made cream and anthracite grey available for Veka and Halo VS systems ex-stock. Veka Group’s marketing director Dawn Stockell said: “We’re continuing to make significant investment in our lamination department because we know that colours...
