GREAT SAVINGS ON BARRIERFOLD SYSTEMS

Barrier Components Ltd., are offering a special deal on the two door and two+two leaf kits on the BarrierFold door system till the end of September.

BarrierFold is a component system designed to hold the customers’ choice of external door and is ideal to open up the space at the back of a home onto a garden or decking area. The components are made from stainless steel with a brush stainless finish or there’s an option for a polished gold PVD finish. The 35mm track is 25 micron anodized aluminum and its channel features a PVC insert for the tough durable nylon wheels to provide a smooth sliding operation. With a maximum leaf weight of 90kg, width of 1000mm and height of 3300mm it gives the installer lots of door choice.

For full specification and video footage of the system and how it works view Barrier Components e-commerce web site at www.barrier-components.co.uk.

Barrier Components have been specifying quality architectural hardware for 30 years and offer a number of systems available for sliding and pivoting door installations. They offer BarrierStack, BarrierSlide, BarrierFold, VistaSlide and VistaFold systems as well as a huge range of hinges and pivots and industrial standard door systems.

For further information or assistance please contact the Barrier Components Technical Team on 01708 891515 or sales@barrier-components.co.uk.

Recent contract gains for the Inverness based Cairngorm Group, manufacturers of high energy rated windows, are being supported with hardware supplied by Carl F Groupco. With a Scottish distribution centre located in Cumbernauld,

Carl F Groupco has a strong track record in Scotland and a partnership with Cairngorm Group that dates back to 2004.

Cairngorm Group began working with award winning new home builder, Springfield, in 2013. Latest news is a contract that has resulted in the company supplying its ninth Springfield development. With each site ranging from 50-100 mixed dwellings, the contract is significant. Commenting on the company’s success supplying Springfield, and the input of

Carl F Groupco, David Dowling, Managing Director of Cairngorm Group said:

“An ability to provide a PVCu alternative for timber windows, while maintaining aesthetics and functionality with PN reversible window gearing supplied by Carl F Groupco, was pivotal in Springfield’s decision to work with Cairngorm Group. The PN reversible hinge is particularly important as Scottish Building Regulations stipulate that it must be possible to clean upstairs windows from the inside.

“Carl F Groupco has also supported this contract with the Trojan Patriot hinge, which has been colour matched to complement the design requirements of this development. Colour continues to be a hot trend – for this particular scheme, an anthracite grey RAL 7016 outer was selected with white inner window and door frames.”

An additional contract success announced by Cairngorm Group has been achieved in partnership with Compass Building and Construction Services. Working on behalf of Albyn Housing Association, the prestigious project – which is in year two of a potential four-year contract – will result in renovation of 66 houses during this phase. Originally built in the 1970s to accommodate oil rig workers, timber windows have previously been replaced however, PVCu windows have now been selected to offer enhanced durability and longevity. Having successfully fulfilled the security and insulation standards required, the social landlord & local authority sector is a market set for further development by Cairngorm Group.

Established in 1988, Cairngorm Group is active in trade, commercial and domestic markets. A significant increase in both new build and local council contracts has seen growth in fabrication to around 500 frames per week. Services provided by

Carl F Groupco include product supply, hardware selection support and regulations advice.

Cairngorm Group Tel: 01463 238 000 or visit www.cainrgormgroup.co.uk

Carl F Groupco Limited Tel: 01733 393330 or visit www.carlfgroupco.co.uk

Image Above: AGILA Fire door achieving 30 minute Fire rating.

“Fire safety doesn’t have to come at the expense of value, security, thermal efficiency or style”. That’s the message from REHAU, as the company promotes its best-selling AGILA Fire Door range to coincide with this year’s Fire Door Safety Week taking place later this year from September 25th.

The AGILA Fire Door, formerly known as the REHAU RAUFERNO, gives specifiers and installers the freedom to use PVC-U doors while fully complying with the latest fire regulations. Based on the design of the REHAU TOTAL70 system, AGILA Fire Doors are suitable for fire escape routes, entrance halls and deck access flats, and they can be used alongside REHAU’s fire rated windows.

AGILA Fire Doors differ from standard PVC-U doors as they utilise fire retardant glass and door panels and feature a graphite intumescent strip which expands with heat within the specially reinforced frame to create a 30-minute fire rating (complying with the requirements of BS476 FD30 Pts 20 and 22). This gives at least 30 minutes of protection against a fire, giving sufficient time for an alarm to be raised, for occupants to seek a way to leave the at risk area and for the fire service to attend.

Like other AGILA doors, REHAU fire doors have excellent thermal insulation properties, sound proofing, security options and they are low maintenance too. REHAU has recently gone into partnership with Yale to ensure its fire doors feature some of the most secure locking solutions on the market, including the YS170 Lock and the Platinum 3 Star Cylinder.

The AGILA doors prove that fire doors do not need to compromise on style either. Fully compliant toplight and sidelight configurations are now possible for fire doors with REHAU’s push on expansion coupler technology, which is easy to install and assemble, giving specifiers and customers more choice when picking a fire door. Thanks to a partnership with Distinction Doors, customers can also choose from an extended range of panel styles and colours. Different letterbox finishes and fire rated viewers are also available.

Neil Baker, Senior Engineer from REHAU said: “Fire safety is very much in the spotlight, so this year’s Fire Door Safety Week is a timely and suitable reminder to the glazing industry about the importance of choosing the right doors to protect life and property. We would urge installers and specifiers to look at the merits of Composite fire doors, as they can offer the best of both worlds – enhanced safety and functionality.”

As the performance of all fire rated products is so critical, REHAU has taken every step possible to ensure the highest standards of manufacture through approved fabricators. To receive REHAU accreditation, all fabricators must undergo certified REHAU training and provide proof of a top level QC system. To ensure correct installation, installers must be trained by a recognised scheme for fire products.

Visit www.rehau.uk/agila for more information about REHAU’s AGILA Fire Doors and accreditations.

Image Above: Ryan Lugg from Flair (left) pictured with Chris Bailey from Business Micros.

Midlands based Flair Windows has become the latest large-scale fabricator to switch software provider to Business Micros, in a move designed to ensure it stays at the very forefront of the trade market.

Company Director Ryan Lugg says Flair wanted a software partner which could not only provide innovative software products, but which could also guarantee a reliable and efficient support service.

He said: “Flair manufactures in Kommerling and Smarts and has a happy and loyal customer base across the UK, who are rightly very demanding of what we deliver. With Business Micros, we feel we will be in a position to provide an even better service to these customers, while at the same time having the reassurance of the best back up in the industry.”

Flair has opted for the full suite of Business Micros software – from Evolution for its ordering and manufacturing operation, right the way through to EvoNET for business management and EvoSatellite for generating customer quotes online. Since the installation in the Spring, the company has been very impressed.

Ryan adds: “Evolution is deceptively simple. It is easy enough for the trainees who have recently joined us to master, yet it is already improving the efficiency of our quotations and order processing so that customers are getting faster and more accurate information about their orders.

“Coupled with the EvoNET business management software, we now have barcode scanning stations set up throughout our highly automated factory, and we are able to generate live data about virtually every aspect of production and overall business performance. This gives us complete tracking and traceability of every order, which means we can also respond more quickly to customer queries once jobs are in production.

“For those customers who want to generate their own online quotes from us, the user friendly EvoSatellite option also allows them to do that quickly and easily, so that they can impress retail buyers with their speed of response.”

Business Micros’ Sales Manager Chris Bailey has spent a good deal of time at Flair setting up the system and Flair has seen real evidence of the customer support which Business Micros believes sets it apart from the competition.

Ryan continues: “We have seen just how responsive Chris and the rest of the team are throughout the installation process and now that the software is fully operational. We know that they will be there to help us make the most of our investment in the software moving forward and of course to help us out should anything go wrong.”

Chris Bailey adds: “We are delighted to have such a well known and respected industry name as Flair on board. They are typical of many companies who are joining us at the moment. As the trade sector gets ever more competitive, they are choosing their software partner on the basis of who they feel will give them the fast and reliable support they need, and we are proving time and again that we have the will and the resources to do just that.”

Further details are at: www.flairwindows.co.uk and www.businessmicros.co.uk

Image Above: SmartMotion makes home automation so simple it’s child’s play.

Uni-blinds® integral blinds manufacturer Morley Glass & Glazing has developed SmartMotion, a unique interface that helps installers quickly and easily incorporate its motorised integral blinds into home automation systems.

Ian Short, managing director of Morley Glass & Glazing said: “The global home automation market was valued at $4.41 billion in 2014 and is set to grow by 26.3% by 2020. Home automation systems integrate various domestic applications such as lighting, heating, safety and security, energy management, entertainment systems – and motorised integral blinds – and are growing in popularity in the UK, as the concept of “smart” homes takes off.

“An increasing number of our customers are being asked to incorporate our motorised Uni-blinds® integral blinds into electric-powered home automation systems – and in the past it has been a daunting and a complex task that could cause damage to the wiring of the blinds or the home automation system.

“This inspired us to commission the development of a unique interface called the SmartMotion which makes the process so simple it’s child’s play. In one easy step the operation of the blinds is smoothly integrated into the whole home automation system so that they can be controlled at the touch of a button, even when you’re not at home.”

The SmartMotion is exclusive to Morley Glass & Glazing and is compatible with the MB System of Uni-Blinds®, which operate using an electric brushless motor. It is supplied pre-wired and fully tested, making for a smooth, problem-free installation.

For more information, visit www.morleyglass.co.uk.

Image Above: Howard Wilson, Hurst’s composite manager.

Hurst Plastics is getting behind this year’s Fire Door Safety week and encouraging the industry to spread the message about the vital role of correctly specified and installed fire doors in saving lives and protecting property.

In the run-up to this year’s Fire Door Safety Week, which takes place between 25 September and 1 October, Hurst Plastics is inviting customers, specifiers and building owners to contact its resident fire door expert Howard Wilson to field any questions they may have surrounding fire doors.

Mark Atkinson, Hurst Plastics’ Sales Director, says: “There are around three million fire doors sold every year and sadly we know that many of them are not specified or installed correctly. Fire doors are instrumental to safeguarding lives and, in our commitment to best practice, we want to help inform people about the importance of specifying, installing, using and maintaining them properly. We’re urging anyone responsible for fire doors to get in touch with our Composite Manager Howard and ask any technical questions they may have.”

Composite fire doors are subject to more complex legal requirements than standard pedestrian doors and specifiers are responsible for ensuring that their specification is correct.

Hurst Plastics has a team of fire door specialists to help specifiers choose the most appropriate products to suit individual applications and meet industry standards.

Howard Wilson, Composite Manager, added: ”‘Our technical knowledge is at the heart of what we provide. Reducing the impact of fires starts with compliant products and an understanding of the legal requirements. The specifier has a legal responsibility to get their specification right and we are able to guide them through every stage of their composite door requirements. Our aim is to steer customers through the red tape, including current European legislation and building regulations, to give them complete confidence in their specification.”

Hurst has campaigned to educate specifiers about the importance of using the correct closing devices for composite fire doors. Concealed closers are widely specified, however some are not compliant to BS EN 1154 and as such are not suitable for all applications. It’s important to be aware of the requirements of Part B of Building Regulations to ensure that the correct closing device is specified. Hurst supplies a variety of closers for all applications and can provide advice on the most suitable products to satisfy requirements.

The range of Hurst composite fire doors includes FD30, FD30S and FDSBD. Each door has been audited and certified by Warrington Exova BM Trada – an independent third party which assures the quality, performance and traceability of every component of the fire door. The fire door range has been fire and smoke tested for up to 30 minutes by Warrington Exova and each door conforms to BS476: Part 22: 1987. An FD60 door is also available for more demanding applications.

The doors guarantee the highest levels of security and satisfy the requirements of the Q-Mark enhanced security scheme. The doors also comply with PAS023/PAS024 security accreditation and the requirements of Secured by Design.

The 44mm thick Hurst composite fire door leaf consists of a robust, high performance core, which incorporates fire retardant phenolic foam and a high-density hardwood perimeter to provide a full half hour fire rating. The core is faced in a GRP colour finished skin, which is outwardly indistinguishable from Hurst’s standard composite doors.

Howard Wilson can be contacted at Hurst Plastics by calling 01482 790790 or emailing howard.wilson@hurst-plastics.co.uk.

aïr, the range of bi-fold and lift & slide doors has added a new ultra-slim minimal frame sliding door to its product range – the aïr 20SL.

The new door meets demands from architects and homeowners alike, looking for ever-slimmer sightlines on doors but still wanting the extreme performance and security that aïr is known for. Launched at the Everglade Customer Conference 2017, it tied in perfectly with the trend report from top London architect Emily Osler from Granit Architects, who said that sliding doors were proving to be a great design feature for lots of their projects.

“We’ve seen the demand for more glass and less frame growing over the last few years,” explains Jay Patel, Brand Ambassador for aïr. “And it’s getting to the point now where savvy, design-conscious homeowners want to see minimal frames.”

“aïr 20SL, the minimal frame sliding door, offers the solution. The sightlines are an impressive 20mm. The profile has been specially designed so that the door can be hidden in the plaster line, giving a moveable glass wall and more room for captivating views.”

aïr 20SL offers the extreme performance you’d expect from aïr. U-values are as low as 1.3 W/m2K, panel sizes can be up to 1500mm wide and 2800mm high and it’s been tested for windload up to 2000pa and water tightness up to 300pa. The slimline sliding door also has high-security multipoint locking and the Sold-Secure, diamond-tested Ultion cylinder. Plus, there’s an impressive 10-year guarantee.

The door is available in lots of configurations, so that installers and architects can offer more choice in wide-span sliding doors for homeowners. There’s the option of a triple track system, so multiple panes can slide in the same direction, creating wider openings and it can also be used to create fixed lights.

Jay adds: “This new addition to the aïr range adds even more possibilities for progressive home improvement companies looking to offer something extra for homeowners. If you’re one of them we’d like to talk to you about our Accredited Retailer network.”

aïr is exclusively manufactured in the UK by Everglade Windows.

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