ALUPROF
ALUPROF LAUNCHES A NEW GFT SYSTEM
BY WOJCIECH BROZYNA - MD OF ALUPROF UK
The UK and Ireland have long embraced the European style systems which have now been specified in the British Isles for many decades . Many of the UK based systems companies have emulated these European systems , but still the majority of window and curtain wall systems installed in the UK and Ireland are supplied through European systems companies , that is until it comes to robust entrance door systems , or what is better known in the UK as ‘ Ground Floor Treatments ’ or ‘ GFT ’.
In Europe , there is a preference for mitred and rebated single and double door sets for swing entrance doors for shopping centres , offices and leisure facilities . Whilst their use is on the increase , the UK and Ireland have never fully embraced such door systems and instead preferred a non-rebated commercial door fitted on either floor or overhead concealed spring closers .
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