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THE RESIDENCE DOOR COLLECTION BY APEER WITH U VALUES AS LOW AS 0.51 W / m 2 K
The Residence Door Collection by Apeer sees a partnership between two industry leading brands that has resulted in a superb range of 20 residential door designs , which have now also been tested to provide market-leading U values . The figure of 0.51 W / m 2 K for the solid designs in the range , is believed to be the lowest of any standard door currently available in the UK and Irish home improvement sectors . All doors within the range also boast U values well below the 0.89 W / m 2 K , required by the Passive House Institute for residential entrance doors . Designed in partnership with The Residence Collection , Apeer has created a range of residential entrance doors that complement the brand ’ s windows in terms of aesthetics , quality and performance , achieved through a ground-breaking 120mm front-to-back format , with 78mm quadruple sealed glass units as standard in the glazed versions .
Construction is of GRP skins sandwiching a high-density PU core , which is reinforced with aluminium anti-cutthrough mesh within the core of each door to further improve security . Every door in the range , offered in traditional , contemporary and stable door designs , is manufactured by Apeer at its 120,000 feet 2 Ballymena factory , including all GRP skins and glass units .
Aimed squarely at the premium sector , nine standard colours are available ( seven grained and two smooth ), with the availability of full sidelights and top lights from launch , with half lights and others to follow . Standard specification also includes weather deflectors , and Stormguard or full frame thresholds . High quality hardware and furniture will be used throughout , whilst extra touches such as Ultion KeyTag-equipped , ‘ Apple Find My ’ trackable keys form a comprehensive standard specification .
The partnership between Residence Collection and Apeer , two independent and previously unconnected brands , is believed to be unique and one that offers an ideal combination of the brand strength and positioning of The Residence Collection and the engineering and manufacturing capabilities of Apeer , one of the UK and Ireland ’ s leading residential door makers .
The cooperation provides retail installers of The Residence Collection with
an entrance door range that fully complements its celebrated timber alternative windows , with a market-leading specification and within a dramatically shortened development period .
Apeer enjoys the benefits of the brand association with The Residence Collection , and ability to supply the new range to its own retail installer network , providing them with ‘ good , better and best ’ products . Apeer now serves every level of the market , including 44mm , 70mm and now the new 120mm format .
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